1943 Season
1942 / 1944
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1943 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 Walker Cooper
SLN
C
28.5
3.6
13.5
6.5
2 Ray Mueller
CIN
C
31.3
2.8
13.3
6.0
3 Ernie Lombardi
NY1
C
35.2
2.3
6.9
2.2
4 Mickey Livingston
MULT
C
28.6
1.6
6.4
0.4
5 Phil Masi
BSN
C
27.5
1.3
4.2
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 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
1B
27.0
3.9
17.7
8.6
2 Elbie Fletcher
PIT
1B
27.3
3.6
18.9
9.4
3 Ray Sanders
SLN
1B
26.6
3.1
15.8
7.4
4 Babe Dahlgren
PHI
1B
31.0
2.6
12.1
3.8
5 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
32.1
2.3
16.4
8.9
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
BRO
2B
34.0
5.7
23.3
13.5
2 Mickey Witek
NY1
2B
27.5
3.9
14.0
4.1
3 Lou Klein*
SLN
2B
24.7
3.9
17.4
7.2
4 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
32.9
2.7
17.5
7.6
5 Danny Murtaugh
PHI
2B
25.7
2.7
11.6
4.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Elliott
PIT
3B
26.6
4.8
20.0
10.5
2 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
33.6
3.8
16.4
7.1
3 Whitey Kurowski
SLN
3B
25.2
2.8
13.5
5.2
4 Pinky May
PHI
3B
32.5
2.5
10.4
3.3
5 Dick Bartell
NY1
3B
35.6
2.2
9.1
3.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Arky Vaughan
BRO
SS
31.3
5.1
23.7
13.6
2 Frankie Gustine
PIT
SS
23.4
2.0
9.1
2.4
3 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
25.6
1.8
7.6
0.8
4 Lennie Merullo
CHN
SS
26.2
1.1
4.5
-2.7
5 Billy Jurges
NY1
SS
35.1
0.8
4.2
-3.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Musial
SLN
RF
22.6
7.9
33.8
23.5
2 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
28.6
6.6
27.6
17.6
3 Augie Galan
BRO
CF
31.1
4.6
23.9
15.0
4 Eric Tipton
CIN
LF
28.2
4.1
23.4
14.8
5 Ron Northey
PHI
RF
23.2
3.3
19.7
10.3
6 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
34.3
3.2
15.4
8.3
7 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
32.8
2.9
18.9
10.1
8 Peanuts Lowrey*
CHN
CF
25.8
2.7
11.6
3.9
9 Tommy Holmes
BSN
CF
26.3
2.7
13.8
3.5
10 Vince DiMaggio
PIT
CF
30.8
2.4
14.7
5.1
11 Harry Walker
SLN
CF
26.7
2.1
13.0
3.6
12 Ival Goodman
CHN
LF
34.9
1.9
8.6
4.8
13 Coaker Triplett
MULT
LF
31.5
1.8
11.4
5.3
14 Paul Waner
BRO
RF
40.2
1.8
8.6
4.7
15 Danny Litwhiler
MULT
LF
26.8
1.6
10.7
4.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Schoolboy Rowe
PHI
SP
33.5
2.1
4.8
4.3
2 Jim Tobin
BSN
SP
30.5
1.1
1.7
1.3
3 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
34.2
1.0
2.5
2.1
4 Rip Sewell
PIT
SP
36.1
0.8
1.7
1.3
5 Whit Wyatt
BRO
SP
35.8
0.5
0.5
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1943 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
36.1
3.7
16.0
11.7
2 Jake Early
WS1
C
28.1
2.7
12.4
5.1
3 Buddy Rosar
CLE
C
29.0
1.9
8.8
2.5
4 Roy Partee*
BOS
C
25.8
1.7
7.2
2.0
5 Hal Wagner
PHA
C
28.0
0.9
5.2
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 Rudy York
DET
1B
29.9
5.2
22.5
12.6
2 Nick Etten
NYA
1B
29.8
3.1
21.0
11.0
3 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
25.2
3.1
19.2
9.6
4 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
33.1
0.9
9.5
1.8
5 Mickey Rocco*
CLE
1B
27.3
0.8
9.1
2.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
28.4
4.7
19.5
9.8
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
25.2
4.1
16.0
5.9
3 Jerry Priddy
WS1
2B
23.6
3.6
14.7
5.1
4 Don Gutteridge
SLA
2B
31.0
2.3
11.6
2.7
5 Ray Mack
CLE
2B
26.8
1.3
5.7
-3.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Johnson*
NYA
3B
24.8
2.5
13.8
4.0
2 Ralph Hodgin*
CHA
3B
28.4
2.3
15.1
8.5
3 Pinky Higgins
DET
3B
34.1
2.2
11.6
2.7
4 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
26.7
1.9
10.0
2.9
5 Ellis Clary
MULT
3B
26.8
1.7
9.0
3.2
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
36.2
7.2
31.4
21.2
2 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
26.0
5.8
21.7
12.0
3 Vern Stephens
SLA
SS
22.7
5.3
18.7
10.1
4 Skeeter Newsome
BOS
SS
32.7
0.9
5.0
-2.2
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss*
NYA
SS
24.7
0.8
3.7
-1.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Keller
NYA
LF
26.8
6.0
31.4
22.1
2 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
28.3
4.5
22.4
12.5
3 Roy Cullenbine
CLE
RF
29.7
4.4
23.8
14.8
4 Jeff Heath
CLE
LF
28.3
3.8
20.8
13.5
5 Dick Wakefield*
DET
LF
22.2
3.6
20.2
9.7
6 George Case
WS1
RF
27.6
2.9
20.9
10.9
7 Bob Johnson
WS1
LF
37.6
2.7
15.6
8.0
8 Guy Curtright*
CHA
LF
30.7
2.6
18.5
9.9
9 Milt Byrnes*
SLA
CF
26.6
2.2
12.4
5.0
10 Chet Laabs
SLA
LF
31.2
2.1
14.5
4.5
11 Bobby Estalella
PHA
LF
32.2
1.9
11.4
5.0
12 Hank Edwards*
CLE
CF
24.4
1.7
9.3
4.3
13 Leon Culberson*
BOS
CF
23.9
1.6
8.7
3.5
14 Oris Hockett
CLE
CF
33.8
1.5
13.9
4.0
15 Pete Fox
BOS
RF
34.3
1.3
10.8
2.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Early Wynn
WS1
SP
23.5
0.9
2.2
2.0
2 Spud Chandler
NYA
SP
35.8
0.8
1.3
1.1
3 Jim Bagby
CLE
SP
26.8
0.7
1.1
0.8
4 Johnny Humphries
CHA
SP
28.0
0.7
2.1
1.9
5 Prince Oana*
DET
RP
35.4
0.6
1.4
1.3
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