1975 Season
1974 / 1976
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1975 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 Ted Simmons
SLN
C
25.9
5.8
23.4
13.8
2 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
27.6
5.5
22.4
13.4
3 Manny Sanguillen
PIT
C
31.3
4.7
17.5
9.5
4 Jerry Grote
NYN
C
32.7
2.5
10.4
4.0
5 Steve Yeager
LAN
C
26.6
1.5
4.4
-3.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Garvey
LAN
1B
26.5
4.4
21.0
10.6
2 Andre Thornton
CHN
1B
25.9
4.0
21.7
14.7
3 Bob Watson
HOU
1B
29.2
3.9
18.6
10.7
4 Willie Stargell
PIT
1B
35.3
3.6
19.3
11.5
5 Cliff Johnson
HOU
1B
27.9
3.5
13.9
8.0
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
31.8
9.4
35.8
26.4
2 Davey Lopes
LAN
2B
30.2
4.7
18.5
7.7
3 Dave Cash
PHI
2B
27.1
4.0
17.2
5.9
4 Derrel Thomas
SFN
2B
24.5
3.1
11.9
2.9
5 Felix Millan
NYN
2B
31.9
2.6
12.6
1.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
25.8
5.9
21.8
11.8
2 Bill Madlock
CHN
3B
24.5
5.7
23.0
14.6
3 Ron Cey
LAN
3B
27.4
5.4
20.3
10.4
4 Pete Rose
CIN
3B
34.2
5.3
27.2
15.9
5 Darrell Evans
ATL
3B
28.1
3.6
17.5
7.3
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
25.0
3.5
12.3
3.9
2 Larry Bowa
PHI
SS
29.6
3.1
11.6
2.3
3 Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
27.0
2.1
9.7
1.4
4 Mike Tyson
SLN
SS
25.5
1.2
5.3
-0.7
5 Hector Torres
SDN
SS
29.8
1.2
4.3
-1.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Greg Luzinski
PHI
LF
24.6
5.2
25.6
15.2
2 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
CF
24.4
4.7
17.7
9.1
3 Dave Parker
PIT
RF
24.1
4.6
21.3
12.3
4 Rick Monday
CHN
CF
29.6
4.3
18.7
10.0
5 Jose Cardenal
CHN
LF
31.7
3.8
23.5
13.6
6 Ken Griffey
CIN
RF
25.2
3.8
16.3
8.3
7 Jimmy Wynn
LAN
CF
33.3
3.7
16.2
8.3
8 Rusty Staub
NYN
RF
31.3
3.7
22.0
12.1
9 Bobby Murcer
SFN
RF
29.1
3.7
18.4
9.1
10 Richie Zisk
PIT
LF
26.4
3.5
18.5
10.0
11 Al Oliver
PIT
CF
28.7
3.1
14.7
4.8
12 George Foster
CIN
LF
26.6
3.1
17.9
10.3
13 Von Joshua
SFN
CF
27.2
2.9
14.8
6.8
14 Gary Matthews
SFN
LF
25.0
2.9
12.8
5.5
15 Gary Carter*
MON
RF
21.2
2.9
13.4
4.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Forsch
SLN
SP
25.5
1.2
2.5
2.4
2 Larry Christenson
PHI
SP
21.6
0.8
0.8
0.7
3 Steve Renko
MON
SP
30.6
0.7
1.0
0.9
4 Ken Brett
PIT
SP
26.8
0.6
0.3
0.3
5 J.R. Richard
HOU
SP
25.3
0.5
0.0
-0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1975 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 Gene Tenace
OAK
C
28.7
6.2
25.0
16.2
2 Thurman Munson
NYA
C
28.1
5.8
16.8
7.5
3 Darrell Porter
ML4
C
23.5
4.0
14.4
7.2
4 Carlton Fisk
BOS
C
27.5
3.2
11.9
7.8
5 Brian Downing
CHA
C
24.7
3.0
8.0
0.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Mayberry
KCA
1B
26.4
6.4
30.4
20.8
2 Boog Powell
CLE
1B
33.9
4.2
21.2
14.1
3 George Scott
ML4
1B
31.3
3.9
21.7
12.2
4 Joe Rudi
OAK
1B
28.8
2.9
17.9
10.7
5 Chris Chambliss
NYA
1B
26.5
2.4
13.4
4.9
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
29.8
7.4
25.2
16.5
2 Bobby Grich
BAL
2B
26.5
5.4
19.5
10.3
3 Jorge Orta
CHA
2B
24.6
4.5
16.4
7.9
4 Len Randle
TEX
2B
26.4
3.1
12.3
2.8
5 Denny Doyle
MULT
2B
31.5
2.2
7.6
2.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Brett
KCA
3B
22.1
5.0
19.9
10.0
2 Graig Nettles
NYA
3B
30.9
3.5
14.3
5.2
3 Sal Bando
OAK
3B
31.4
3.2
14.6
5.3
4 Eric Soderholm
MIN
3B
26.8
3.1
10.5
3.8
5 Dave Chalk
CAL
3B
24.8
2.9
12.8
4.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Toby Harrah
TEX
SS
26.7
6.8
25.0
16.1
2 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
33.3
3.0
10.7
2.4
3 Robin Yount
ML4
SS
19.8
2.8
10.3
1.8
4 Bucky Dent
CHA
SS
23.6
1.8
5.9
-3.5
5 Freddie Patek
KCA
SS
30.7
1.5
3.8
-3.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Lynn*
BOS
CF
23.4
6.5
27.4
18.9
2 Ken Singleton
BAL
RF
28.1
6.1
28.2
18.2
3 Bobby Bonds
NYA
RF
29.3
5.1
21.1
12.2
4 Reggie Jackson
OAK
RF
29.1
5.1
23.9
14.5
5 Claudell Washington
OAK
LF
20.8
4.4
19.6
10.6
6 Mickey Rivers
CAL
CF
26.7
4.2
18.6
9.2
7 Roy White
NYA
LF
31.5
4.1
17.7
8.7
8 Don Baylor
BAL
LF
26.0
3.9
20.3
11.9
9 Mike Hargrove
TEX
LF
25.7
3.7
19.9
11.3
10 Leroy Stanton
CAL
RF
29.2
3.5
15.3
8.1
11 Billy North
OAK
CF
27.1
3.5
15.6
6.8
12 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
28.2
3.0
11.8
4.1
13 Steve Braun
MIN
LF
27.1
3.0
15.2
7.8
14 Jim Rice*
BOS
LF
22.3
3.0
18.2
9.6
15 Bernie Carbo
BOS
RF
27.9
2.9
14.8
9.1
Designated Hitter
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rico Carty
CLE
DH
35.8
3.1
16.2
10.1
2 Billy Williams
OAK
DH
37.0
2.0
17.2
8.7
3 Cecil Cooper
BOS
DH
25.5
1.9
12.4
7.7
4 Tony Solaita
KCA
DH
28.5
1.6
9.1
5.2
5 Al Bumbry
BAL
DH
28.2
1.4
9.2
3.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James