1896 Season
1895 / 1897














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1896 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 Deacon McGuire
WSN
C
32.6
2.5
9.5
3.2
2 Jack Clements
PHI
C
31.9
2.3
7.9
4.8
3 Mike Grady
PHI
C
26.5
1.9
7.7
3.8
4 Wilbert Robinson
BLN
C
33.0
1.7
6.5
2.6
5 Duke Farrell
MULT
C
29.8
1.5
5.3
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 Jack Doyle
BLN
1B
26.7
3.4
15.3
7.3
2 Roger Connor
SLN
1B
39.0
2.4
10.8
2.9
3 Cap Anson
CHN
1B
44.2
2.4
11.3
4.5
4 Dan Brouthers
PHI
1B
38.1
2.3
9.4
5.5
5 John Anderson
BRO
1B
22.5
2.0
11.1
4.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cupid Childs
CL4
2B
28.9
5.1
18.9
9.9
2 Bid McPhee
CIN
2B
36.7
2.4
11.6
4.2
3 Bill Hallman
PHI
2B
29.3
2.3
11.3
3.5
4 Kid Gleason
NY1
2B
29.7
2.2
10.5
1.8
5 John O'Brien
MULT
2B
30.0
1.8
8.3
0.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Joyce
MULT
3B
30.8
6.6
24.8
16.0
2 George Davis
NY1
3B
25.9
4.1
15.6
7.5
3 Denny Lyons
PIT
3B
30.3
3.5
12.8
5.2
4 Jim Donnelly
BLN
3B
31.0
2.7
10.3
3.6
5 Bill Everitt
CHN
3B
27.6
2.0
13.2
4.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hughie Jennings
BLN
SS
27.2
7.2
24.0
15.2
2 Bill Dahlen
CHN
SS
26.5
6.3
22.0
13.6
3 Ed McKean
CL4
SS
32.1
4.0
14.9
5.6
4 Gene DeMontreville*
WSN
SS
23.3
3.8
14.9
6.4
5 Herman Long
BSN
SS
30.2
3.5
14.9
6.9
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Delahanty
PHI
LF
28.7
6.9
30.7
22.3
2 Joe Kelley
BLN
LF
24.6
6.6
27.5
18.3
3 Billy Hamilton
BSN
CF
30.4
5.7
26.4
17.0
4 Jesse Burkett
CL4
LF
27.6
5.5
25.4
15.9
5 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
29.4
5.4
23.4
14.6
6 Elmer Smith
PIT
LF
28.3
5.0
21.9
13.6
7 Willie Keeler
BLN
RF
24.3
4.9
21.6
12.9
8 Jake Stenzel
PIT
CF
29.0
4.1
18.8
11.1
9 George Van Haltren
NY1
CF
30.3
4.1
20.1
11.0
10 Tom McCreery*
LS3
RF
21.7
3.7
17.0
9.8
11 Bill Lange
CHN
CF
25.1
3.6
18.9
10.9
12 Fred Clarke
LS3
LF
23.7
3.3
16.3
7.8
13 Fielder Jones*
BRO
RF
24.9
3.0
13.9
7.3
14 Kip Selbach
WSN
LF
24.3
2.9
16.1
7.7
15 Dummy Hoy
CIN
CF
34.1
2.5
13.2
5.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Stivetts
BSN
SP
28.3
1.9
6.2
5.2
2 Jouett Meekin
NY1
SP
29.4
1.1
3.2
2.6
3 Bill Hoffer
BLN
SP
25.6
1.0
3.1
2.4
4 Frank Killen
PIT
SP
25.6
0.8
2.2
1.3
5 Nig Cuppy
CL4
SP
27.0
0.7
1.9
1.2
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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