1905 Season
1904 / 1906
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1905 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 Roger Bresnahan
NY1
C
26.1
3.7
13.5
7.2
2 Mike Grady
SLN
C
35.5
3.1
12.9
7.4
3 Frank Bowerman
NY1
C
36.6
1.4
5.6
0.5
4 Red Dooin
PHI
C
26.1
0.8
4.2
-2.1
5 Pat Moran
BSN
C
29.4
0.8
2.4
-2.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Chance
CHN
1B
28.8
5.1
22.9
15.0
2 Dan McGann
NY1
1B
34.0
4.5
21.2
12.0
3 Doc Gessler
BRO
1B
24.5
2.8
15.6
8.0
4 Fred Tenney
BSN
1B
33.6
2.5
12.8
2.8
5 Jake Beckley
SLN
1B
37.9
2.1
13.7
4.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Miller Huggins
CIN
2B
27.3
2.9
19.0
8.3
2 Sammy Strang
NY1
2B
28.5
2.1
10.9
5.1
3 Claude Ritchey
PIT
2B
31.7
1.7
11.2
1.9
4 Johnny Evers
CHN
2B
23.9
1.2
7.8
1.7
5 Danny Shay
SLN
2B
28.6
1.1
5.3
0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Art Devlin
NY1
3B
25.7
3.3
14.1
4.4
2 Ernie Courtney
PHI
3B
30.4
3.0
14.2
3.5
3 Emil Batch*
BRO
3B
25.4
2.2
9.3
-0.2
4 Dave Brain
MULT
3B
26.4
1.7
8.3
0.4
5 Harry Steinfeldt
CIN
3B
27.8
1.6
9.4
2.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Honus Wagner
PIT
SS
31.4
8.6
35.4
25.7
2 Ed Abbaticchio
BSN
SS
28.2
4.1
13.1
2.8
3 Bill Dahlen
NY1
SS
35.5
3.5
13.3
3.8
4 Mickey Doolan*
PHI
SS
25.2
2.3
9.8
1.6
5 Joe Tinker
CHN
SS
24.9
1.7
8.5
-1.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cy Seymour
CIN
CF
32.6
7.6
36.1
26.0
2 Mike Donlin
NY1
CF
27.1
6.8
32.2
21.5
3 John Titus
PHI
RF
29.4
5.1
25.3
15.4
4 Roy Thomas
PHI
CF
31.3
4.6
24.3
13.7
5 Sherry Magee
PHI
LF
20.9
4.2
23.9
13.4
6 Homer Smoot
SLN
CF
27.3
3.9
21.1
11.9
7 Sam Mertes
NY1
LF
32.9
3.8
20.5
10.6
8 Jimmy Sheckard
BRO
LF
26.6
3.6
19.8
10.9
9 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
32.7
3.0
19.8
10.3
10 Harry Lumley
BRO
RF
24.8
2.9
17.1
8.3
11 Ginger Beaumont
PIT
CF
28.9
2.7
15.2
8.6
12 Jimmy Slagle
CHN
CF
32.0
2.3
17.1
6.4
13 Billy Maloney
CHN
RF
27.1
1.8
15.2
5.3
14 George Browne
NY1
RF
29.5
1.6
14.3
5.3
15 John Dobbs
BRO
CF
30.1
1.3
7.8
-0.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
24.9
1.0
2.0
1.7
2 Jake Thielman*
SLN
SP
26.1
0.9
2.1
1.9
3 Hooks Wiltse
NY1
SP
25.8
0.8
2.1
1.9
4 Harry McIntire*
BRO
SP
26.5
0.7
1.0
0.7
5 Joe McGinnity
NY1
SP
34.3
0.6
1.1
0.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1905 American 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
CHA
C
30.9
2.6
9.2
4.8
2 Harry Bemis
CLE
C
31.4
2.2
7.1
3.2
3 Ossee Schreckengost
PHA
C
30.2
2.1
6.9
0.2
4 Lou Criger
BOS
C
33.4
2.0
6.2
0.3
5 Lew Drill
DET
C
28.1
1.9
8.0
4.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harry Davis
PHA
1B
32.0
4.8
22.7
12.4
2 Jiggs Donahue
CHA
1B
26.0
3.7
20.1
10.6
3 Jake Stahl
WS1
1B
26.2
3.3
19.4
10.7
4 Buck Freeman
BOS
1B
33.7
1.8
11.9
3.8
5 George Stovall
CLE
1B
27.6
1.6
9.0
2.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Danny Murphy
PHA
2B
28.9
4.4
17.9
8.4
2 Charlie Hickman
MULT
2B
29.3
3.7
20.5
10.9
3 Frank Isbell
CHA
2B
29.9
3.4
15.2
9.1
4 Nap Lajoie
CLE
2B
30.8
2.6
11.0
6.7
5 Germany Schaefer
DET
2B
29.4
1.9
12.9
3.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmy Collins
BOS
3B
35.5
4.0
17.0
8.3
2 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
27.4
3.7
14.1
4.6
3 Lave Cross
PHA
3B
39.1
2.9
10.5
0.7
4 Wid Conroy
NYA
3B
28.2
2.7
12.2
5.6
5 Joe Yeager
NYA
3B
29.8
2.5
9.4
2.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Davis
CHA
SS
34.9
5.5
21.0
10.7
2 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
31.7
5.1
15.0
5.0
3 Terry Turner
CLE
SS
24.3
3.7
11.9
2.2
4 Kid Elberfeld
NYA
SS
30.2
2.6
8.6
1.6
5 Freddy Parent
BOS
SS
29.6
2.3
9.6
-1.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Elmer Flick
CLE
RF
29.5
5.6
26.4
17.4
2 Sam Crawford
DET
RF
25.2
5.0
30.8
20.9
3 George Stone*
SLA
LF
28.8
4.8
23.6
12.8
4 Topsy Hartsel
PHA
LF
31.0
4.7
24.9
14.3
5 Harry Bay
CLE
CF
27.5
3.8
19.0
9.2
6 Socks Seybold
PHA
RF
34.6
3.5
16.3
7.6
7 Fielder Jones
CHA
CF
33.9
3.2
18.3
7.9
8 Willie Keeler
NYA
RF
33.3
3.0
17.0
6.8
9 Frank Huelsman
WS1
LF
31.1
2.8
17.8
10.5
10 Kip Selbach
BOS
RF
33.3
2.7
15.0
7.2
11 John Anderson
MULT
RF
31.5
2.6
18.2
9.8
12 Jesse Burkett
BOS
LF
36.6
2.6
18.2
8.0
13 Emil Frisk*
SLA
RF
30.7
2.4
11.7
4.0
14 Nixey Callahan
CHA
LF
31.3
2.3
13.7
7.6
15 Danny Hoffman
PHA
CF
25.3
2.0
12.0
4.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Mullin
DET
SP
25.0
1.1
3.2
2.6
2 Ed Killian
DET
SP
28.6
1.0
2.8
2.3
3 Frank Smith
CHA
SP
25.7
1.0
2.2
1.7
4 Jesse Tannehill
BOS
SP
31.0
0.9
2.2
1.8
5 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
29.8
0.7
0.6
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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