1917 Season
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1917 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 Ivey Wingo
CIN
C
27.0
2.9
11.2
4.5
2 Bill Rariden
NY1
C
29.4
2.4
9.1
4.2
3 William Fischer
PIT
C
26.3
2.2
6.4
2.1
4 Bill Killefer
PHI
C
29.7
1.4
6.2
-0.6
5 Mike Gonzalez
SLN
C
26.8
1.3
6.3
1.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ed Konetchy
BSN
1B
31.8
2.6
14.9
6.7
2 Fred Luderus
PHI
1B
31.8
2.4
15.2
5.7
3 Hal Chase
CIN
1B
34.4
2.3
16.8
7.0
4 Walter Holke*
NY1
1B
24.5
1.6
14.5
5.4
5 Fred Merkle
MULT
1B
28.5
1.5
15.4
5.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Rawlings
BSN
2B
24.9
2.0
9.6
2.9
2 Larry Doyle
CHN
2B
30.9
2.0
12.0
3.4
3 George Cutshaw
BRO
2B
29.9
1.4
9.3
1.0
4 Buck Herzog
NY1
2B
32.0
1.3
9.1
1.6
5 Dots Miller
SLN
2B
30.8
1.1
9.6
0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
27.8
6.7
28.8
18.1
2 Red Smith
BSN
3B
27.2
5.2
20.3
11.1
3 Heinie Zimmerman
NY1
3B
30.4
3.9
18.3
8.7
4 Milt Stock
PHI
3B
24.0
3.2
14.8
4.7
5 Doug Baird
MULT
3B
25.8
2.9
12.5
3.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
SS
21.2
7.7
29.5
20.3
2 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
25.6
3.9
14.9
5.3
3 Art Fletcher
NY1
SS
32.5
3.6
14.2
4.8
4 Larry Kopf
CIN
SS
26.7
2.7
11.2
1.4
5 Dave Bancroft
PHI
SS
26.2
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 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
24.1
5.3
26.9
18.0
2 George Burns
NY1
LF
27.6
5.0
30.2
19.6
3 Gavvy Cravath
PHI
RF
36.3
4.7
23.4
14.2
4 Benny Kauff
NY1
CF
27.5
4.6
25.6
15.6
5 Max Carey
PIT
CF
27.5
4.2
17.4
6.9
6 Walton Cruise
SLN
CF
27.2
3.1
19.5
10.3
7 Jack Smith
SLN
CF
22.0
3.0
18.7
10.6
8 Greasy Neale
CIN
LF
25.7
2.4
15.5
8.9
9 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
29.1
2.2
13.0
6.9
10 Casey Stengel
BRO
RF
26.9
2.2
16.3
6.6
11 Dode Paskert
PHI
CF
35.8
2.1
15.5
5.8
12 Sherry Magee
MULT
LF
32.9
1.8
12.4
5.6
13 Possum Whitted
PHI
LF
27.4
1.4
13.8
4.2
14 Ray Powell*
BSN
CF
28.6
1.4
9.3
3.3
15 Dave Robertson
NY1
RF
27.8
1.3
13.1
4.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lefty Tyler
BSN
SP
27.5
1.1
1.8
1.3
2 Dutch Ruether*
MULT
SW
23.8
0.8
2.4
2.2
3 Clarence Mitchell
CIN
SP
26.4
0.8
1.8
1.5
4 Leon Cadore*
BRO
SP
26.6
0.6
1.4
1.1
5 Art Nehf
BSN
SP
24.9
0.6
1.0
0.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1917 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 Wally Schang
PHA
C
27.9
3.7
11.0
5.5
2 Hank Severeid
SLA
C
26.1
3.0
9.2
1.0
3 Ray Schalk
CHA
C
24.9
2.5
10.3
2.6
4 Les Nunamaker
NYA
C
28.4
1.4
4.3
-0.8
5 Tubby Spencer
DET
C
33.4
1.3
3.5
0.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Sisler
SLA
1B
24.3
6.0
27.1
18.3
2 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
23.1
3.3
17.1
10.3
3 Joe Harris*
CLE
1B
26.1
3.0
14.1
7.5
4 Wally Pipp
NYA
1B
24.4
2.8
13.6
3.5
5 Stuffy McInnis
PHA
1B
26.8
2.7
14.1
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 Eddie Collins
CHA
2B
30.2
5.7
26.6
16.3
2 Del Pratt
SLA
2B
29.5
1.9
8.9
1.4
3 Ray Morgan
WS1
2B
28.0
1.7
8.5
2.6
4 Ralph Young
DET
2B
28.8
1.4
7.1
-1.9
5 Bill Wambsganss
CLE
2B
23.3
1.2
7.7
-0.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Baker
NYA
3B
31.3
4.2
14.8
5.6
2 Larry Gardner
BOS
3B
31.1
3.7
14.2
5.2
3 Buck Weaver
CHA
3B
26.9
3.0
13.7
6.0
4 Ossie Vitt
DET
3B
27.5
2.5
9.9
0.9
5 Jimmy Austin
SLA
3B
37.6
2.5
8.9
0.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ray Chapman
CLE
SS
26.5
6.8
20.9
10.6
2 Donie Bush
DET
SS
29.7
4.8
17.7
7.6
3 Roger Peckinpaugh
NYA
SS
26.4
4.0
12.1
2.6
4 Whitey Witt
PHA
SS
21.8
3.0
9.4
1.4
5 Swede Risberg*
CHA
SS
22.7
1.8
7.4
-1.0
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
CF
30.5
10.6
41.5
31.4
2 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
29.2
7.2
29.3
20.1
3 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
29.0
6.1
26.4
16.4
4 Joe Jackson
CHA
LF
28.0
4.7
25.0
15.7
5 Ping Bodie
PHA
LF
29.7
4.3
19.1
9.5
6 Happy Felsch
CHA
CF
25.9
4.0
22.7
13.2
7 Amos Strunk
PHA
CF
28.4
3.8
16.3
6.8
8 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
27.4
3.5
21.6
11.8
9 Braggo Roth
CLE
RF
24.8
3.4
17.0
8.5
10 Clyde Milan
WS1
CF
30.3
3.3
18.6
8.7
11 Duffy Lewis
BOS
LF
29.2
3.1
17.8
8.5
12 Harry Hooper
BOS
RF
29.9
2.9
18.5
8.5
13 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
22.9
2.9
15.3
6.0
14 Tim Hendryx
NYA
RF
26.4
2.4
10.9
3.8
15 Mike Menosky
WS1
LF
22.7
2.0
12.2
6.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Babe Ruth
BOS
SP
22.4
2.2
6.0
5.3
2 Ray Caldwell
NYA
SP
29.2
1.4
3.3
2.6
3 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
29.7
1.2
3.0
2.4
4 Carl Mays
BOS
SP
25.6
0.8
1.8
1.3
5 Reb Russell
CHA
SP
28.3
0.7
1.8
1.5
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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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