1908 Season
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1908 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
29.1
5.8
20.3
11.4
2 Johnny Kling
CHN
C
32.6
3.5
15.1
7.9
3 Peaches Graham*
BSN
C
31.3
1.9
6.3
2.3
4 Red Dooin
PHI
C
29.1
1.9
6.6
-0.7
5 George Gibson
PIT
C
27.9
1.5
5.3
-2.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Kitty Bransfield
PHI
1B
33.5
3.5
18.2
9.2
2 Tim Jordan
BRO
1B
29.4
3.3
14.8
5.5
3 Frank Chance
CHN
1B
31.8
2.7
18.2
10.1
4 Ed Konetchy
SLN
1B
22.8
2.6
13.7
4.0
5 Fred Tenney
NY1
1B
36.6
1.9
15.5
4.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Evers
CHN
2B
26.9
4.9
24.6
16.6
2 Claude Ritchey
BSN
2B
34.7
3.2
13.6
5.7
3 Larry Doyle
NY1
2B
21.9
3.2
14.6
7.9
4 Ed Abbaticchio
PIT
2B
31.2
2.8
16.3
7.0
5 Buck Herzog*
NY1
2B
23.0
2.4
9.9
6.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hans Lobert
CIN
3B
26.7
6.5
26.4
16.2
2 Tommy Leach
PIT
3B
30.7
4.7
22.0
11.5
3 Art Devlin
NY1
3B
28.7
3.6
15.3
5.4
4 Bill Sweeney
BSN
3B
22.3
2.2
9.1
1.5
5 Harry Steinfeldt
CHN
3B
30.8
1.8
11.1
1.5
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
34.4
11.4
47.5
37.4
2 Joe Tinker
CHN
SS
27.9
4.9
19.9
10.3
3 Al Bridwell
NY1
SS
24.5
4.1
15.3
6.7
4 Bill Dahlen
BSN
SS
38.5
2.9
9.2
-0.1
5 Rudy Hulswitt
CIN
SS
31.4
1.7
5.7
-1.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Donlin
NY1
RF
30.1
5.3
27.8
17.5
2 Red Murray
SLN
CF
24.3
4.8
23.5
13.4
3 Sherry Magee
PHI
LF
23.9
4.5
22.2
13.0
4 John Titus
PHI
RF
32.4
3.3
19.6
9.5
5 Fred Clarke
PIT
LF
35.7
3.3
22.9
12.7
6 Ginger Beaumont
BSN
CF
31.9
2.4
13.6
5.2
7 Roy Thomas
MULT
CF
34.3
2.1
14.7
7.2
8 Fred Osborn
PHI
CF
24.6
2.0
12.9
3.5
9 Cy Seymour
NY1
CF
35.6
1.8
13.3
3.0
10 Joe Delahanty*
SLN
LF
32.7
1.5
11.1
2.4
11 Johnny Bates
BSN
LF
25.9
1.4
11.4
3.6
12 Al Shaw*
SLN
CF
27.3
1.2
8.3
2.0
13 John Hummel
BRO
LF
25.2
1.2
9.9
-0.2
14 Solly Hofman
CHN
CF
25.7
1.2
10.9
3.4
15 John Kane
CIN
CF
25.8
1.2
9.7
1.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nick Maddox
PIT
SP
21.6
1.0
2.7
2.5
2 Hooks Wiltse
NY1
SP
28.8
0.8
1.6
1.3
3 Ed Reulbach
CHN
SP
25.6
0.7
1.9
1.7
4 Doc Crandall*
NY1
SP
20.7
0.7
1.2
1.0
5 Lefty Leifield
PIT
SP
24.8
0.4
0.7
0.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1908 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 Boss Schmidt
DET
C
27.8
2.5
8.2
0.9
2 Gabby Street
WS1
C
25.8
2.5
5.5
-1.7
3 Nig Clarke
CLE
C
25.5
2.1
7.7
2.4
4 John Warner
WS1
C
35.9
0.9
2.5
0.3
5 Ira Thomas
DET
C
27.4
0.8
2.8
1.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Claude Rossman
DET
1B
27.0
4.0
19.9
10.8
2 Jake Stahl
MULT
1B
29.2
3.2
18.0
8.3
3 George Stovall
CLE
1B
30.6
3.1
17.8
8.4
4 Bob Unglaub
MULT
1B
26.9
3.1
14.9
5.7
5 Harry Davis
PHA
1B
35.0
2.9
16.8
7.2
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
CLE
2B
33.8
5.2
23.6
12.9
2 Amby McConnell*
BOS
2B
25.2
3.4
17.2
8.2
3 Jim Delahanty
WS1
2B
29.0
3.4
13.7
8.5
4 Jimmy Williams
SLA
2B
31.5
2.7
12.8
2.9
5 Harry Niles
MULT
2B
27.8
2.6
11.7
4.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hobe Ferris
SLA
3B
33.6
3.2
12.7
3.1
2 Bill Bradley
CLE
3B
30.4
2.9
12.1
1.8
3 Harry Lord*
BOS
3B
26.3
2.6
12.0
2.0
4 Bill Shipke
WS1
3B
25.6
1.8
5.7
-0.8
5 Wid Conroy
NYA
3B
31.2
1.2
5.5
-3.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Wallace
SLA
SS
34.7
4.1
13.4
4.4
2 Germany Schaefer
DET
SS
32.4
3.8
16.1
5.5
3 George McBride
WS1
SS
27.6
3.0
7.4
-1.8
4 Heinie Wagner
BOS
SS
27.8
2.5
9.0
-0.2
5 Neal Ball*
NYA
SS
27.2
2.2
7.8
0.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ty Cobb
DET
RF
21.5
6.5
33.0
22.8
2 Sam Crawford
DET
CF
28.2
6.2
28.8
18.3
3 Matty McIntyre
DET
LF
28.1
4.9
28.4
17.7
4 Doc Gessler
BOS
RF
27.5
4.6
23.4
15.3
5 Charlie Hemphill
NYA
CF
32.2
4.5
23.6
14.3
6 Fielder Jones
CHA
CF
36.9
3.7
25.6
15.2
7 Patsy Dougherty
CHA
LF
31.7
3.7
26.6
17.5
8 George Stone
SLA
LF
31.8
3.5
22.5
12.0
9 Topsy Hartsel
PHA
LF
34.0
2.7
17.6
8.7
10 Bill Hinchman
CLE
RF
25.2
2.6
12.8
4.3
11 Danny Murphy
PHA
RF
31.9
2.6
14.8
5.5
12 Clyde Milan
WS1
CF
21.3
2.5
11.9
3.3
13 Bob Ganley
WS1
LF
33.2
2.1
11.9
1.5
14 Ed Hahn
CHA
RF
32.8
2.0
16.4
8.2
15 Gavvy Cravath*
BOS
LF
27.3
1.9
11.0
5.8
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
28.0
1.1
2.9
2.4
2 Doc White
CHA
SP
29.2
0.8
2.3
1.8
3 Al Orth
NYA
SP
35.8
0.7
1.8
1.6
4 Jake Thielman
MULT
SP
29.1
0.7
2.2
2.0
5 Bob Rhoads
CLE
SP
28.7
0.5
1.2
0.9
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