1962 Season
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1962 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 Clay Dalrymple
PHI
C
25.6
3.3
13.3
6.4
2 Tom Haller*
SFN
C
25.0
3.2
12.4
7.3
3 Smoky Burgess
PIT
C
35.4
3.0
14.8
8.7
4 Del Crandall
ML1
C
32.3
2.5
7.6
1.7
5 Gene Oliver
SLN
C
27.3
2.4
7.8
1.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Orlando Cepeda
SFN
1B
24.8
3.9
23.3
13.0
2 Bill White
SLN
1B
28.4
3.2
18.9
8.5
3 Ernie Banks
CHN
1B
31.4
2.5
11.2
1.2
4 Roy Sievers
PHI
1B
35.6
2.3
15.1
6.9
5 Ron Fairly
LAN
1B
24.0
2.3
18.9
10.4
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
LAN
2B
33.7
3.9
17.4
6.7
2 Don Blasingame
CIN
2B
30.3
3.0
11.4
2.7
3 Chuck Hiller
SFN
2B
27.8
2.9
11.4
1.0
4 Tony Taylor
PHI
2B
26.5
2.6
11.6
0.9
5 Charlie Neal
NYN
2B
31.4
2.0
4.7
-4.1
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
30.7
5.4
21.9
12.1
2 Don Demeter
PHI
3B
27.0
4.8
21.0
11.6
3 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
31.1
4.5
16.4
5.8
4 Jim Davenport
SFN
3B
28.9
4.0
15.1
6.9
5 Bob Aspromonte*
HOU
3B
24.0
2.9
9.9
0.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
29.7
6.2
25.3
13.8
2 Leo Cardenas
CIN
SS
23.5
3.0
12.7
2.9
3 Dick Groat
PIT
SS
31.7
2.2
12.2
1.1
4 Roy McMillan
ML1
SS
33.0
2.0
7.9
-0.3
5 Andre Rodgers
CHN
SS
27.6
2.0
6.3
-1.5
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Robinson
CIN
RF
26.8
8.3
36.0
25.3
2 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
31.2
8.3
34.1
23.4
3 Hank Aaron
ML1
CF
28.4
7.7
31.1
20.9
4 Tommy Davis
LAN
LF
23.3
6.4
33.1
22.3
5 Bob Skinner
PIT
LF
30.7
4.7
23.4
14.3
6 Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
23.9
4.4
19.6
9.3
7 Felipe Alou
SFN
RF
27.1
4.4
22.8
13.6
8 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
22.2
4.4
21.0
10.9
9 Johnny Callison
PHI
RF
23.3
4.3
23.2
13.0
10 Tony Gonzalez
PHI
CF
25.8
3.9
17.0
9.5
11 George Altman
CHN
RF
29.3
3.9
16.9
7.7
12 Frank Howard
LAN
RF
25.9
3.8
22.2
14.0
13 Roman Mejias
HOU
RF
31.9
3.6
13.8
4.5
14 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
24.0
3.5
15.0
4.4
15 Stan Musial
SLN
LF
41.6
3.5
16.4
8.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
26.6
0.8
0.8
0.7
2 Vern Law
PIT
SP
32.3
0.8
1.2
1.1
3 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
24.7
0.7
0.0
-0.1
4 Bob Bruce
HOU
SP
29.1
0.6
0.3
0.2
5 Jay Hook
NYN
SP
25.6
0.5
0.0
-0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1962 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 Johnny Romano
CLE
C
27.9
4.0
18.2
9.9
2 Elston Howard
NYA
C
33.4
3.0
12.6
4.5
3 Earl Battey
MIN
C
27.5
2.5
10.7
1.9
4 Jim Pagliaroni
BOS
C
24.6
1.9
6.9
2.4
5 Charley Lau
BAL
C
29.2
1.3
5.4
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 Norm Siebern
KC1
1B
28.9
5.2
24.5
13.7
2 Joe Cunningham
CHA
1B
30.8
3.7
21.4
11.6
3 Norm Cash
DET
1B
27.6
3.4
18.9
9.5
4 Pete Runnels
BOS
1B
34.4
3.4
20.8
11.0
5 Lee Thomas
LAA
1B
26.4
2.6
20.5
10.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jerry Lumpe
KC1
2B
29.1
3.4
14.5
4.0
2 Bobby Richardson
NYA
2B
26.9
3.2
16.5
5.2
3 Billy Moran
LAA
2B
28.6
2.7
16.7
5.9
4 Bernie Allen*
MIN
2B
23.2
2.0
12.9
3.2
5 Dick McAuliffe
DET
2B
22.6
1.8
10.3
2.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
25.1
4.4
19.8
9.3
2 Ed Charles*
KC1
3B
29.2
4.4
15.1
6.0
3 Rich Rollins*
MIN
3B
24.2
4.3
19.6
8.8
4 Al Smith
CHA
3B
34.4
2.8
16.1
7.5
5 Frank Malzone
BOS
3B
32.3
2.1
11.2
1.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tom Tresh*
NYA
SS
24.8
4.6
20.9
10.2
2 Woodie Held
CLE
SS
30.3
3.7
14.7
6.3
3 Eddie Bressoud
BOS
SS
30.2
3.3
12.6
2.7
4 Jerry Adair
BAL
SS
25.5
2.9
10.4
1.8
5 Chico Fernandez
DET
SS
30.3
1.8
7.7
-0.7
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
30.7
7.7
30.4
22.9
2 Bob Allison
MIN
RF
28.0
4.1
20.1
10.9
3 Rocky Colavito
DET
LF
28.9
4.1
21.0
10.4
4 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
LF
26.0
4.1
22.3
12.3
5 Roger Maris
NYA
RF
27.8
4.1
22.5
12.1
6 Floyd Robinson
CHA
LF
26.1
4.0
23.6
13.3
7 Al Kaline
DET
RF
27.5
3.7
16.2
9.4
8 Leon Wagner
LAA
LF
28.1
3.5
21.7
11.5
9 Chuck Hinton
WS2
RF
28.2
3.1
13.1
4.1
10 Jackie Brandt
BAL
CF
28.2
2.9
13.6
5.1
11 Lou Clinton
BOS
RF
24.7
2.8
13.6
7.1
12 Bill Bruton
DET
CF
36.6
2.8
13.2
3.7
13 Chuck Essegian
CLE
LF
30.9
2.7
13.9
8.0
14 Albie Pearson
LAA
CF
27.8
2.5
16.6
5.8
15 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
LF
22.9
2.4
17.0
6.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Camilo Pascual
MIN
SP
28.4
0.9
1.3
1.2
2 Dick Donovan
CLE
SP
34.6
0.7
0.4
0.2
3 Gene Conley
BOS
SP
31.6
0.7
0.0
-0.1
4 Jerry Walker
KC1
SP
23.4
0.7
0.7
0.6
5 Ray Herbert
CHA
SP
32.5
0.6
0.1
-0.0
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