1899 Season
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1899 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
24.9
3.6
13.1
7.6
2 Mike Grady
NY1
C
29.5
3.2
12.1
6.9
3 Chief Zimmer
MULT
C
38.6
2.6
9.3
3.7
4 Duke Farrell
MULT
C
32.8
2.4
9.1
4.5
5 Deacon McGuire
MULT
C
35.6
2.1
7.7
1.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
27.6
4.0
21.3
11.0
2 Jake Beckley
CIN
1B
31.9
3.9
18.1
9.5
3 Dan McGann
MULT
1B
28.0
3.5
16.8
8.3
4 Jack Doyle
NY1
1B
29.7
2.1
11.1
3.9
5 Hughie Jennings
MULT
1B
30.2
1.9
8.6
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 Tom Daly
BRO
2B
33.4
4.3
20.0
11.3
2 Nap Lajoie
PHI
2B
24.8
3.7
15.9
10.9
3 Claude Ritchey
LS3
2B
25.7
2.8
12.0
2.8
4 Cupid Childs
SLN
2B
31.9
1.9
8.4
0.2
5 Joe Quinn
CL4
2B
34.5
1.7
8.7
-0.7
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
26.2
7.4
26.0
18.0
2 Jimmy Williams*
PIT
3B
22.5
6.9
26.0
15.8
3 Honus Wagner
LS3
3B
25.4
5.1
20.7
11.4
4 Lave Cross
MULT
3B
33.1
2.2
9.0
0.2
5 Harry Wolverton*
CHN
3B
25.6
2.0
9.2
2.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Wallace
SLN
SS
25.7
4.2
14.9
5.5
2 George Davis
NY1
SS
28.9
3.9
14.1
7.3
3 Bill Keister*
BLN
SS
27.9
3.7
14.0
5.6
4 Bill Dahlen
BRO
SS
29.5
3.7
14.8
7.2
5 Monte Cross
PHI
SS
29.8
2.3
9.8
0.2
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
31.7
7.7
36.1
26.5
2 Jesse Burkett
SLN
LF
30.6
5.8
25.8
16.4
3 Roy Thomas*
PHI
CF
25.3
4.7
24.0
13.6
4 Chick Stahl
BSN
RF
26.5
4.7
25.2
15.4
5 Buck Freeman*
WSN
RF
27.7
4.6
23.3
13.9
6 Willie Keeler
BRO
RF
27.3
4.4
24.5
15.1
7 Fred Clarke
LS3
LF
26.7
4.1
20.8
10.8
8 Joe Kelley
BRO
LF
27.6
3.8
21.7
12.4
9 Elmer Flick
PHI
RF
23.5
3.5
19.6
11.5
10 Ginger Beaumont*
PIT
CF
22.9
3.3
15.8
8.5
11 Bill Lange
CHN
CF
28.1
2.8
14.5
7.6
12 Emmet Heidrick*
SLN
RF
23.0
2.8
16.1
6.5
13 Kip Selbach
CIN
LF
27.3
2.8
16.3
7.1
14 Sam Mertes
CHN
CF
26.9
2.7
14.6
7.6
15 Dummy Hoy
LS3
CF
37.1
2.7
16.3
5.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Breitenstein
CIN
SP
30.1
1.2
3.5
3.1
2 Cy Seymour
NY1
SP
26.6
1.2
3.4
2.8
3 Jack Taylor*
CHN
SP
25.5
1.0
2.7
2.1
4 Charlie Hickman*
BSN
SP
23.3
1.0
3.5
3.2
5 Clark Griffith
CHN
SP
29.6
0.7
1.8
1.3
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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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