1948 Season
1947 / 1949
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1948 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 Bob Scheffing
CHN
C
34.9
2.0
6.7
1.9
2 Walker Cooper
NY1
C
33.5
2.0
6.9
2.1
3 Bill Salkeld
BSN
C
31.3
1.8
5.7
1.9
4 Andy Seminick
PHI
C
27.8
1.7
6.4
-0.4
5 Roy Campanella*
BRO
C
26.6
1.5
6.9
2.1
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
35.5
6.5
27.5
17.6
2 Eddie Waitkus
CHN
1B
28.8
2.7
12.6
3.4
3 Earl Torgeson
BSN
1B
24.5
2.7
12.5
4.5
4 Dick Sisler
PHI
1B
27.7
1.8
11.0
3.5
5 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
1B
32.0
1.4
7.3
1.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jackie Robinson
BRO
2B
29.4
4.9
19.0
9.3
2 Eddie Stanky
BSN
2B
31.8
3.3
10.6
5.9
3 Danny Murtaugh
PIT
2B
30.7
3.0
12.3
3.6
4 Bill Rigney
NY1
2B
30.4
2.5
9.4
2.2
5 Bobby Adams
CIN
2B
26.5
1.9
6.9
2.5
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
31.6
6.5
22.6
12.5
2 Sid Gordon
NY1
3B
30.9
5.8
22.0
13.0
3 Andy Pafko
CHN
3B
27.4
5.7
18.7
9.6
4 Grady Hatton
CIN
3B
25.7
1.9
8.7
0.7
5 Frankie Gustine
PIT
3B
28.4
1.4
8.1
0.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Alvin Dark*
BSN
SS
26.5
4.4
14.4
5.8
2 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
29.9
4.3
14.2
4.4
3 Stan Rojek*
PIT
SS
29.2
3.5
15.7
5.0
4 Eddie Miller
PHI
SS
31.6
1.4
4.4
-3.1
5 Buddy Kerr
NY1
SS
25.7
0.9
5.3
-3.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Musial
SLN
RF
27.6
10.7
42.6
32.1
2 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
25.7
5.7
24.7
14.7
3 Enos Slaughter
SLN
LF
32.2
4.8
22.7
13.1
4 Del Ennis
PHI
RF
23.1
4.5
20.6
10.9
5 Jeff Heath
BSN
LF
33.3
4.4
17.6
11.3
6 Richie Ashburn*
PHI
CF
21.3
4.1
18.8
10.8
7 Whitey Lockman
NY1
CF
21.9
3.9
19.5
9.6
8 Hank Sauer
CIN
LF
31.3
3.7
16.5
7.6
9 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
33.6
3.6
14.8
6.1
10 Gene Hermanski
BRO
RF
28.1
3.6
16.2
9.1
11 Tommy Holmes
BSN
RF
31.3
3.6
16.0
6.4
12 Johnny Wyrostek
CIN
CF
29.0
3.3
15.0
6.5
13 Wally Westlake
PIT
CF
27.6
3.0
13.2
6.0
14 Ron Northey
SLN
RF
28.2
2.9
11.6
7.3
15 Danny Litwhiler
MULT
RF
31.8
2.5
10.0
3.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Chesnes*
PIT
SP
27.2
0.8
1.1
1.0
2 Robin Roberts*
PHI
SP
21.8
0.5
0.7
0.7
3 Murry Dickson
SLN
SP
31.9
0.5
0.3
0.2
4 Ken Burkhart
MULT
RP
31.6
0.3
0.6
0.6
5 Walker Cress*
CIN
RP
31.3
0.2
0.5
0.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1948 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 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
23.1
2.6
14.1
6.9
2 Birdie Tebbetts
BOS
C
35.6
1.6
9.1
1.6
3 Gus Niarhos*
NYA
C
27.6
1.4
6.4
2.2
4 Aaron Robinson
CHA
C
33.0
1.3
5.8
0.3
5 Jim Hegan
CLE
C
27.9
1.2
7.7
0.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ferris Fain
PHA
1B
27.3
2.5
18.9
9.5
2 Billy Goodman*
BOS
1B
22.3
1.8
13.1
5.4
3 George McQuinn
NYA
1B
38.1
0.3
7.0
2.0
4 Bob Wellman*
PHA
1B
23.0
0.0
0.4
0.2
5 Jerry McCarthy*
SLA
1B
25.1
0.0
0.0
-0.0
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
33.4
4.9
17.8
8.6
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
30.2
4.5
20.0
11.0
3 Jerry Priddy
SLA
2B
28.6
4.2
14.1
4.5
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss
NYA
2B
29.7
1.6
9.7
0.8
5 Eddie Lake
DET
2B
32.3
1.4
5.6
1.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
31.7
4.9
19.9
10.4
2 Luke Appling
CHA
3B
41.2
3.5
13.6
5.0
3 Hank Majeski
PHA
3B
31.6
3.0
19.2
9.8
4 Bob Dillinger
SLA
3B
29.8
2.9
14.1
3.6
5 Johnny Pesky
BOS
3B
28.8
2.7
15.1
5.3
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
31.0
8.4
26.8
17.0
2 Vern Stephens
BOS
SS
27.7
3.5
16.9
6.5
3 Eddie Joost
PHA
SS
32.1
3.0
18.1
8.9
4 Johnny Lipon
DET
SS
25.6
2.8
12.2
4.3
5 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
31.8
1.4
7.4
-0.5
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
29.8
8.4
36.6
27.3
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
33.6
6.8
28.8
19.1
3 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
35.4
5.2
26.2
16.4
4 Pat Mullin
DET
RF
30.7
3.5
19.2
10.8
5 Larry Doby*
CLE
CF
24.6
3.4
14.2
6.9
6 Al Zarilla
SLA
RF
29.2
3.3
15.3
6.6
7 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
31.4
3.0
19.1
8.1
8 Elmer Valo
PHA
RF
27.3
2.7
15.4
8.4
9 Hoot Evers
DET
CF
27.4
2.7
15.4
6.6
10 Dale Mitchell
CLE
LF
26.9
2.2
15.9
6.4
11 Barney McCosky
PHA
LF
31.2
2.1
17.2
8.4
12 Dick Wakefield
DET
LF
27.2
2.1
12.5
6.8
13 Johnny Lindell
NYA
LF
31.8
2.0
12.2
7.2
14 Bud Stewart
MULT
RF
32.0
1.5
12.0
5.2
15 Dave Philley
CHA
CF
28.1
1.3
8.8
0.8
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
27.8
1.7
3.3
2.8
2 Carl Scheib
PHA
SP
21.5
1.2
3.4
3.0
3 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
28.9
1.0
0.8
0.3
4 Tommy Byrne*
NYA
SP
28.5
0.7
1.6
1.4
5 Ned Garver*
SLA
SP
22.5
0.7
0.7
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