1964 Season
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1964 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 Joe Torre
ML1
C
24.0
5.6
24.7
14.7
2 Tim McCarver
SLN
C
22.7
3.6
11.6
3.7
3 Jim Pagliaroni
PIT
C
26.6
3.3
10.8
5.5
4 Tom Haller
SFN
C
27.0
3.1
11.0
4.1
5 Johnny Roseboro
LAN
C
31.1
2.9
12.4
5.1
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
26.8
4.9
21.7
12.7
2 Bill White
SLN
1B
30.4
4.0
21.9
11.3
3 Ron Fairly
LAN
1B
26.0
3.0
14.6
6.4
4 Deron Johnson
CIN
1B
26.0
2.7
13.3
5.3
5 Walt Bond
HOU
1B
26.7
2.2
14.7
5.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ron Hunt
NYN
2B
23.4
3.5
13.7
5.7
2 Bill Mazeroski
PIT
2B
27.8
1.9
8.6
-1.3
3 Nellie Fox
HOU
2B
36.5
1.7
8.0
0.3
4 Jimmy Stewart*
CHN
2B
25.1
1.5
5.5
-1.8
5 Tony Taylor
PHI
2B
28.5
1.4
9.7
-0.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dick Allen*
PHI
3B
22.3
8.8
35.0
24.1
2 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
24.4
8.5
28.4
17.9
3 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
33.1
5.5
21.6
10.8
4 Jim Ray Hart*
SFN
3B
22.7
5.4
19.4
9.8
5 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
32.7
3.9
17.0
7.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Denis Menke
ML1
SS
23.9
6.1
22.8
13.7
2 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
31.7
3.3
13.2
2.6
3 Dick Groat
SLN
SS
33.7
3.0
12.4
1.7
4 Dick Schofield
PIT
SS
29.5
2.3
9.2
2.1
5 Andre Rodgers
CHN
SS
29.6
2.1
7.3
-0.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
33.2
9.0
30.7
20.5
2 Frank Robinson
CIN
RF
28.8
7.0
28.0
17.8
3 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
30.4
6.3
29.6
19.9
4 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
29.9
6.1
26.2
15.7
5 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
26.0
6.1
25.4
14.5
6 Lou Brock
MULT
LF
25.0
5.2
21.9
11.3
7 Rico Carty*
ML1
LF
24.8
5.0
24.6
16.9
8 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
24.2
4.9
18.5
8.5
9 Lee Maye
ML1
CF
29.6
4.3
20.5
10.9
10 Johnny Callison
PHI
RF
25.3
4.3
24.5
13.6
11 Joe Christopher
NYN
RF
28.6
4.0
19.0
9.7
12 Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
25.9
4.0
16.4
6.1
13 Curt Flood
SLN
CF
26.5
3.1
16.1
4.8
14 Tony Gonzalez
PHI
CF
27.8
2.7
11.7
4.4
15 Willie Stargell
PIT
LF
24.3
2.1
12.3
5.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Vern Law
PIT
SP
34.3
1.0
1.4
1.3
2 Lew Burdette
MULT
SW
37.6
0.7
1.3
1.2
3 Joe Gibbon
PIT
SP
29.2
0.6
0.3
0.2
4 Bob Bruce
HOU
SP
31.1
0.5
0.0
-0.1
5 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
27.9
0.4
0.0
-0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1964 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 Elston Howard
NYA
C
35.4
4.7
21.5
12.4
2 Bill Freehan
DET
C
22.6
4.5
17.7
9.0
3 Bob Tillman
BOS
C
27.3
2.8
11.7
4.5
4 Johnny Romano
CLE
C
29.9
2.6
10.7
4.4
5 Earl Battey
MIN
C
29.5
1.8
7.1
-0.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Allison
MIN
1B
30.0
6.1
21.9
12.9
2 Norm Siebern
BAL
1B
30.9
2.6
17.1
8.1
3 Jim Gentile
KC1
1B
30.1
2.5
14.1
6.1
4 Norm Cash
DET
1B
29.6
2.4
15.4
7.0
5 Joe Adcock
LAA
1B
36.7
2.2
12.9
6.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Felix Mantilla
BOS
2B
29.9
3.9
16.9
9.8
2 Don Buford*
CHA
2B
27.4
2.3
10.6
3.0
3 Woodie Held
CLE
2B
32.3
1.5
9.7
3.5
4 Dick Green*
KC1
2B
23.2
1.2
6.6
-0.6
5 Jerry Lumpe
DET
2B
31.1
1.1
8.9
-1.4
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
27.1
6.4
27.2
16.9
2 Pete Ward
CHA
3B
26.9
4.5
22.0
12.9
3 Rich Rollins
MIN
3B
26.2
2.8
11.0
1.0
4 Max Alvis
CLE
3B
26.4
1.9
10.0
3.7
5 Ed Charles
KC1
3B
31.2
1.5
7.5
-2.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Fregosi
LAA
SS
22.2
6.3
20.3
11.4
2 Eddie Bressoud
BOS
SS
32.2
5.0
19.7
10.0
3 Ron Hansen
CHA
SS
26.2
4.8
19.2
9.1
4 Luis Aparicio
BAL
SS
30.2
3.9
13.2
3.5
5 Wayne Causey
KC1
SS
27.5
3.8
14.6
3.9
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
32.7
6.7
30.3
21.8
2 Tony Oliva*
MIN
RF
25.9
6.4
23.9
13.1
3 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
LF
28.0
5.8
21.5
11.2
4 Boog Powell
BAL
LF
22.9
5.7
26.0
18.4
5 Rocky Colavito
KC1
RF
30.9
4.9
19.9
9.7
6 Al Kaline
DET
RF
29.5
4.1
20.8
11.6
7 Floyd Robinson
CHA
RF
28.1
4.0
21.5
12.3
8 Roger Maris
NYA
RF
29.8
3.5
21.0
12.2
9 Don Lock
WS2
CF
27.9
3.3
17.7
8.7
10 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
CF
24.9
3.3
16.1
6.4
11 Jimmie Hall
MIN
CF
26.3
3.2
13.3
4.8
12 Tony Conigliaro*
BOS
LF
19.5
2.9
14.4
7.7
13 Sam Bowens*
BAL
RF
25.3
2.1
14.3
6.0
14 Tom Tresh
NYA
LF
26.8
2.1
16.2
6.9
15 Willie Smith*
LAA
LF
25.4
2.1
10.6
5.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Earl Wilson
BOS
SP
29.7
1.1
1.6
1.5
2 Gary Peters
CHA
SP
27.2
1.0
0.4
0.2
3 Jim Kaat
MIN
SP
25.7
0.9
0.1
-0.1
4 Sonny Siebert*
CLE
SP
27.5
0.9
1.1
1.1
5 Phil Regan
DET
SP
27.2
0.6
1.1
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