1940 Season
1939 / 1941
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Feller

1940 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
32.2
3.9
14.6
8.4
2 Harry Danning
NY1
C
28.8
3.9
13.5
5.1
3 Spud Davis
PIT
C
35.5
2.9
10.1
5.3
4 Babe Phelps
BRO
C
32.2
2.9
10.1
4.1
5 Bennie Warren*
PHI
C
28.3
1.8
5.2
0.2
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
27.5
7.7
29.9
20.0
2 Elbie Fletcher
PIT
1B
24.3
4.8
23.5
14.0
3 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
33.2
4.7
22.8
13.8
4 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
29.1
4.4
23.0
13.0
5 Babe Young*
NY1
1B
25.0
3.4
16.6
7.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
29.9
3.3
17.6
7.7
2 Joe Orengo*
SLN
2B
25.6
3.0
12.2
4.9
3 Billy Herman
CHN
2B
31.0
3.0
9.8
0.7
4 Bama Rowell*
BSN
2B
24.5
2.6
12.6
5.0
5 Frankie Gustine*
PIT
2B
20.4
2.1
10.8
2.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
30.6
5.4
21.4
11.2
2 Debs Garms
PIT
3B
33.0
3.6
16.8
11.1
3 Billy Werber
CIN
3B
32.0
3.5
20.5
10.7
4 Pinky May
PHI
3B
29.5
3.0
10.2
1.7
5 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
3B
27.6
1.5
8.6
0.8
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
28.3
6.5
26.2
15.9
2 Eddie Miller
BSN
SS
23.6
4.1
14.1
5.0
3 Pee Wee Reese*
BRO
SS
21.9
1.9
8.6
3.2
4 Billy Jurges
NY1
SS
32.1
1.0
2.6
-1.1
5 Marty Marion*
SLN
SS
22.6
1.0
4.2
-2.7
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
31.3
5.0
21.0
11.4
2 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
25.6
4.4
17.7
9.6
3 Jim Gleeson
CHN
CF
28.3
4.2
16.5
8.3
4 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
24.2
3.7
18.3
9.8
5 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
28.1
3.6
16.6
8.0
6 Johnny Rizzo
MULT
LF
27.9
3.6
15.6
7.2
7 Hank Leiber
CHN
CF
29.5
3.5
13.9
6.6
8 Chet Ross*
BSN
LF
23.3
3.4
20.0
10.6
9 Vince DiMaggio
MULT
CF
27.8
3.3
15.7
9.6
10 Joe Medwick
MULT
LF
28.6
2.9
15.1
6.0
11 Dixie Walker
BRO
CF
29.8
2.8
15.4
6.4
12 Bob Elliott*
PIT
RF
23.6
2.5
16.6
7.5
13 Frank Demaree
NY1
CF
30.1
2.4
12.1
4.4
14 Max West
BSN
CF
23.6
2.0
13.3
4.6
15 Johnny Cooney
BSN
CF
39.3
1.9
9.6
3.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Bowman
PIT
SP
30.0
1.2
2.0
1.8
2 Claude Passeau
CHN
SP
31.2
0.7
0.6
0.4
3 Max Butcher
PIT
SP
29.8
0.5
0.8
0.7
4 Vern Olsen*
CHN
SP
22.3
0.5
0.5
0.4
5 Jim Turner
CIN
SP
36.9
0.4
0.3
0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1940 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 Frankie Hayes
PHA
C
25.7
4.0
14.5
6.6
2 Billy Sullivan
DET
C
29.7
1.6
6.3
2.4
3 Rick Ferrell
WS1
C
34.7
1.4
5.8
0.2
4 Buddy Rosar*
NYA
C
26.0
1.4
5.9
2.1
5 Birdie Tebbetts
DET
C
27.6
1.3
6.1
-0.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rudy York
DET
1B
26.9
5.3
22.5
12.2
2 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
32.7
5.2
21.0
11.8
3 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
27.6
4.3
23.6
14.5
4 Joe Kuhel
CHA
1B
34.0
3.4
20.5
10.0
5 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
30.1
1.7
13.5
3.6
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
37.1
4.8
16.7
7.3
2 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
25.4
4.5
18.7
8.6
3 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
22.2
3.8
15.4
5.6
4 Ray Mack*
CLE
2B
23.8
2.2
12.1
3.3
5 Benny McCoy
PHA
2B
24.6
1.8
7.5
-0.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Cecil Travis
WS1
3B
26.9
3.9
16.2
7.5
2 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
27.9
3.8
16.8
7.4
3 Jim Tabor
BOS
3B
23.7
2.4
12.3
4.7
4 Pinky Higgins
DET
3B
31.1
1.6
8.1
-0.2
5 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
23.7
1.4
11.0
1.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
33.2
5.1
20.3
10.8
2 Joe Cronin
BOS
SS
33.7
4.8
17.7
8.1
3 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
23.0
4.5
18.2
7.6
4 Johnny Berardino
SLA
SS
23.2
1.1
6.5
-1.8
5 Dick Bartell
DET
SS
32.6
0.6
4.8
-4.5
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hank Greenberg
DET
LF
29.5
7.2
27.4
17.4
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
25.6
6.8
26.8
18.3
3 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
21.8
6.5
27.5
17.6
4 Charlie Keller
NYA
RF
23.8
4.6
21.6
12.5
5 Barney McCosky
DET
CF
23.2
4.0
18.1
8.2
6 Buddy Lewis
WS1
RF
23.9
3.9
18.7
8.6
7 Bob Johnson
PHA
LF
34.6
3.7
15.9
7.0
8 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
29.7
3.7
18.2
8.9
9 Wally Judnich*
SLA
CF
23.4
3.5
16.9
8.3
10 Rip Radcliff
SLA
LF
34.5
3.3
18.1
8.6
11 George Selkirk
NYA
LF
32.5
3.1
15.5
8.5
12 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
27.4
2.9
12.9
7.7
13 Taffy Wright
CHA
RF
28.9
2.5
17.8
8.4
14 Ben Chapman
CLE
LF
31.5
2.1
14.6
5.1
15 Larry Rosenthal
CHA
LF
30.1
2.1
11.5
6.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chubby Dean
PHA
SP
23.9
1.1
1.8
1.6
2 Vern Kennedy
SLA
SP
33.3
0.8
1.5
1.3
3 Al Smith
CLE
SP
32.7
0.8
1.6
1.4
4 Schoolboy Rowe
DET
SP
30.5
0.6
0.8
0.6
5 Fritz Ostermueller
BOS
SP
32.8
0.5
0.9
0.8
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