1931 Season
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1931 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 Spud Davis
PHI
C
26.5
2.7
9.2
2.7
2 Shanty Hogan
NY1
C
25.3
2.7
10.7
4.2
3 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
30.5
2.5
11.1
4.5
4 Rollie Hemsley
MULT
C
24.0
1.3
6.4
2.5
5 Clyde Sukeforth
CIN
C
29.6
1.1
4.8
-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 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
32.7
5.5
25.2
15.3
2 George Grantham
PIT
1B
31.1
3.8
16.8
8.5
3 Charlie Grimm
CHN
1B
32.8
3.4
18.1
9.1
4 Jim Bottomley
SLN
1B
31.2
3.3
17.2
10.9
5 Harvey Hendrick
MULT
1B
33.6
2.9
15.1
6.2
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
35.2
5.0
17.8
11.5
2 Tony Cuccinello
CIN
2B
23.6
4.6
16.6
7.0
3 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
32.8
2.7
15.3
6.7
4 Les Mallon*
PHI
2B
25.6
1.3
5.6
-0.6
5 Tony Piet*
PIT
2B
24.6
1.0
4.7
1.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
32.6
3.3
15.7
5.5
2 Joe Stripp
CIN
3B
28.4
2.5
10.8
4.0
3 Pinky Whitney
PHI
3B
26.5
1.8
8.2
0.1
4 Johnny Vergez*
NY1
3B
25.0
1.7
10.7
1.6
5 Sparky Adams
SLN
3B
36.8
1.7
13.9
4.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Woody English
CHN
SS
25.3
4.5
19.4
8.4
2 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
27.7
3.7
14.5
5.5
3 Charlie Gelbert
SLN
SS
25.4
2.4
11.6
3.9
4 Dick Bartell
PHI
SS
23.6
1.5
6.5
-2.8
5 Glenn Wright
BRO
SS
30.4
1.5
6.5
2.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chuck Klein
PHI
LF
26.7
5.7
22.0
12.1
2 Wally Berger
BSN
CF
25.7
5.2
22.8
12.5
3 Mel Ott
NY1
CF
22.3
5.1
21.6
12.9
4 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
32.8
4.6
23.4
12.7
5 Chick Hafey
SLN
LF
28.4
4.3
22.2
14.8
6 Babe Herman
BRO
RF
28.0
4.2
24.2
14.2
7 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
28.2
4.2
20.8
11.1
8 Lefty O'Doul
BRO
LF
34.3
3.8
20.5
12.0
9 Buzz Arlett*
PHI
RF
32.5
3.3
13.4
6.3
10 Lloyd Waner
PIT
CF
25.3
2.5
16.5
5.6
11 Pepper Martin*
SLN
CF
27.3
2.1
13.3
6.5
12 Chick Fullis
NY1
CF
27.3
1.9
9.5
4.5
13 Freddy Leach
NY1
LF
33.6
1.9
12.6
4.3
14 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
31.2
1.8
11.1
4.2
15 George Watkins
SLN
RF
31.1
1.8
15.2
7.0
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
29.2
1.4
1.7
1.4
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons
NY1
SP
29.9
0.9
1.4
1.2
3 Ed Brandt
BSN
SP
26.4
0.7
0.7
0.5
4 Erv Brame
PIT
SP
29.7
0.7
0.9
0.7
5 Les Sweetland
CHN
SP
29.9
0.6
1.0
0.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1931 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
28.2
5.4
21.6
14.1
2 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
24.1
3.7
13.1
5.6
3 Rick Ferrell
SLA
C
25.7
2.9
9.8
3.4
4 Charlie Berry
BOS
C
28.7
1.6
6.4
0.8
5 Luke Sewell
CLE
C
30.5
1.2
5.8
-0.3
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
28.0
9.5
34.3
23.7
2 Lu Blue
CHA
1B
34.3
4.9
24.3
13.9
3 Ed Morgan
CLE
1B
27.1
4.8
19.2
11.2
4 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
1B
23.7
4.2
21.4
12.8
5 Dale Alexander
DET
1B
28.2
3.0
11.8
3.4
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
31.8
4.1
17.8
8.9
2 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
27.6
3.0
11.4
3.2
3 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
27.3
2.5
14.1
4.5
4 Ski Melillo
SLA
2B
31.9
2.2
9.7
0.1
5 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
28.1
2.1
6.9
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 Joe Sewell
NYA
3B
32.7
3.6
12.2
4.0
2 Red Kress
SLA
3B
24.5
3.5
13.9
4.4
3 Willie Kamm
MULT
3B
31.4
2.5
10.3
2.3
4 Marty McManus
MULT
3B
31.3
1.8
6.2
-0.8
5 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
30.7
1.7
11.0
1.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Cronin
WS1
SS
24.7
5.7
22.8
12.7
2 Lyn Lary
NYA
SS
25.4
4.7
15.3
5.0
3 Hal Rhyne
BOS
SS
32.3
2.4
8.0
-1.1
4 Johnny Burnett
CLE
SS
26.7
2.0
8.0
1.3
5 Billy Rogell
DET
SS
26.6
1.2
3.3
0.3
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
36.4
10.4
36.3
26.7
2 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
29.1
6.6
30.0
21.9
3 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
29.1
6.3
24.5
14.4
4 Goose Goslin
SLA
LF
30.7
5.8
22.4
12.7
5 Earl Webb
BOS
RF
33.8
5.7
22.3
12.8
6 Ben Chapman
NYA
LF
22.5
4.9
20.4
10.5
7 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
32.1
4.4
17.5
8.3
8 John Stone
DET
LF
25.7
3.2
12.8
3.4
9 Sam West
WS1
CF
26.7
3.0
17.1
9.1
10 Joe Vosmik*
CLE
LF
21.2
2.4
14.2
4.9
11 Fred Schulte
SLA
CF
30.5
2.4
12.0
3.1
12 Lew Fonseca
MULT
LF
32.4
2.4
14.5
5.4
13 Mule Haas
PHA
CF
27.7
2.3
13.2
6.1
14 Dave Harris
WS1
RF
31.0
2.2
11.0
6.9
15 Heinie Manush
WS1
LF
29.9
2.2
16.7
7.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Wes Ferrell
CLE
SP
23.4
1.9
4.5
4.1
2 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
26.2
1.4
2.8
2.4
3 Lefty Stewart
SLA
SP
30.8
0.8
1.3
1.0
4 George Earnshaw
PHA
SP
31.4
0.7
1.4
1.0
5 Chad Kimsey
SLA
RP
24.9
0.6
1.2
1.1
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.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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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