1938 Season
1937 / 1939
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1938 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 Ernie Lombardi
CIN
C
30.2
5.7
18.4
10.5
2 Harry Danning
NY1
C
26.8
2.7
10.8
3.7
3 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
37.5
2.6
10.6
5.3
4 Babe Phelps
BRO
C
30.2
1.7
6.5
3.0
5 Gus Mancuso
NY1
C
32.6
1.5
5.6
2.9
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
25.5
7.0
25.8
16.7
2 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
31.2
4.1
21.7
12.3
3 Gus Suhr
PIT
1B
32.5
3.6
19.1
9.7
4 Phil Weintraub
PHI
1B
30.7
2.9
12.5
6.2
5 Frank McCormick*
CIN
1B
27.1
2.7
16.8
6.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tony Cuccinello
BSN
2B
30.6
3.0
13.6
4.3
2 Billy Herman
CHN
2B
29.0
2.1
11.2
0.8
3 Pep Young
PIT
2B
30.8
2.0
10.4
1.3
4 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
27.9
1.8
10.9
2.6
5 Heinie Mueller*
PHI
2B
25.9
1.5
7.1
-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 Mel Ott
NY1
3B
29.3
8.3
31.1
21.3
2 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
28.6
5.1
26.6
16.0
3 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
3B
25.6
2.8
13.8
5.4
4 Debs Garms
BSN
3B
31.0
2.3
14.4
7.3
5 Lee Handley
PIT
3B
24.9
1.7
10.8
1.4
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
26.3
6.7
25.3
15.5
2 Dick Bartell
NY1
SS
30.6
2.6
10.2
1.9
3 Billy Myers
CIN
SS
27.9
2.2
8.8
1.4
4 Billy Jurges
CHN
SS
30.1
1.2
4.8
-3.3
5 Tony Lazzeri
CHN
SS
34.6
1.1
3.8
1.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ival Goodman
CIN
RF
29.9
5.1
23.7
14.0
2 Joe Medwick
SLN
LF
26.6
4.7
18.8
9.3
3 Johnny Rizzo*
PIT
LF
25.9
4.4
20.6
11.3
4 Ernie Koy*
BRO
CF
28.8
2.8
16.4
7.8
5 Wally Berger
MULT
LF
32.7
2.5
14.5
7.5
6 Lloyd Waner
PIT
CF
32.3
2.3
14.4
4.6
7 Hersh Martin
PHI
CF
28.8
2.1
10.6
3.0
8 Goody Rosen*
BRO
RF
25.8
2.0
13.0
4.9
9 Jo-Jo Moore
NY1
LF
29.5
1.9
13.5
5.5
10 Augie Galan
CHN
LF
26.1
1.8
13.0
6.2
11 Harry Craft*
CIN
CF
23.2
1.7
12.2
2.6
12 Hank Leiber
NY1
CF
27.5
1.6
8.7
2.8
13 Carl Reynolds
CHN
CF
35.4
1.5
12.8
4.8
14 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
26.1
1.5
7.4
1.9
15 Vince DiMaggio
BSN
CF
25.8
1.5
14.3
5.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Tobin
PIT
SP
25.5
1.0
1.1
0.9
2 Lon Warneke
SLN
SP
29.3
0.8
1.0
0.9
3 Jim Turner
BSN
SP
34.9
0.7
0.0
-0.1
4 Clay Bryant
CHN
SP
26.6
0.7
0.5
0.3
5 Hal Schumacher
NY1
SP
27.6
0.6
0.8
0.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1938 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
31.1
5.1
20.0
12.2
2 Rudy York
DET
C
24.9
4.7
19.1
11.0
3 Rick Ferrell
WS1
C
32.7
2.9
10.9
3.7
4 Frankie Hayes
PHA
C
23.7
2.4
8.1
2.7
5 Earle Brucker
PHA
C
37.2
2.0
6.4
3.6
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
BOS
1B
30.7
8.1
32.5
22.5
2 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
27.5
6.9
29.4
19.5
3 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
25.6
4.5
21.3
12.2
4 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
35.0
4.5
23.0
13.0
5 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
28.1
2.9
12.9
3.1
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
35.1
5.3
20.9
10.9
2 Buddy Myer
WS1
2B
34.3
5.2
18.7
10.9
3 Joe Gordon*
NYA
2B
23.4
2.4
12.3
4.7
4 Odell Hale
CLE
2B
29.9
1.4
8.2
0.1
5 Jackie Hayes
CHA
2B
32.0
1.4
5.3
1.4
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
25.9
5.9
17.8
8.3
2 Red Rolfe
NYA
3B
29.7
3.5
18.3
7.9
3 Buddy Lewis
WS1
3B
21.9
2.7
14.5
3.9
4 Billy Werber
PHA
3B
30.0
2.1
8.4
-0.3
5 Ken Keltner*
CLE
3B
21.7
1.9
12.1
3.1
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
31.7
5.8
20.2
11.0
2 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
24.9
4.6
16.5
7.2
3 Red Kress
SLA
SS
31.5
3.1
9.4
0.1
4 Frankie Crosetti
NYA
SS
27.7
2.7
14.0
2.9
5 Lyn Lary
CLE
SS
32.4
2.2
10.4
0.8
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
23.6
5.2
24.2
14.6
2 Bob Johnson
PHA
CF
32.6
5.1
18.4
8.9
3 Earl Averill
CLE
CF
36.1
4.8
20.2
11.9
4 Jeff Heath*
CLE
LF
23.3
4.0
19.6
11.8
5 Ben Chapman
BOS
RF
29.5
3.2
16.0
8.0
6 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
25.4
2.9
16.0
7.6
7 Al Simmons
WS1
LF
36.1
2.5
14.1
6.6
8 Joe Vosmik
BOS
LF
28.2
2.0
15.1
5.1
9 Sam West
MULT
CF
33.7
2.0
10.5
2.3
10 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
27.7
2.0
11.4
1.9
11 Mike Kreevich
CHA
CF
30.1
1.8
9.9
1.8
12 Taffy Wright*
WS1
RF
26.9
1.8
9.1
5.0
13 Hank Steinbacher*
CHA
RF
25.3
1.7
9.4
2.9
14 Dixie Walker
DET
LF
27.8
1.7
11.8
4.2
15 Bruce Campbell
CLE
RF
28.7
1.6
12.1
3.7
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
33.2
0.9
1.5
1.3
2 Wes Ferrell
MULT
SP
30.4
0.7
1.1
0.9
3 Lynn Nelson
PHA
SP
33.4
0.6
0.3
0.1
4 Monty Stratton
CHA
SP
26.1
0.5
0.7
0.5
5 Thornton Lee
CHA
SP
31.8
0.5
0.6
0.4
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