1937 Season
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1937 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 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
36.5
4.8
17.6
11.6
2 Ernie Lombardi
CIN
C
29.2
3.2
10.4
4.6
3 Babe Phelps
BRO
C
29.2
3.1
10.6
3.9
4 Al Todd
PIT
C
35.5
2.5
10.6
2.6
5 Harry Danning
NY1
C
25.8
1.6
7.3
2.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Mize
SLN
1B
24.5
7.0
31.2
21.9
2 Dolph Camilli
PHI
1B
30.2
6.0
22.2
13.7
3 Gus Suhr
PIT
1B
31.5
2.6
16.0
6.0
4 Ripper Collins
CHN
1B
33.3
1.3
9.8
2.3
5 Sam Leslie
NY1
1B
31.9
1.0
5.7
2.5
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
28.0
5.3
22.3
12.8
2 Tony Cuccinello
BSN
2B
29.6
3.9
17.3
7.5
3 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
2B
24.6
3.4
12.2
3.4
4 Alex Kampouris
CIN
2B
24.6
3.1
9.9
2.0
5 Burgess Whitehead
NY1
2B
27.0
1.5
10.2
1.0
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
32.5
3.5
11.4
3.3
2 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
27.6
3.2
17.8
7.6
3 Don Gutteridge*
SLN
3B
25.0
1.4
9.6
2.5
4 Bill Brubaker
PIT
3B
26.7
1.4
6.5
-0.6
5 Frenchy Bordagaray
SLN
3B
27.5
0.6
5.9
1.1
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
25.3
4.7
18.3
10.3
2 Dick Bartell
NY1
SS
29.6
4.5
18.8
10.1
3 Billy Jurges
CHN
SS
29.1
2.8
10.7
3.2
4 Billy Myers
CIN
SS
26.9
2.0
6.3
0.5
5 Woody English
BRO
SS
31.3
1.3
3.9
-2.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Medwick
SLN
LF
25.6
8.2
35.7
25.5
2 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
28.3
5.8
28.8
19.0
3 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
34.2
4.6
23.8
13.4
4 Frank Demaree
CHN
RF
27.1
4.2
21.1
10.8
5 Gene Moore
BSN
RF
27.8
3.6
22.6
13.2
6 Chuck Klein
PHI
RF
32.7
2.8
11.8
5.0
7 Heinie Manush
BRO
RF
35.9
2.8
14.3
6.6
8 Jo-Jo Moore
NY1
LF
28.5
2.7
19.5
10.0
9 Ival Goodman
CIN
RF
28.9
2.5
14.0
4.7
10 Lloyd Waner
PIT
CF
31.3
2.5
14.3
5.5
11 Wally Berger
MULT
CF
31.7
2.5
13.2
8.0
12 Don Padgett*
SLN
RF
25.6
2.2
14.0
6.8
13 Pepper Martin
SLN
RF
33.3
2.1
12.1
6.5
14 Hersh Martin*
PHI
CF
27.8
2.0
11.9
2.1
15 Jimmy Ripple
NY1
RF
27.7
1.9
12.5
5.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bucky Walters
PHI
SP
28.2
1.0
0.8
0.5
2 Jim Tobin*
PIT
SP
24.5
0.8
2.0
1.9
3 Red Lucas
PIT
SP
35.2
0.7
0.8
0.6
4 Lon Warneke
SLN
SP
28.3
0.7
0.7
0.5
5 Jim Turner*
BSN
SP
33.9
0.7
0.1
-0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1937 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 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
30.1
5.9
23.0
14.2
2 Rudy York*
DET
C
23.9
3.9
14.7
8.6
3 Frankie Pytlak
CLE
C
28.9
2.7
10.7
3.9
4 Frankie Hayes
PHA
C
22.7
1.2
3.9
0.7
5 Earle Brucker*
PHA
C
36.2
1.2
4.4
-1.0
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
34.0
8.3
33.9
23.7
2 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
26.5
7.5
30.1
20.0
3 Zeke Bonura
CHA
1B
28.8
4.2
20.6
13.3
4 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
24.6
3.9
20.3
10.6
5 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
29.7
3.6
19.2
9.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
34.1
6.8
23.7
14.1
2 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
33.3
2.8
11.4
3.8
3 Eric McNair
BOS
2B
28.2
1.6
8.8
1.6
4 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
33.6
1.3
8.9
1.4
5 Nig Lipscomb*
SLA
2B
26.4
0.7
1.8
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 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
24.9
5.8
15.9
6.0
2 Buddy Lewis
WS1
3B
20.9
3.1
16.1
5.4
3 Billy Werber
PHA
3B
29.0
2.8
9.3
0.9
4 Pinky Higgins
BOS
3B
28.1
2.6
13.3
3.8
5 Red Rolfe
NYA
3B
28.7
1.6
13.2
2.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Cronin
BOS
SS
30.7
4.8
18.0
8.2
2 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
30.2
4.7
18.8
9.1
3 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
23.9
4.1
15.4
7.0
4 Lyn Lary
CLE
SS
31.4
3.9
16.0
5.3
5 Billy Rogell
DET
SS
32.6
2.8
10.6
1.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
22.6
7.7
31.7
21.7
2 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
31.6
4.7
15.6
7.2
3 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
26.7
4.3
16.4
6.1
4 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
35.1
4.1
19.5
9.3
5 Beau Bell
SLA
RF
29.9
3.9
14.5
4.3
6 John Stone
WS1
RF
31.7
3.7
18.7
9.9
7 Moose Solters
CLE
LF
31.3
3.4
18.4
9.0
8 Gee Walker
DET
LF
29.3
3.3
18.1
8.2
9 Sam West
SLA
CF
32.7
2.8
9.3
1.9
10 George Selkirk
NYA
RF
29.5
2.7
12.3
8.0
11 Dixie Walker
CHA
RF
26.8
2.7
17.4
7.4
12 Ben Chapman
MULT
RF
28.5
2.6
14.9
5.5
13 Rip Radcliff
CHA
LF
31.5
2.6
17.5
8.1
14 Pete Fox
DET
RF
28.3
2.5
15.3
5.4
15 Bruce Campbell
CLE
RF
27.7
2.4
13.6
6.1
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lynn Nelson
PHA
RP
32.4
1.7
3.1
2.9
2 Wes Ferrell
MULT
SP
29.4
1.3
2.1
1.9
3 Johnny Marcum
BOS
SP
27.8
0.6
0.9
0.7
4 Russ Van Atta
SLA
SP
31.0
0.4
0.7
0.6
5 Roxie Lawson
DET
SP
31.2
0.4
0.1
-0.0
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.

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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