1956 Season
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1956 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 Stan Lopata
PHI
C
30.8
5.5
23.2
13.7
2 Ed Bailey
CIN
C
25.2
4.4
16.6
9.8
3 Smoky Burgess
CIN
C
29.4
2.1
6.6
2.7
4 Del Crandall
ML1
C
26.3
1.9
8.2
2.8
5 Hal Smith*
SLN
C
25.1
1.2
4.1
0.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
35.6
5.7
23.6
13.2
2 Joe Adcock
ML1
1B
28.7
5.0
20.5
12.9
3 Ted Kluszewski
CIN
1B
31.8
3.8
19.2
10.5
4 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
32.2
3.0
18.2
8.6
5 Dale Long
PIT
1B
30.4
2.9
14.5
5.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Gilliam
BRO
2B
27.7
4.1
20.3
9.7
2 Don Blasingame*
SLN
2B
24.3
2.4
9.8
-0.3
3 Solly Hemus
MULT
2B
33.2
2.3
8.5
4.9
4 Red Schoendienst
MULT
2B
33.4
2.2
9.4
1.3
5 Danny O'Connell
ML1
2B
29.4
2.1
10.2
1.2
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
24.7
6.4
26.6
16.7
2 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
25.1
4.9
17.8
8.2
3 Willie Jones
PHI
3B
30.9
4.6
19.9
10.5
4 Jackie Robinson
BRO
3B
37.4
2.7
10.9
4.4
5 Frank Thomas
PIT
3B
27.1
2.7
12.8
3.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
25.4
5.5
17.2
8.2
2 Johnny Logan
ML1
SS
29.3
4.7
16.0
6.4
3 Alvin Dark
MULT
SS
34.5
2.7
8.3
-1.8
4 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
37.9
2.6
8.0
-1.8
5 Roy McMillan
CIN
SS
27.0
2.4
9.2
0.5
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
29.8
6.7
26.9
17.0
2 Willie Mays
NY1
CF
25.2
6.7
22.5
12.6
3 Frank Robinson*
CIN
LF
20.8
6.1
23.8
13.7
4 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
22.4
6.0
26.8
16.8
5 Gus Bell
CIN
CF
27.6
4.7
19.5
9.4
6 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
29.3
4.4
23.5
12.6
7 Wally Moon
SLN
RF
26.2
4.0
19.0
9.6
8 Bill Virdon
MULT
CF
25.1
3.5
15.8
6.3
9 Walt Moryn*
CHN
RF
30.2
3.1
14.8
5.8
10 Wally Post
CIN
RF
27.0
3.0
13.7
4.8
11 Sandy Amoros
BRO
LF
26.4
2.6
12.1
6.6
12 Lee Walls*
PIT
LF
23.5
2.5
11.4
3.2
13 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
21.9
2.3
11.4
2.7
14 Bill Bruton
ML1
CF
30.6
2.3
11.6
2.8
15 Carl Furillo
BRO
RF
34.3
2.1
14.0
5.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Newcombe
BRO
SP
30.0
1.0
1.2
1.0
2 Harvey Haddix
MULT
SP
30.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
3 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
35.2
0.6
0.1
-0.1
4 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
29.8
0.6
0.0
-0.2
5 Murry Dickson
MULT
SP
39.9
0.5
0.4
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1956 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
31.1
5.8
23.5
14.7
2 Sherm Lollar
CHA
C
31.9
3.3
12.8
5.0
3 Gus Triandos
BAL
C
25.9
2.5
13.4
5.9
4 Red Wilson
DET
C
27.3
2.0
7.2
3.1
5 Lou Berberet*
WS1
C
26.6
1.3
6.2
2.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Skowron
NYA
1B
25.5
4.0
19.1
11.4
2 Pete Runnels
WS1
1B
28.4
3.0
16.7
7.2
3 Mickey Vernon
BOS
1B
38.2
2.5
14.0
7.0
4 Vic Wertz
CLE
1B
31.4
2.2
18.4
10.0
5 Earl Torgeson
DET
1B
32.5
2.1
10.6
4.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Bolling
DET
2B
24.6
2.2
9.4
3.1
2 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
28.5
2.2
11.8
1.1
3 Billy Martin
NYA
2B
28.1
1.6
9.0
1.5
4 Billy Goodman
BOS
2B
30.3
1.4
8.0
1.4
5 Ted Lepcio
BOS
2B
25.9
1.0
5.6
0.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ray Boone
DET
3B
32.9
4.5
18.5
10.1
2 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
29.7
3.2
16.3
6.2
3 Hector Lopez
KC1
3B
27.0
2.0
10.8
1.4
4 Billy Klaus
BOS
3B
27.6
1.8
11.9
2.7
5 George Kell
MULT
3B
33.9
1.4
8.4
1.3
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
25.6
4.6
19.1
9.4
2 Gil McDougald
NYA
SS
28.1
4.4
17.3
9.6
3 Luis Aparicio*
CHA
SS
22.2
1.2
6.5
-2.1
4 Chico Carrasquel
CLE
SS
28.4
1.0
5.6
-2.4
5 Don Buddin*
BOS
SS
22.2
0.8
4.7
-2.0
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
24.7
10.7
43.7
34.1
2 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
30.6
5.9
25.3
15.5
3 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
37.8
5.8
22.4
15.0
4 Al Kaline
DET
RF
21.5
5.3
23.3
13.0
5 Charlie Maxwell
DET
LF
29.2
5.2
22.1
13.3
6 Larry Doby
CHA
CF
32.6
4.3
18.1
9.0
7 Bob Nieman
MULT
LF
29.4
4.2
22.0
14.3
8 Jackie Jensen
BOS
RF
29.3
3.2
19.0
9.1
9 Roy Sievers
WS1
LF
29.6
3.0
19.4
9.6
10 Jim Lemon
WS1
RF
28.3
2.7
17.8
8.7
11 Al Smith
CLE
RF
28.4
2.5
16.7
7.5
12 Rocky Colavito*
CLE
RF
22.9
2.2
13.5
7.9
13 Harry Simpson
KC1
RF
30.6
1.9
12.3
3.5
14 Dick Gernert
BOS
LF
27.8
1.6
10.2
4.8
15 Jim Piersall
BOS
CF
26.6
1.5
12.1
2.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Harshman
CHA
SP
29.0
0.8
1.1
0.8
2 Dick Donovan
CHA
SP
28.6
0.8
1.4
1.0
3 Billy Hoeft
DET
SP
24.1
0.8
1.0
0.7
4 Don Larsen
NYA
SP
26.9
0.8
1.1
0.8
5 Tom Brewer
BOS
SP
24.8
0.7
1.0
0.7
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