1898 Season
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1898 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 Ed McFarland
PHI
C
23.9
3.3
10.5
3.2
2 Mike Grady
NY1
C
28.5
3.0
13.7
8.6
3 Duke Farrell
WSN
C
31.8
2.7
8.9
3.3
4 Lou Criger
CL4
C
26.4
2.5
7.7
2.7
5 Heinie Peitz
CIN
C
27.6
1.7
8.0
2.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dan McGann
BLN
1B
27.0
4.2
18.1
8.6
2 Bill Joyce
NY1
1B
32.8
4.0
21.3
12.0
3 Honus Wagner
LS3
1B
24.4
3.4
16.7
7.2
4 Bill Everitt
CHN
1B
29.6
3.0
17.3
7.4
5 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
26.6
2.5
15.3
7.3
Second 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
2B
23.8
4.8
21.0
11.4
2 Gene DeMontreville
BLN
2B
25.3
4.2
17.4
7.8
3 Cupid Childs
CL4
2B
30.9
3.0
11.8
4.3
4 Heinie Reitz
WSN
2B
31.0
2.6
9.3
1.2
5 Bid McPhee
CIN
2B
38.7
1.5
11.2
2.7
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
25.2
6.7
25.0
15.2
2 Jimmy Collins
BSN
3B
28.5
5.6
23.2
13.4
3 Bobby Wallace
CL4
3B
24.7
3.7
13.2
3.2
4 Lave Cross
SLN
3B
32.1
3.7
11.2
1.6
5 Jud Smith*
WSN
3B
29.5
1.9
6.5
2.5
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
29.2
6.9
24.1
14.1
2 Bill Dahlen
CHN
SS
28.5
4.8
17.7
8.4
3 Ed McKean
CL4
SS
34.1
4.1
13.8
3.7
4 George Davis
NY1
SS
27.9
3.4
15.2
7.3
5 Monte Cross
PHI
SS
28.8
2.8
10.2
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 Delahanty
PHI
LF
30.7
5.9
28.3
18.8
2 Billy Hamilton
BSN
CF
32.4
5.2
26.8
19.2
3 Elmer Flick*
PHI
RF
22.5
4.7
22.3
13.9
4 Jesse Burkett
CL4
LF
29.6
4.6
23.6
13.0
5 Jimmy Ryan
CHN
LF
35.4
4.6
24.0
14.2
6 George Van Haltren
NY1
CF
32.3
3.8
25.5
14.7
7 John Anderson
MULT
CF
24.5
3.8
16.1
7.6
8 Willie Keeler
BLN
RF
26.3
3.8
19.9
10.8
9 Elmer Smith
CIN
LF
30.3
3.7
22.8
14.4
10 Dummy Hoy
LS3
CF
36.1
3.4
20.1
10.3
11 Joe Kelley
BLN
CF
26.6
3.4
16.6
8.6
12 Duff Cooley
PHI
CF
25.3
3.4
19.1
8.8
13 Fred Clarke
LS3
LF
25.7
3.3
20.8
10.8
14 Kip Selbach
WSN
LF
26.3
3.2
15.1
6.3
15 Bill Lange
CHN
CF
27.1
3.0
16.0
8.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Win Mercer
WSN
SP
24.0
2.1
6.3
4.9
2 Cy Seymour
NY1
SP
25.6
1.0
5.2
3.7
3 Jesse Tannehill
PIT
SP
24.0
1.0
3.5
2.8
4 Al Orth
PHI
SP
25.8
0.9
2.7
2.1
5 Walter Thornton
CHN
SP
23.4
0.7
5.0
3.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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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