1929 Season
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1929 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 Jimmie Wilson
SLN
C
28.9
2.4
10.1
3.6
2 Clyde Sukeforth*
CIN
C
27.6
1.6
6.4
2.5
3 Spud Davis
PHI
C
24.5
1.6
5.9
1.7
4 Bob O'Farrell
NY1
C
32.7
1.2
5.8
1.7
5 Earl Smith
SLN
C
32.4
0.9
3.7
1.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
30.7
4.3
20.4
10.6
2 Jim Bottomley
SLN
1B
29.2
3.8
18.2
8.8
3 Harvey Hendrick
BRO
1B
31.6
3.1
13.7
7.5
4 Don Hurst
PHI
1B
23.9
3.1
14.9
4.8
5 George Sisler
BSN
1B
36.3
1.5
12.1
2.1
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
CHN
2B
33.2
9.4
34.8
24.5
2 George Grantham
PIT
2B
29.1
4.0
15.5
8.8
3 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
30.8
3.7
15.2
6.5
4 Fresco Thompson
PHI
2B
27.1
2.6
12.1
1.6
5 Eddie Moore
BRO
2B
30.5
1.3
6.2
-0.6
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pinky Whitney
PHI
3B
24.5
3.4
13.3
3.2
2 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
30.6
3.1
15.1
6.4
3 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
23.6
2.0
11.8
3.1
4 Les Bell
BSN
3B
27.5
2.0
9.2
1.2
5 Wally Gilbert
BRO
3B
28.5
1.4
8.7
-0.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
25.7
3.5
13.9
4.7
2 Bernie Friberg
PHI
SS
29.9
1.6
7.2
-0.3
3 Dick Bartell
PIT
SS
21.6
1.4
10.8
1.0
4 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
37.6
1.3
7.2
-2.0
5 Woody English
CHN
SS
23.3
0.5
8.9
-1.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lefty O'Doul
PHI
LF
32.3
7.5
26.8
16.1
2 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
20.3
6.8
26.0
16.2
3 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
29.2
6.2
27.3
17.6
4 Babe Herman
BRO
RF
26.0
6.1
25.1
15.8
5 Chuck Klein
PHI
RF
24.7
5.8
22.5
12.6
6 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
31.5
4.9
23.3
14.8
7 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
30.8
4.8
23.7
15.0
8 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
26.2
4.5
23.0
12.8
9 Chick Hafey
SLN
LF
26.4
4.4
19.6
11.3
10 Johnny Frederick*
BRO
CF
27.4
3.9
18.2
8.2
11 Taylor Douthit
SLN
CF
28.2
3.6
18.1
7.8
12 Curt Walker
CIN
RF
33.0
3.5
15.7
6.9
13 Lloyd Waner
PIT
CF
23.3
3.2
18.9
8.3
14 Rube Bressler
BRO
LF
34.7
2.5
12.5
4.7
15 Edd Roush
NY1
CF
36.1
2.0
11.4
4.0
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
27.2
1.1
1.6
1.2
2 Erv Brame
PIT
SP
27.7
1.1
2.3
2.0
3 Burleigh Grimes
PIT
SP
35.9
0.6
0.9
0.7
4 Socks Seibold
BSN
SP
33.1
0.5
0.6
0.3
5 Carl Mays
NY1
SW
37.6
0.5
0.9
0.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1929 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 Mickey Cochrane
PHA
C
26.2
4.7
18.4
9.5
2 Bill Dickey*
NYA
C
22.1
3.1
12.6
5.7
3 Wally Schang
SLA
C
39.9
2.0
7.2
2.3
4 Pinky Hargrave
DET
C
33.4
1.4
5.1
2.0
5 Merv Shea
DET
C
28.8
0.7
3.0
0.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
1B
21.7
7.5
30.1
20.7
2 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
26.0
7.3
29.0
18.8
3 Dale Alexander*
DET
1B
26.2
5.6
22.8
12.6
4 Lew Fonseca
CLE
1B
30.4
5.4
22.3
12.8
5 Lu Blue
SLA
1B
32.3
3.9
18.8
8.4
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
25.6
7.4
25.7
16.4
2 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
26.1
6.8
22.9
12.4
3 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
25.3
3.0
14.2
4.8
4 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
29.8
2.0
10.3
1.3
5 Johnny Hodapp
CLE
2B
23.8
1.6
6.8
2.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Sewell
CLE
3B
30.7
3.4
12.6
2.7
2 Marty McManus
DET
3B
29.3
3.0
12.3
2.4
3 Willie Kamm
CHA
3B
29.4
2.5
9.9
0.8
4 Lyn Lary*
NYA
3B
23.4
1.9
7.0
3.1
5 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
28.7
0.9
4.4
0.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
SS
32.6
4.8
16.9
9.9
2 Joe Cronin
WS1
SS
22.7
3.8
13.5
4.7
3 Red Kress
SLA
SS
22.5
3.3
12.4
3.2
4 Mark Koenig
NYA
SS
25.0
1.9
7.9
2.0
5 Bill Cissell
CHA
SS
25.5
1.4
6.9
-2.8
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
RF
34.4
7.9
30.6
22.0
2 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
27.1
6.3
27.8
18.6
3 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
30.1
5.1
21.9
12.2
4 Earl Averill*
CLE
CF
27.1
5.0
20.7
10.8
5 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
34.9
4.4
17.2
9.6
6 Heinie Manush
SLA
LF
27.9
3.9
18.8
9.4
7 Bing Miller
PHA
RF
34.8
3.3
18.2
9.2
8 Roy Johnson*
DET
LF
26.4
3.2
16.9
6.5
9 Mule Haas
PHA
CF
25.7
3.0
16.1
6.5
10 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
28.7
2.8
16.2
6.8
11 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
39.4
2.8
17.1
6.9
12 Bibb Falk
CLE
LF
30.4
2.7
12.4
5.3
13 Bob Fothergill
DET
LF
31.9
2.3
9.6
5.3
14 Harry Rice
DET
CF
27.6
2.3
12.0
3.0
15 Carl Reynolds
CHA
RF
26.4
2.3
12.4
4.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Ruffing
BOS
SP
24.2
1.2
1.9
1.6
2 George Uhle
DET
SP
30.8
1.2
2.1
1.7
3 Jimmy Zinn
CLE
SP
34.4
0.9
2.0
1.9
4 Earl Whitehill
DET
SP
30.4
0.7
0.9
0.6
5 Wes Ferrell*
CLE
SP
21.4
0.6
0.7
0.4
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