1897 Season
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1897 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 Klondike Douglass
SLN
C
25.1
3.3
13.1
4.6
2 Deacon McGuire
WSN
C
33.6
2.6
8.5
3.4
3 Duke Farrell
WSN
C
30.8
1.4
4.8
0.7
4 Chief Zimmer
CL4
C
36.6
1.4
6.0
1.2
5 John Warner
NY1
C
24.9
1.1
5.5
-1.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nap Lajoie
PHI
1B
22.8
5.0
17.6
9.3
2 Jack Doyle
BLN
1B
27.7
3.3
14.8
7.7
3 Jake Beckley
MULT
1B
29.9
2.7
13.9
7.1
4 Perry Werden
LS3
1B
31.9
2.5
12.0
3.8
5 Tommy Tucker
MULT
1B
33.7
2.5
10.2
4.2
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
29.9
3.2
13.4
5.6
2 Kid Gleason
NY1
2B
30.7
1.9
11.8
3.5
3 Dick Padden
PIT
2B
26.8
1.7
9.4
0.9
4 Heinie Reitz
BLN
2B
30.0
1.7
8.8
0.9
5 Bobby Lowe
BSN
2B
32.0
1.7
11.3
3.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John McGraw
BLN
3B
24.2
4.4
15.5
8.1
2 Bill Joyce
NY1
3B
31.8
4.3
16.8
9.8
3 Jimmy Collins
BSN
3B
27.5
4.0
18.2
9.8
4 Bobby Wallace
CL4
3B
23.7
3.7
14.9
6.5
5 Billy Shindle
BRO
3B
36.6
2.1
11.4
2.6
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
28.2
6.3
19.7
11.8
2 George Davis
NY1
SS
26.9
6.0
23.0
14.7
3 Monte Cross
SLN
SS
27.8
3.2
10.8
2.9
4 Gene DeMontreville
WSN
SS
24.3
3.2
12.0
3.3
5 Bill Dahlen
CHN
SS
27.5
2.5
9.1
4.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Keeler
BLN
RF
25.3
6.5
26.8
17.8
2 Fred Clarke
LS3
LF
24.7
6.2
26.0
17.4
3 Ed Delahanty
PHI
LF
29.7
5.4
20.1
11.4
4 Joe Kelley
BLN
LF
25.6
4.8
20.9
12.3
5 Billy Hamilton
BSN
CF
31.4
4.4
23.2
14.1
6 Jesse Burkett
CL4
LF
28.6
4.3
20.2
11.3
7 Jake Stenzel
BLN
CF
30.0
4.2
19.3
10.9
8 Mike Griffin
BRO
CF
32.3
3.8
19.6
10.3
9 Bill Lange
CHN
CF
26.1
3.7
18.5
10.6
10 Kip Selbach
WSN
LF
25.3
3.7
15.8
7.5
11 Hugh Duffy
BSN
LF
30.6
3.4
20.6
11.5
12 Elmer Smith
PIT
LF
29.3
3.3
18.3
10.3
13 Mike Tiernan
NY1
RF
30.4
3.2
19.1
10.5
14 Chick Stahl*
BSN
RF
24.5
2.9
17.5
10.1
15 Fielder Jones
BRO
RF
25.9
2.8
17.8
8.6
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
29.3
1.6
8.0
7.1
2 Al Orth
PHI
SP
24.8
1.1
2.7
2.0
3 Fred Klobedanz
BSN
SP
26.1
1.0
3.9
3.2
4 Win Mercer
WSN
SP
23.0
0.9
2.4
1.8
5 Jouett Meekin
NY1
SP
30.4
0.6
2.0
1.4
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.

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