1932 Season
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1932 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
27.5
3.9
12.6
5.9
2 Ernie Lombardi
CIN
C
24.2
3.8
11.1
4.2
3 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
31.5
2.6
11.4
4.5
4 Shanty Hogan
NY1
C
26.3
1.6
8.9
1.0
5 Gus Mancuso
SLN
C
26.6
1.5
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 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
33.7
6.3
27.9
17.8
2 Don Hurst
PHI
1B
26.9
5.3
20.6
10.6
3 Charlie Grimm
CHN
1B
33.8
2.0
14.9
5.7
4 Ripper Collins
SLN
1B
28.3
1.8
12.6
3.6
5 Gus Suhr
PIT
1B
26.5
1.4
13.1
3.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Herman*
CHN
2B
23.0
3.2
17.3
6.5
2 George Grantham
CIN
2B
32.1
3.1
10.2
1.9
3 Tony Cuccinello
BRO
2B
24.6
2.9
14.4
4.6
4 Tony Piet
PIT
2B
25.6
2.6
13.6
4.1
5 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
33.8
1.1
7.9
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 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
33.6
3.5
16.1
7.8
2 Joe Stripp
BRO
3B
29.4
2.8
15.4
6.5
3 Pinky Whitney
PHI
3B
27.5
2.2
11.0
0.9
4 Woody English
CHN
3B
26.3
1.4
10.2
1.4
5 Johnny Vergez
NY1
3B
26.0
0.8
6.0
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Arky Vaughan*
PIT
SS
20.3
3.8
15.0
6.7
2 Dick Bartell
PHI
SS
24.6
3.6
12.6
1.9
3 Glenn Wright
BRO
SS
31.4
1.8
8.5
1.6
4 Billy Urbanski
BSN
SS
29.1
1.8
10.5
1.3
5 Charlie Gelbert
SLN
SS
26.4
1.6
7.2
-0.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
23.3
7.5
30.5
20.4
2 Chuck Klein
PHI
RF
27.7
7.2
27.5
16.9
3 Lefty O'Doul
BRO
LF
35.3
6.6
31.2
21.4
4 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
29.2
5.4
27.4
17.0
5 Babe Herman
CIN
RF
29.0
5.4
19.7
10.1
6 Hack Wilson
BRO
RF
32.2
3.8
19.3
11.3
7 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
34.5
3.3
19.7
10.1
8 Wally Berger
BSN
CF
26.7
3.3
19.8
10.3
9 Danny Taylor
MULT
CF
31.5
3.1
16.1
9.2
10 Lloyd Waner
PIT
CF
26.3
3.0
17.0
8.1
11 George Watkins
SLN
RF
32.1
2.7
14.6
6.9
12 Johnny Frederick
BRO
CF
30.4
2.6
13.2
7.0
13 Hal Lee
PHI
LF
27.4
2.3
13.4
3.9
14 Johnny Moore
CHN
CF
30.3
2.2
13.0
5.9
15 Red Worthington
BSN
LF
26.2
2.0
13.2
6.3
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
30.2
1.7
2.2
1.9
2 Tom Zachary
BSN
SP
36.2
0.7
1.2
1.0
3 Sloppy Thurston
BRO
SP
33.1
0.7
1.3
1.2
4 Dizzy Dean*
SLN
SP
22.5
0.6
0.4
0.2
5 Carl Hubbell
NY1
SP
29.0
0.5
0.3
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1932 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
29.2
5.5
19.0
9.8
2 Rick Ferrell
SLA
C
26.7
3.2
11.3
3.7
3 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
25.1
3.1
13.4
6.7
4 Charlie Berry
MULT
C
29.7
1.8
6.4
2.2
5 Frank Grube
CHA
C
27.5
1.5
5.1
0.5
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
24.7
10.0
37.1
26.9
2 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
29.0
8.3
35.6
25.2
3 Dale Alexander
MULT
1B
29.2
4.5
13.0
6.4
4 Ed Morgan
CLE
1B
28.1
2.2
14.0
4.7
5 Jack Burns
SLA
1B
24.8
2.1
12.9
2.7
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
28.6
5.1
20.3
11.5
2 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
29.1
4.4
19.4
9.3
3 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
28.3
3.2
15.4
5.7
4 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
32.8
2.7
10.4
2.7
5 Bill Cissell
MULT
2B
28.5
2.2
11.5
2.4
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
CLE
3B
32.4
2.5
12.1
3.1
2 Joe Sewell
NYA
3B
33.7
2.2
11.2
2.7
3 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
31.7
1.9
10.2
1.3
4 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
3B
35.6
1.9
9.9
0.4
5 Carey Selph*
CHA
3B
30.6
1.4
6.1
-0.3
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
25.7
5.4
21.4
12.1
2 Eric McNair
PHA
SS
23.2
2.9
11.3
2.7
3 Red Kress
MULT
SS
25.5
2.5
11.2
2.1
4 Billy Rogell
DET
SS
27.6
1.9
9.7
0.7
5 Johnny Burnett
CLE
SS
27.7
1.8
9.0
0.6
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
37.4
8.3
34.1
25.5
2 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
30.1
5.3
23.9
13.5
3 Heinie Manush
WS1
LF
30.9
4.7
24.5
14.6
4 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
33.1
4.3
21.4
11.5
5 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
30.1
4.3
21.5
11.0
6 Ben Chapman
NYA
RF
23.5
3.7
20.2
10.5
7 Goose Goslin
SLA
LF
31.7
3.5
16.4
6.6
8 John Stone
DET
LF
26.7
2.9
17.4
7.9
9 Smead Jolley
MULT
LF
30.5
2.8
10.7
1.8
10 Joe Vosmik
CLE
LF
22.2
2.6
16.8
6.7
11 Roy Johnson
MULT
RF
29.4
2.5
11.3
2.4
12 Mule Haas
PHA
CF
28.7
2.2
12.2
2.6
13 Fred Schulte
SLA
CF
31.5
2.2
11.7
2.3
14 Gee Walker
DET
CF
24.3
2.1
12.8
5.5
15 Earl Webb
MULT
RF
34.8
1.8
11.3
2.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
27.2
1.4
3.1
2.8
2 Clint Brown
CLE
SP
29.0
0.7
1.2
0.9
3 Bump Hadley
MULT
SP
28.0
0.6
0.9
0.7
4 Monte Weaver*
WS1
SP
26.0
0.6
1.2
0.9
5 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
31.5
0.6
0.7
0.5
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