1979 Season
1978 / 1980
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Niekro

1979 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 Gene Tenace
SDN
C
32.7
5.4
19.4
10.7
2 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
31.6
4.4
15.5
7.4
3 Gary Carter
MON
C
25.2
4.2
16.7
8.3
4 Ted Simmons
SLN
C
29.9
4.0
15.9
8.0
5 Joe Ferguson
LAN
C
32.8
2.9
13.7
7.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Keith Hernandez
SLN
1B
25.7
6.1
27.6
17.1
2 Pete Rose
PHI
1B
38.2
4.0
24.2
13.2
3 Mike Ivie
SFN
1B
26.9
3.5
19.8
12.9
4 Steve Garvey
LAN
1B
30.5
3.1
20.0
9.5
5 Willie Stargell
PIT
1B
39.3
2.8
16.1
8.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Davey Lopes
LAN
2B
34.2
6.4
24.0
13.6
2 Phil Garner
PIT
2B
30.2
3.4
16.6
7.4
3 Joe Morgan
CIN
2B
35.8
3.3
13.9
5.8
4 Ken Oberkfell*
SLN
2B
23.2
3.0
11.0
4.4
5 Rafael Landestoy
HOU
2B
26.1
1.5
7.6
2.8
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
29.8
7.0
26.2
16.0
2 Larry Parrish
MON
3B
25.6
5.6
23.7
14.7
3 Ron Cey
LAN
3B
31.4
5.0
20.6
11.9
4 Bill Madlock
MULT
3B
28.5
3.9
17.1
7.7
5 Bob Horner
ATL
3B
21.9
3.8
16.5
8.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Garry Templeton
SLN
SS
23.3
4.3
17.6
7.1
2 Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
31.0
4.2
15.1
5.1
3 Ivan DeJesus
CHN
SS
26.5
2.5
10.5
-0.3
4 Johnnie LeMaster
SFN
SS
25.0
1.6
4.8
-0.8
5 Frank Taveras
MULT
SS
29.5
1.6
6.2
-4.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Winfield
SDN
RF
27.7
6.9
29.8
19.5
2 Dave Parker
PIT
RF
28.1
6.3
27.2
16.6
3 Lee Mazzilli
NYN
CF
24.3
5.5
20.9
10.5
4 Dave Kingman
CHN
LF
30.5
4.9
20.9
12.0
5 Jack Clark
SFN
RF
23.6
4.7
20.7
11.7
6 Gary Matthews
ATL
RF
29.0
4.3
21.9
11.5
7 George Foster
CIN
LF
30.6
4.3
20.2
12.6
8 Andre Dawson
MON
CF
25.0
3.0
17.8
7.5
9 Billy North
SFN
CF
31.1
3.0
16.2
7.8
10 Jose Cruz
HOU
LF
31.9
2.9
22.3
12.8
11 Joel Youngblood
NYN
RF
27.8
2.8
14.3
4.3
12 Dusty Baker
LAN
LF
30.0
2.7
15.9
6.6
13 Gene Richards
SDN
CF
25.8
2.6
13.1
4.0
14 George Hendrick
SLN
RF
29.7
2.5
13.5
5.2
15 Ken Griffey
CIN
RF
29.2
2.5
13.9
7.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Krukow
CHN
SP
27.4
0.6
1.0
0.9
2 Rick Sutcliffe*
LAN
SP
23.0
0.6
0.0
-0.1
3 Larry Christenson
PHI
SP
25.6
0.6
1.2
1.2
4 Steve Carlton
PHI
SP
34.5
0.5
0.0
-0.1
5 Dan Schatzeder
MON
SP
24.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1979 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 Darrell Porter
KCA
C
27.5
6.7
23.7
14.2
2 Brian Downing
CAL
C
28.7
6.4
21.6
13.2
3 Lance Parrish
DET
C
23.0
3.2
12.3
4.6
4 Butch Wynegar
MIN
C
23.3
2.7
8.7
0.4
5 Jim Sundberg
TEX
C
28.1
2.3
8.1
0.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Murray
BAL
1B
23.4
4.1
22.3
12.6
2 Bruce Bochte
SEA
1B
28.6
4.0
16.3
7.3
3 Cecil Cooper
ML4
1B
29.5
4.0
21.6
12.2
4 Rod Carew
CAL
1B
33.8
3.1
15.3
8.4
5 Andre Thornton
CLE
1B
29.9
2.5
16.9
8.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Grich
CAL
2B
30.5
6.0
21.9
13.3
2 Paul Molitor
ML4
2B
22.9
5.3
20.2
11.1
3 Lou Whitaker
DET
2B
22.1
3.6
12.3
5.0
4 Willie Randolph
NYA
2B
25.0
3.5
14.8
5.2
5 Rob Wilfong
MIN
2B
25.8
2.9
11.6
4.7
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
26.1
7.0
27.2
17.3
2 Toby Harrah
CLE
3B
30.7
5.6
21.4
12.5
3 Carney Lansford
CAL
3B
22.4
4.0
16.2
6.1
4 Buddy Bell
TEX
3B
27.8
3.8
15.1
4.9
5 Butch Hobson
BOS
3B
27.9
2.4
8.6
0.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roy Smalley
MIN
SS
26.7
4.5
15.5
5.2
2 Robin Yount
ML4
SS
23.8
2.3
6.5
-2.3
3 Greg Pryor
CHA
SS
29.7
2.3
5.4
-2.0
4 Alfredo Griffin*
TOR
SS
21.7
2.2
8.0
-1.7
5 Rick Burleson
BOS
SS
28.2
1.8
7.0
-2.6
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
27.4
7.9
27.7
19.0
2 Jim Rice
BOS
LF
26.3
6.3
24.9
15.2
3 Sixto Lezcano
ML4
RF
25.6
6.2
24.7
16.7
4 Ken Singleton
BAL
RF
32.1
5.7
28.2
18.5
5 Don Baylor
CAL
LF
30.0
5.2
27.4
17.2
6 Gorman Thomas
ML4
CF
28.6
4.9
21.2
11.7
7 Chet Lemon
CHA
CF
24.4
4.8
19.2
10.3
8 Steve Kemp
DET
LF
24.9
4.5
22.1
14.0
9 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
32.2
4.2
18.1
8.8
10 Reggie Jackson
NYA
RF
33.1
3.9
20.2
12.7
11 Willie Wilson
KCA
LF
24.0
3.8
18.7
9.6
12 Ron LeFlore
DET
CF
31.0
3.7
17.6
8.3
13 Ruppert Jones
SEA
CF
24.3
3.7
14.6
4.5
14 Ken Landreaux
MIN
CF
24.5
3.7
13.7
4.9
15 Ben Oglivie
ML4
LF
30.4
3.4
17.4
9.3
Designated Hitter
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Oscar Gamble
MULT
DH
29.5
3.8
17.5
12.8
2 Jim Spencer
NYA
DH
31.9
2.1
13.2
8.5
3 Hal McRae
KCA
DH
34.0
1.5
11.6
5.3
4 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
DH
39.9
1.4
11.6
3.3
5 Cliff Johnson
MULT
DH
31.9
1.4
12.1
7.2
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