1926 Season
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1926 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 Bubbles Hargrave
CIN
C
34.0
3.8
14.5
9.1
2 Bob O'Farrell
SLN
C
29.7
3.2
14.0
5.5
3 Earl Smith
PIT
C
29.4
2.5
9.7
4.8
4 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
25.5
1.9
6.9
2.1
5 Jimmie Wilson
PHI
C
25.9
1.2
6.1
1.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Bottomley
SLN
1B
26.2
3.6
20.4
10.2
2 Babe Herman*
BRO
1B
23.0
3.4
18.3
10.1
3 George Grantham
PIT
1B
26.1
3.2
16.9
9.1
4 George Kelly
NY1
1B
30.8
2.1
13.2
4.9
5 Wally Pipp
CIN
1B
33.4
1.9
15.0
5.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
2B
30.2
4.2
17.8
8.8
2 Frankie Frisch
NY1
2B
27.8
2.8
13.9
5.1
3 Sparky Adams
CHN
2B
31.8
2.8
13.1
2.7
4 Doc Gautreau
BSN
2B
24.9
1.4
6.3
1.5
5 Hughie Critz
CIN
2B
25.8
1.4
9.9
-0.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Les Bell
SLN
3B
24.5
5.4
21.9
11.9
2 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
27.6
3.2
15.0
5.4
3 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
20.6
2.9
13.3
4.2
4 Andy High
BSN
3B
28.6
2.7
11.7
3.7
5 Chuck Dressen
CIN
3B
27.8
2.1
10.3
2.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Bancroft
BSN
SS
35.2
4.2
14.8
6.7
2 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
22.7
3.5
12.2
5.9
3 Glenn Wright
PIT
SS
25.4
2.6
11.1
3.8
4 Johnny Butler*
BRO
SS
33.3
2.0
9.2
0.6
5 Heinie Sand
PHI
SS
29.0
1.9
9.4
-0.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
26.2
5.2
20.6
11.5
2 Paul Waner*
PIT
RF
23.2
4.9
23.3
14.1
3 Kiki Cuyler
PIT
CF
27.8
3.5
20.6
10.3
4 Cy Williams
PHI
RF
38.5
3.4
15.5
9.8
5 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
33.1
3.4
18.2
8.8
6 Curt Walker
CIN
RF
30.0
3.2
18.3
8.4
7 Billy Southworth
MULT
RF
33.3
3.1
17.1
8.7
8 Rube Bressler
CIN
LF
31.7
2.8
13.5
8.3
9 Ray Blades
SLN
LF
29.9
2.8
15.9
8.5
10 Eddie Brown
BSN
CF
35.0
2.8
16.9
7.3
11 Cuckoo Christensen*
CIN
LF
26.7
2.6
13.6
7.9
12 Freddy Leach
PHI
CF
28.6
2.0
13.6
5.8
13 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
28.5
1.9
8.6
3.8
14 Taylor Douthit
SLN
CF
25.2
1.6
13.5
4.2
15 Cliff Heathcote
CHN
RF
28.4
1.6
11.0
2.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Lucas
CIN
SP
24.2
1.2
2.6
2.3
2 Pete Donohue
CIN
SP
25.7
1.2
2.4
1.9
3 Dolf Luque
CIN
SP
35.9
1.1
2.4
2.0
4 Jack Scott
NY1
SP
34.2
1.1
2.5
2.2
5 Bob Smith
BSN
SP
31.2
0.9
1.8
1.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1926 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 Pat Collins
NYA
C
29.8
3.1
11.4
5.8
2 Wally Schang
SLA
C
36.9
2.9
10.4
5.4
3 Muddy Ruel
WS1
C
30.4
2.9
11.9
5.2
4 Mickey Cochrane
PHA
C
23.2
2.2
7.7
0.9
5 Johnny Bassler
DET
C
31.1
1.8
6.6
3.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
23.0
6.2
27.3
16.9
2 George Burns
CLE
1B
33.4
4.4
22.0
12.1
3 Earl Sheely
CHA
1B
33.4
3.4
15.7
6.2
4 Lu Blue
DET
1B
29.3
3.1
15.3
7.2
5 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
32.1
2.3
14.1
6.1
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
39.2
4.6
14.9
8.1
2 Tony Lazzeri*
NYA
2B
22.6
3.4
15.2
5.2
3 Bucky Harris
WS1
2B
29.6
2.8
13.6
4.1
4 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
26.8
2.8
9.9
1.9
5 Charlie Gehringer*
DET
2B
23.1
1.2
7.6
-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 Willie Kamm
CHA
3B
26.4
3.8
13.3
4.6
2 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
25.7
2.4
11.4
2.6
3 Marty McManus
SLA
3B
26.3
2.4
11.1
1.7
4 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
3B
29.6
2.2
8.7
1.2
5 Joe Dugan
NYA
3B
29.1
1.0
6.2
-1.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Sewell
CLE
SS
27.7
5.5
19.1
9.0
2 Topper Rigney
BOS
SS
29.5
4.3
11.0
1.1
3 Buddy Myer*
WS1
SS
22.3
2.5
10.3
2.8
4 Bill Hunnefield*
CHA
SS
27.5
1.9
7.0
-1.1
5 Jackie Tavener
DET
SS
28.5
1.7
8.1
-1.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Babe Ruth
NYA
LF
31.4
11.1
41.9
32.1
2 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
25.7
6.2
28.8
18.9
3 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
31.9
5.8
25.3
16.3
4 Heinie Manush
DET
CF
24.9
5.8
24.3
15.8
5 Al Simmons
PHA
CF
24.1
5.5
21.3
11.6
6 Johnny Mostil
CHA
CF
30.1
5.4
22.3
11.7
7 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
38.2
4.9
20.8
10.8
8 Bibb Falk
CHA
LF
27.4
4.8
20.3
10.4
9 Bob Fothergill
DET
LF
28.9
3.2
15.6
9.0
10 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
36.4
3.0
19.8
9.2
11 Harry Rice
SLA
RF
24.6
2.8
15.6
5.7
12 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
27.1
2.4
15.1
5.1
13 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
39.5
2.3
9.9
5.8
14 Bing Miller
MULT
RF
31.8
2.2
12.0
4.0
15 Bob Meusel
NYA
LF
30.0
2.1
11.6
4.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sloppy Thurston
CHA
SP
27.1
0.6
1.1
1.0
2 Joe Shaute
CLE
SP
26.9
0.5
0.7
0.6
3 Tom Zachary
SLA
SP
30.2
0.5
0.8
0.7
4 Earl Whitehill
DET
SP
27.4
0.4
0.7
0.6
5 George Uhle
CLE
SP
27.8
0.4
0.0
-0.2
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