1972 Season
1971 / 1973
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1972 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 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
24.6
6.9
28.7
18.9
2 Ted Simmons
SLN
C
22.9
4.6
16.8
7.4
3 Earl Williams
ATL
C
24.0
3.8
15.4
5.8
4 Manny Sanguillen
PIT
C
28.3
2.5
12.5
4.2
5 Johnny Edwards
HOU
C
34.1
2.1
9.8
4.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nate Colbert
SDN
1B
26.2
5.0
24.3
14.7
2 Willie Stargell
PIT
1B
32.3
4.8
24.9
16.3
3 Lee May
HOU
1B
29.3
4.3
22.5
12.8
4 Hank Aaron
ATL
1B
38.4
4.3
19.2
11.1
5 Tony Perez
CIN
1B
30.1
4.0
22.7
14.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Morgan
CIN
2B
28.8
8.4
31.8
21.6
2 Tito Fuentes
SFN
2B
28.5
2.5
11.6
2.1
3 Ron Hunt
MON
2B
31.4
2.4
10.2
2.2
4 Ted Sizemore
SLN
2B
27.2
2.2
7.0
-0.3
5 Dave Cash
PIT
2B
24.1
2.0
8.2
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 Richie Hebner
PIT
3B
24.6
5.0
19.8
12.4
2 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
32.4
4.7
17.2
9.0
3 Darrell Evans
ATL
3B
25.1
3.4
15.3
7.4
4 Joe Torre
SLN
3B
32.0
3.2
15.5
6.3
5 Doug Rader
HOU
3B
27.9
2.6
13.0
3.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chris Speier
SFN
SS
22.0
4.9
17.4
7.6
2 Bill Russell
LAN
SS
23.7
2.4
10.2
3.0
3 Don Kessinger
CHN
SS
30.0
2.1
10.0
0.1
4 Gene Alley
PIT
SS
32.0
1.7
5.3
-0.5
5 Darrel Chaney
CIN
SS
24.3
1.2
5.0
1.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
CF
21.4
7.6
29.5
20.1
2 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
34.0
7.1
28.5
18.8
3 Jimmy Wynn
HOU
RF
30.3
6.1
26.1
16.3
4 Dusty Baker*
ATL
CF
23.0
4.7
17.9
10.4
5 Bob Watson
HOU
LF
26.2
4.6
24.2
15.0
6 Pete Rose
CIN
LF
31.2
4.4
28.3
17.3
7 Bobby Bonds
SFN
RF
26.3
4.2
19.2
8.7
8 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
32.2
4.0
19.1
9.3
9 Al Oliver
PIT
CF
25.7
3.9
18.1
8.9
10 Bobby Tolan
CIN
CF
26.6
3.5
17.5
7.4
11 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
37.9
3.3
13.3
7.1
12 Jose Cardenal
CHN
RF
28.7
3.3
14.8
5.9
13 Lou Brock
SLN
LF
33.0
3.1
18.9
8.8
14 Leron Lee
SDN
LF
24.3
2.9
16.0
9.9
15 Ralph Garr
ATL
LF
26.6
2.7
16.8
7.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Claude Osteen
LAN
SP
32.9
1.2
1.9
1.8
2 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
36.6
0.7
0.4
0.3
3 Dave Roberts
HOU
SP
27.8
0.6
0.6
0.5
4 Don Durham*
SLN
SP
23.3
0.5
1.5
1.5
5 Mike Corkins
SDN
SW
26.1
0.5
0.3
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1972 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 Carlton Fisk*
BOS
C
24.5
7.3
26.0
18.0
2 Bill Freehan
DET
C
30.6
4.1
13.5
6.8
3 Thurman Munson
NYA
C
25.1
3.9
14.0
5.2
4 Ed Kirkpatrick
KCA
C
27.7
3.9
12.4
5.8
5 Ellie Rodriguez
ML4
C
26.1
3.7
13.1
6.5
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dick Allen
CHA
1B
30.3
8.8
38.1
28.6
2 John Mayberry
KCA
1B
23.4
5.7
25.2
16.0
3 Mike Epstein
OAK
1B
29.2
5.3
25.3
16.9
4 George Scott
ML4
1B
28.3
3.7
18.3
8.4
5 Ron Blomberg
NYA
1B
23.9
3.3
14.3
8.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rod Carew
MIN
2B
26.8
4.8
16.9
7.6
2 Dick McAuliffe
DET
2B
32.6
2.8
12.1
4.8
3 Horace Clarke
NYA
2B
32.1
2.4
10.7
1.1
4 Tony Taylor
DET
2B
36.5
1.9
7.3
3.4
5 Sandy Alomar
CAL
2B
28.7
1.8
9.4
-1.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sal Bando
OAK
3B
28.4
4.4
17.2
7.3
2 Graig Nettles
CLE
3B
27.9
3.7
13.8
4.1
3 Ken McMullen
CAL
3B
30.1
3.3
16.7
8.5
4 Rico Petrocelli
BOS
3B
29.0
3.1
15.9
6.4
5 Dave Nelson
TEX
3B
28.0
2.3
12.1
3.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Grich*
BAL
SS
23.5
4.8
17.4
9.2
2 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
30.3
3.6
11.2
0.6
3 Toby Harrah
TEX
SS
23.7
2.9
9.7
3.2
4 Danny Thompson
MIN
SS
25.4
2.8
11.0
1.2
5 Luis Aparicio
BOS
SS
38.2
2.6
8.6
1.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Murcer
NYA
CF
26.1
8.0
32.0
21.8
2 Joe Rudi
OAK
LF
25.8
5.8
26.5
16.3
3 Reggie Jackson
OAK
CF
26.1
5.7
23.4
14.4
4 Carlos May
CHA
LF
24.1
5.7
26.9
17.3
5 Reggie Smith
BOS
RF
27.2
4.7
23.8
15.3
6 Roy White
NYA
LF
28.5
4.4
23.3
12.9
7 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
25.2
4.1
18.8
9.3
8 Tommy Harper
BOS
CF
31.7
4.0
20.7
10.7
9 Lou Piniella
KCA
LF
28.8
3.9
18.9
9.1
10 Richie Scheinblum
KCA
RF
29.7
3.8
16.2
8.1
11 Johnny Briggs
ML4
LF
28.3
3.5
17.7
10.2
12 Bobby Darwin*
MIN
CF
29.4
3.1
13.4
4.7
13 Ken Berry
CAL
CF
31.1
3.0
17.2
10.0
14 Vada Pinson
CAL
LF
33.9
2.8
17.3
9.0
15 Pat Kelly
CHA
RF
27.9
2.7
15.0
7.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Clyde Wright
CAL
SP
31.4
1.0
1.0
0.8
2 Steve Dunning
CLE
SP
23.1
0.9
1.5
1.4
3 Jim Palmer
BAL
SP
26.7
0.9
0.3
0.1
4 Sonny Siebert
BOS
SP
35.5
0.8
0.7
0.5
5 Paul Splittorff
KCA
SP
25.7
0.7
0.1
-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.

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