1953 Season
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1953 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
31.6
6.5
24.7
15.9
2 Smoky Burgess
PHI
C
26.4
2.1
7.7
2.5
3 Del Crandall
ML1
C
23.3
1.8
8.8
2.6
4 Wes Westrum
NY1
C
30.6
1.5
4.9
-0.3
5 Andy Seminick
CIN
C
32.8
1.4
6.3
-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 Ted Kluszewski
CIN
1B
28.8
5.3
22.8
13.4
2 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
29.2
4.4
22.5
13.6
3 Dee Fondy
CHN
1B
28.7
2.8
16.2
6.6
4 Earl Torgeson
PHI
1B
29.5
2.3
12.2
5.7
5 Joe Adcock
ML1
1B
25.7
1.9
14.9
5.4
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Schoendienst
SLN
2B
30.4
6.1
19.0
9.7
2 Jim Gilliam*
BRO
2B
24.7
3.7
17.5
6.9
3 Granny Hamner
PHI
2B
26.2
3.1
12.2
2.6
4 Davey Williams
NY1
2B
25.7
1.6
6.9
1.1
5 Bill Serena
CHN
2B
28.7
1.5
5.5
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 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
21.7
8.2
34.8
24.7
2 Hank Thompson
NY1
3B
27.6
4.6
15.8
9.1
3 Danny O'Connell
PIT
3B
26.4
2.4
10.9
1.2
4 Randy Jackson
CHN
3B
27.4
2.1
10.2
2.1
5 Willie Jones
PHI
3B
27.9
2.1
9.6
1.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Solly Hemus
SLN
SS
30.2
5.1
16.6
6.4
2 Alvin Dark
NY1
SS
31.5
4.9
14.8
4.5
3 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
34.9
4.6
14.1
4.8
4 Johnny Logan
ML1
SS
26.3
3.3
12.9
3.0
5 Dick Cole
PIT
SS
27.2
1.1
3.5
-0.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
26.8
8.7
31.9
21.8
2 Stan Musial
SLN
LF
32.6
7.9
30.2
19.8
3 Jackie Robinson
BRO
LF
34.4
5.9
21.2
12.7
4 Carl Furillo
BRO
RF
31.3
4.6
20.4
12.7
5 Gus Bell
CIN
CF
24.6
4.6
18.9
9.0
6 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
26.3
4.5
19.7
9.3
7 Ralph Kiner
MULT
LF
30.7
4.2
19.9
10.0
8 Monte Irvin
NY1
LF
34.4
3.9
16.0
8.6
9 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
37.2
3.1
14.2
5.6
10 Sid Gordon
ML1
LF
35.9
2.9
16.2
8.1
11 Bobby Thomson
NY1
CF
29.7
2.8
13.4
3.6
12 Del Ennis
PHI
LF
28.1
2.7
17.0
7.4
13 Frank Thomas
PIT
CF
24.1
2.6
10.0
2.5
14 Frank Baumholtz
CHN
CF
34.7
2.3
11.8
3.4
15 Andy Pafko
ML1
RF
32.4
2.2
15.2
6.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Lindell
MULT
SP
36.8
2.0
3.8
3.5
2 Harvey Haddix*
SLN
SP
27.8
1.0
1.7
1.4
3 Max Surkont
ML1
SP
31.0
0.7
1.4
1.2
4 Joe Nuxhall
CIN
SP
24.9
0.7
1.8
1.7
5 Johnny Podres*
BRO
SP
20.8
0.4
0.3
0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1953 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
28.1
4.7
20.9
12.6
2 Sherm Lollar
CHA
C
28.9
2.4
11.6
5.8
3 Sammy White
BOS
C
25.0
1.6
7.9
0.3
4 Matt Batts
DET
C
31.7
1.4
7.2
1.3
5 Joe Astroth
PHA
C
30.8
1.4
5.0
0.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
35.2
5.0
26.3
16.2
2 Joe Collins
NYA
1B
30.6
2.3
12.6
6.0
3 Ferris Fain
CHA
1B
32.3
1.8
14.1
5.8
4 Don Bollweg*
NYA
1B
32.4
1.3
7.2
4.6
5 Dick Gernert
BOS
1B
24.8
1.3
12.0
3.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Goodman
BOS
2B
27.3
3.6
14.4
5.8
2 Bobby Avila
CLE
2B
29.2
3.2
13.8
4.4
3 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
25.5
2.5
13.3
3.1
4 Wayne Terwilliger
WS1
2B
28.0
1.9
8.2
0.2
5 Billy Martin
NYA
2B
25.1
1.8
10.2
0.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Al Rosen
CLE
3B
29.3
9.1
38.0
27.8
2 Ray Boone
MULT
3B
29.9
6.1
22.8
14.2
3 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
26.7
4.8
20.1
9.6
4 George Kell
BOS
3B
30.9
3.6
15.3
7.6
5 Gil McDougald
NYA
3B
25.1
3.5
16.3
7.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harvey Kuenn*
DET
SS
22.6
3.6
17.0
6.2
2 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
36.8
2.9
11.8
4.3
3 George Strickland
CLE
SS
27.5
2.6
12.8
5.6
4 Chico Carrasquel
CHA
SS
25.4
2.2
9.6
0.6
5 Eddie Joost
PHA
SS
37.1
1.6
4.9
1.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
21.7
5.1
22.0
14.0
2 Larry Doby
CLE
CF
29.6
4.9
24.1
15.0
3 Hank Bauer
NYA
RF
30.9
4.0
17.1
9.7
4 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
27.6
3.9
21.6
11.9
5 Gene Woodling
NYA
LF
30.9
3.8
17.7
10.6
6 Gus Zernial
PHA
LF
30.0
3.7
18.1
9.0
7 Jim Delsing
DET
CF
27.6
3.6
16.6
8.5
8 Jim Busby
WS1
CF
26.5
3.1
16.6
7.2
9 Dale Mitchell
CLE
LF
31.9
2.9
17.2
9.2
10 Bob Nieman
DET
LF
26.4
2.4
15.1
6.7
11 Wally Westlake
CLE
LF
32.6
2.4
11.8
8.0
12 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
34.8
2.3
8.7
7.1
13 Vic Wertz
SLA
RF
28.4
2.3
10.2
2.6
14 Jackie Jensen
WS1
RF
26.3
2.2
14.1
4.7
15 Don Lenhardt
SLA
LF
30.7
2.0
8.1
2.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Early Wynn
CLE
SP
33.5
1.2
2.4
2.1
2 Bob Porterfield
WS1
SP
29.9
1.2
1.8
1.5
3 Mickey McDermott
BOS
SP
24.2
1.2
1.4
1.1
4 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
32.8
1.1
1.8
1.4
5 Don Larsen*
SLA
SP
23.9
1.0
1.4
1.1
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.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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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