1949 Season
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1949 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 Roy Campanella
BRO
C
27.6
4.3
16.7
9.2
2 Andy Seminick
PHI
C
28.8
3.8
12.8
6.7
3 Walker Cooper
MULT
C
34.5
1.8
7.7
0.4
4 Bill Salkeld
BSN
C
32.3
1.7
5.6
2.5
5 Wes Westrum
NY1
C
26.6
1.3
4.2
1.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
25.2
3.1
18.1
8.0
2 Elbie Fletcher
BSN
1B
33.3
3.0
13.5
5.8
3 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
1B
33.0
2.4
11.6
5.4
4 Eddie Waitkus
PHI
1B
29.8
1.8
7.9
4.2
5 Johnny Hopp
MULT
1B
33.0
1.7
11.2
4.9
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
30.4
8.6
29.7
19.2
2 Eddie Stanky
BSN
2B
32.8
5.0
17.2
7.8
3 Red Schoendienst
SLN
2B
26.4
2.6
11.6
1.2
4 Hank Thompson*
NY1
2B
23.6
2.5
8.3
3.5
5 Jack Lohrke
NY1
2B
25.4
1.2
3.8
0.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sid Gordon
NY1
3B
31.9
5.3
16.2
7.5
2 Bob Elliott
BSN
3B
32.6
4.8
18.0
9.4
3 Grady Hatton
CIN
3B
26.7
2.6
12.7
3.7
4 Willie Jones*
PHI
3B
23.9
2.5
10.5
1.6
5 Eddie Kazak*
SLN
3B
29.0
2.0
7.6
2.2
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
30.9
5.7
22.7
11.7
2 Bill Rigney
NY1
SS
31.4
2.6
7.8
1.3
3 Alvin Dark
BSN
SS
27.5
2.5
7.9
-0.6
4 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
31.6
2.0
6.0
-2.5
5 Roy Smalley
CHN
SS
23.1
1.5
6.3
-1.4
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
28.6
8.9
34.9
24.2
2 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
26.7
8.6
34.3
24.4
3 Enos Slaughter
SLN
LF
33.2
5.9
24.6
14.9
4 Del Ennis
PHI
LF
24.1
5.3
24.0
14.0
5 Bobby Thomson
NY1
CF
25.7
5.1
19.0
8.8
6 Carl Furillo
BRO
RF
27.3
4.3
19.0
10.1
7 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
22.8
4.2
19.5
10.4
8 Andy Pafko
CHN
CF
28.4
3.9
15.5
6.7
9 Willard Marshall
NY1
RF
28.4
3.8
15.0
6.3
10 Hank Sauer
MULT
LF
32.3
3.5
16.4
8.0
11 Whitey Lockman
NY1
LF
22.9
3.2
16.1
5.9
12 Wally Westlake
PIT
RF
28.6
3.0
15.0
6.4
13 Gene Hermanski
BRO
LF
29.1
2.6
10.8
6.7
14 Danny Litwhiler
CIN
RF
32.8
2.2
10.5
5.5
15 Harry Walker
MULT
LF
32.7
1.8
11.0
3.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Vic Lombardi
PIT
SP
26.8
0.7
1.6
1.5
2 Bob Chesnes
PIT
SP
28.2
0.7
1.0
0.9
3 Harry Brecheen
SLN
SP
34.7
0.6
0.7
0.6
4 Monk Dubiel
CHN
SP
31.4
0.4
0.6
0.6
5 Clint Hartung
NY1
SP
26.9
0.4
0.3
0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1949 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
DET
C
34.0
2.5
10.0
3.9
2 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
24.1
2.3
13.0
6.4
3 Les Moss
SLA
C
24.1
1.9
7.8
2.9
4 Al Evans
WS1
C
32.8
1.4
6.5
0.9
5 Eddie Malone*
CHA
C
29.0
0.8
3.5
0.5
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Robinson
WS1
1B
28.5
2.6
16.3
7.4
2 Ferris Fain
PHA
1B
28.3
2.3
17.1
7.1
3 Mickey Vernon
CLE
1B
31.2
1.9
17.1
7.3
4 Billy Goodman
BOS
1B
23.3
0.6
9.0
1.4
5 Paul Campbell*
DET
1B
31.8
0.2
5.5
1.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cass Michaels
CHA
2B
23.3
4.7
16.7
6.7
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
31.2
4.3
15.9
6.7
3 Jerry Priddy
SLA
2B
29.6
3.1
12.9
3.5
4 Joe Gordon
CLE
2B
34.4
2.7
12.3
2.9
5 Sherry Robertson
WS1
2B
30.5
1.6
7.4
1.1
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
26.9
4.6
19.5
10.4
2 Johnny Pesky
BOS
3B
29.8
3.5
16.8
6.2
3 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
22.7
2.2
11.6
3.7
4 Bob Dillinger
SLA
3B
30.8
2.1
12.8
3.8
5 Floyd Baker
CHA
3B
32.7
1.5
9.1
2.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Joost
PHA
SS
33.1
6.3
26.4
16.3
2 Vern Stephens
BOS
SS
28.7
5.9
22.4
11.8
3 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
42.2
4.9
14.5
5.3
4 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
32.0
2.1
11.0
2.6
5 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
32.8
2.0
13.5
2.9
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
30.8
9.3
36.5
25.7
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
34.6
4.0
18.0
13.1
3 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
36.4
4.0
22.4
15.0
4 Larry Doby
CLE
CF
25.6
3.8
19.6
10.0
5 Elmer Valo
PHA
LF
28.3
3.5
20.6
10.5
6 Sam Chapman
PHA
CF
33.2
3.4
18.1
8.1
7 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
32.4
3.2
18.1
7.6
8 Vic Wertz
DET
RF
24.4
3.1
19.0
8.7
9 Roy Sievers*
SLA
CF
22.6
2.8
14.1
6.0
10 Johnny Groth*
DET
CF
22.9
2.5
11.5
5.2
11 Hoot Evers
DET
LF
28.4
2.2
12.7
5.2
12 Dale Mitchell
CLE
LF
27.9
2.2
19.0
8.8
13 Bud Stewart
WS1
LF
33.0
1.5
11.1
4.4
14 Cliff Mapes*
NYA
CF
27.3
1.3
9.6
4.1
15 Gene Woodling
NYA
LF
26.9
1.3
10.1
4.8
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
28.8
1.7
3.9
3.6
2 Ed Lopat
NYA
SP
31.0
0.8
1.4
1.2
3 Allie Reynolds
NYA
SP
32.4
0.6
0.9
0.7
4 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
29.9
0.6
0.4
0.2
5 Carl Scheib
PHA
SP
22.5
0.5
0.3
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James