1882 Season
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1882 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 Charlie Bennett
DTN
C
27.6
3.5
15.3
10.0
2 Jack Rowe
BFN
C
25.6
2.0
6.0
1.3
3 Silver Flint
CHN
C
26.9
1.2
5.7
0.8
4 Fatty Briody*
CL2
C
23.9
1.1
3.7
0.7
5 Pat Deasley
BSN
C
24.6
0.9
3.4
-0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan Brouthers
BFN
1B
24.1
5.0
21.4
16.0
2 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
30.2
4.3
18.6
13.2
3 Roger Connor
TRN
1B
25.0
4.2
20.2
14.9
4 Joe Start
PRO
1B
39.7
3.0
14.6
9.2
5 John Morrill
BSN
1B
27.4
2.6
12.4
7.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Dunlap
CL2
2B
23.1
2.4
10.4
4.7
2 Hardy Richardson
BFN
2B
27.2
1.9
8.2
2.8
3 Bob Ferguson
TRN
2B
37.4
1.8
7.1
2.1
4 Jack Farrell
PRO
2B
25.0
1.7
8.7
3.1
5 Tom Burns
CHN
2B
25.3
1.4
5.9
0.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ned Williamson
CHN
3B
24.7
2.8
11.4
5.9
2 Buck Ewing
TRN
3B
22.7
2.4
10.0
5.0
3 Deacon White
BFN
3B
34.6
2.0
7.2
2.0
4 Mike Muldoon*
CL2
3B
24.2
1.6
7.1
2.0
5 Ezra Sutton
BSN
3B
31.8
1.5
5.5
0.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Glasscock
CL2
SS
24.9
3.6
13.7
8.2
2 King Kelly
CHN
SS
24.5
2.7
12.4
6.8
3 Davy Force
BFN
SS
32.9
1.0
2.6
-1.7
4 Fred Corey
WOR
SS
27.6
0.8
3.2
-0.6
5 Sam Wise*
BSN
SS
24.9
0.6
2.2
-2.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Hines
PRO
CF
27.3
2.9
16.7
11.0
2 George Gore
CHN
CF
25.2
2.9
14.8
9.0
3 Abner Dalrymple
CHN
LF
24.8
2.1
12.4
6.4
4 Curry Foley
BFN
RF
26.5
1.8
10.4
5.3
5 George Wood
DTN
LF
23.6
1.8
12.2
6.5
6 Joe Hornung
BSN
LF
25.1
1.8
11.2
5.5
7 Tom York
PRO
LF
32.0
1.7
10.3
5.4
8 Jim O'Rourke
BFN
CF
31.8
1.6
8.6
3.0
9 Jackie Hayes*
WOR
CF
21.0
1.4
5.9
1.0
10 Blondie Purcell
BFN
LF
28.3
1.3
8.6
2.8
11 Ned Hanlon
DTN
CF
24.9
1.1
8.1
2.7
12 Pete Gillespie
TRN
LF
30.6
1.1
6.8
2.3
13 Ed Rowen*
BSN
RF
24.7
1.0
4.9
-0.2
14 Pete Hotaling
BSN
CF
25.5
0.9
6.7
1.0
15 John Ward
PRO
RF
22.3
0.5
4.9
-0.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Whitney
BSN
SP
24.6
2.9
14.4
11.9
2 Lee Richmond
WOR
SP
25.2
1.3
5.4
3.2
3 Tim Keefe
TRN
SP
25.5
0.5
4.6
2.7
4 Mickey Welch
TRN
SP
23.0
0.2
2.0
0.6
5 John Clarkson*
WOR
SP
21.0
0.1
0.5
0.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1882 American Association Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Taylor
PT1
C
27.6
2.2
10.2
5.5
2 Ed Whiting*
BL2
C
22.6
1.8
9.1
4.2
3 Jack O'Brien*
PH4
C
22.1
1.8
11.9
7.9
4 Pop Snyder
CN2
C
27.7
1.7
8.7
3.8
5 Dan Sullivan*
LS2
C
25.1
1.5
6.0
1.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Guy Hecker*
LS2
1B
26.2
1.7
8.8
3.4
2 Juice Latham
PH4
1B
29.8
0.9
9.3
4.1
3 Jake Goodman
PT1
1B
28.8
0.4
1.9
1.2
4 Ecky Stearns*
CN2
1B
20.7
0.4
3.9
0.5
5 Charlie Comiskey*
SL4
1B
22.9
0.3
5.7
0.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Browning*
LS2
2B
21.0
4.4
20.5
15.6
2 Bid McPhee*
CN2
2B
22.7
0.4
4.0
-1.0
3 George Strief
PT1
2B
25.7
0.2
1.1
-3.7
4 Gracie Pierce*
MULT
2B
0.0
0.1
0.9
-2.0
5 Frank Decker*
SL4
2B
26.3
0.0
0.1
-0.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hick Carpenter
CN2
3B
26.9
2.9
16.0
10.3
2 Jack Gleason*
SL4
3B
28.0
1.3
10.6
5.0
3 Bill Schenck*
LS2
3B
0.0
1.2
5.0
1.2
4 Jack Leary*
MULT
3B
25.0
1.1
6.4
2.2
5 John Shetzline*
BL2
3B
30.6
0.5
2.9
-1.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Gleason*
SL4
SS
23.6
1.9
13.0
7.5
2 Chick Fulmer
CN2
SS
31.4
1.7
8.4
3.1
3 John Peters
PT1
SS
32.2
1.6
6.5
1.2
4 Lou Say
PH4
SS
28.4
0.3
2.6
-0.6
5 Jimmy Say*
MULT
SS
20.6
-0.1
0.2
-1.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Swartwood*
PT1
RF
23.5
3.2
17.0
11.6
2 Jimmy Wolf*
LS2
RF
20.1
1.8
10.6
5.5
3 Mike Mansell
PT1
LF
24.5
1.7
11.0
5.4
4 Joe Sommer*
CN2
LF
23.6
1.4
12.1
6.2
5 Tom Brown*
BL2
RF
21.8
1.1
8.3
5.3
6 John Reccius*
LS2
CF
22.7
0.9
5.9
1.4
7 Oscar Walker
SL4
CF
28.3
0.8
10.7
5.6
8 Harry McCaffery*
MULT
RF
23.6
0.7
6.4
3.9
9 Bill Kienzle*
PH4
CF
20.3
0.4
3.0
2.4
10 Harry Wheeler*
CN2
RF
24.3
0.4
6.9
1.4
11 Ned Cuthbert
SL4
LF
37.0
0.3
6.4
2.5
12 Monk Cline*
BL2
CF
24.3
0.1
2.0
-0.7
13 Charlie Morton*
MULT
CF
27.7
0.1
2.5
0.3
14 Bill Greenwood*
PH4
RF
25.6
0.1
1.0
0.5
15 Nick Scharf*
BL2
CF
24.0
0.1
0.7
0.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tony Mullane*
LS2
SP
23.4
1.1
5.8
3.9
2 Will White
CN2
SP
27.7
0.3
3.1
1.8
3 Sam Weaver
PH4
SP
27.0
0.1
2.3
1.3
4 John Russ*
BL2
SP
24.3
0.0
0.1
0.1
5 Eddie Hogan*
SL4
SP
20.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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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