1947 Season
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1947 National League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Walker Cooper
NY1
C
32.5
5.2
18.9
10.7
2 Phil Masi
BSN
C
31.5
3.4
12.3
5.2
3 Bruce Edwards
BRO
C
24.0
2.8
12.2
4.3
4 Andy Seminick
PHI
C
26.8
2.7
8.0
1.9
5 Joe Garagiola
SLN
C
21.4
1.7
5.6
2.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Mize
NY1
1B
34.5
6.8
29.1
19.2
2 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
26.6
4.9
21.9
11.8
3 Hank Greenberg
PIT
1B
36.5
3.7
12.9
5.2
4 Earl Torgeson*
BSN
1B
23.5
3.6
16.7
9.4
5 Jackie Robinson*
BRO
1B
28.4
3.3
20.3
9.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Connie Ryan
BSN
2B
27.3
2.8
10.9
1.5
2 Bill Rigney
NY1
2B
29.4
2.6
12.2
3.3
3 Eddie Stanky
BRO
2B
30.8
2.5
11.9
1.7
4 Bobby Adams
CIN
2B
25.5
1.4
6.6
2.8
5 Emil Verban
PHI
2B
31.8
1.3
5.0
-3.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Elliott
BSN
3B
30.6
6.3
23.6
14.0
2 Whitey Kurowski
SLN
3B
29.2
6.3
22.7
13.5
3 Grady Hatton
CIN
3B
24.7
3.9
19.1
9.9
4 Frankie Gustine
PIT
3B
27.4
2.9
12.7
2.4
5 Spider Jorgensen*
BRO
3B
27.7
2.1
11.7
4.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
28.9
5.0
18.2
9.4
2 Eddie Miller
CIN
SS
30.6
3.9
14.9
5.9
3 Billy Cox
PIT
SS
27.8
2.6
9.8
1.3
4 Buddy Kerr
NY1
SS
24.7
2.4
9.6
0.7
5 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
29.6
1.8
7.2
-1.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
24.7
7.7
26.7
16.7
2 Harry Walker
MULT
CF
30.7
5.9
19.7
10.8
3 Willard Marshall
NY1
RF
26.4
4.7
21.6
11.7
4 Augie Galan
CIN
LF
35.1
3.9
19.0
11.6
5 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
36.8
3.9
19.8
10.3
6 Bobby Thomson*
NY1
CF
23.7
3.6
16.3
7.4
7 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
32.6
3.3
15.5
6.8
8 Andy Pafko
CHN
CF
26.4
3.0
11.8
3.5
9 Enos Slaughter
SLN
LF
31.2
2.8
16.1
6.8
10 Pete Reiser
BRO
CF
28.3
2.8
15.2
8.3
11 Tommy Holmes
BSN
RF
30.3
2.7
15.2
5.1
12 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
LF
31.0
2.7
13.4
5.5
13 Ron Northey
MULT
RF
27.2
2.7
12.6
6.4
14 Johnny Hopp
BSN
CF
31.0
2.0
10.5
3.0
15 Johnny Wyrostek
PHI
RF
28.0
1.9
9.4
1.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Sain
BSN
SP
29.8
1.4
2.5
2.3
2 Clint Hartung*
NY1
SP
24.9
1.3
2.9
2.7
3 Schoolboy Rowe
PHI
SP
37.5
1.1
1.7
1.5
4 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
32.7
0.5
0.3
0.1
5 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
38.2
0.3
0.4
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1947 American League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Aaron Robinson
NYA
C
32.0
1.8
8.5
4.1
2 Yogi Berra*
NYA
C
22.1
1.4
7.9
3.4
3 Hal Wagner
MULT
C
32.0
1.4
7.2
2.8
4 Jake Early
SLA
C
32.1
1.2
5.0
1.0
5 Jim Hegan
CLE
C
26.9
1.0
6.6
0.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George McQuinn
NYA
1B
37.1
3.6
21.4
12.3
2 Roy Cullenbine
DET
1B
33.7
3.5
18.4
9.4
3 Ferris Fain*
PHA
1B
26.3
3.5
17.7
9.3
4 Wally Judnich
SLA
1B
30.4
1.5
11.4
3.0
5 Eddie Robinson*
CLE
1B
26.5
0.8
6.8
1.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Gordon
CLE
2B
32.4
5.3
19.5
10.2
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
29.2
2.7
10.9
1.6
3 Snuffy Stirnweiss
NYA
2B
28.7
2.7
13.7
3.7
4 Eddie Mayo
DET
2B
37.2
2.0
9.8
1.0
5 Cass Michaels
CHA
2B
21.3
1.8
7.4
1.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Kell
DET
3B
24.9
3.5
18.2
8.4
2 Billy Johnson
NYA
3B
28.8
2.6
13.1
5.0
3 Hank Majeski
PHA
3B
30.6
2.5
12.4
4.3
4 Bob Dillinger
SLA
3B
28.8
2.3
12.2
2.8
5 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
30.7
1.8
12.2
3.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
30.0
5.3
19.6
10.4
2 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
40.2
4.6
16.9
8.4
3 Johnny Pesky
BOS
SS
27.8
4.3
19.3
8.7
4 Vern Stephens
SLA
SS
26.7
3.9
14.3
4.9
5 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
30.8
3.1
14.3
5.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
28.8
9.9
41.2
30.9
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
32.6
5.8
25.8
16.9
3 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
34.4
4.1
23.1
13.7
4 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
32.3
4.0
20.6
11.9
5 Jeff Heath
SLA
LF
32.3
3.3
15.7
7.0
6 Barney McCosky
PHA
LF
30.2
2.8
18.8
9.7
7 Hoot Evers
DET
CF
26.4
2.6
13.4
5.6
8 Elmer Valo
PHA
RF
26.3
2.6
14.5
7.8
9 Dick Wakefield
DET
LF
26.2
2.5
14.1
7.4
10 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
30.4
2.4
13.8
4.9
11 Taffy Wright
CHA
RF
35.9
2.3
13.6
6.9
12 Pat Mullin
DET
RF
29.7
2.0
13.1
6.2
13 Sam Mele*
BOS
RF
25.4
1.9
12.7
5.3
14 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
30.8
1.9
8.6
5.8
15 Vic Wertz*
DET
RF
22.4
1.7
10.7
5.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
27.9
1.5
2.8
2.4
2 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
26.8
1.3
3.1
2.9
3 Early Wynn
WS1
SP
27.5
1.1
1.9
1.6
4 Dave Ferriss
BOS
SP
25.6
1.1
1.3
1.0
5 Al Gettel
CLE
SP
29.8
0.6
0.6
0.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James