1944 Season
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1944 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 Ray Mueller
CIN
C
32.3
3.7
17.2
8.0
2 Walker Cooper
SLN
C
29.5
3.5
12.6
6.3
3 Ernie Lombardi
NY1
C
36.2
1.4
4.3
-1.7
4 Mickey Owen
BRO
C
28.2
1.4
6.6
-0.8
5 Phil Masi
BSN
C
28.5
1.4
6.4
2.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
33.1
4.7
24.6
15.0
2 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
1B
28.0
4.6
23.6
13.3
3 Phil Weintraub
NY1
1B
36.7
4.0
18.8
12.5
4 Ray Sanders
SLN
1B
27.6
3.5
19.2
9.1
5 Babe Dahlgren
PIT
1B
32.0
2.1
15.7
5.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Connie Ryan
BSN
2B
24.3
2.4
8.8
3.2
2 Eddie Stanky
MULT
2B
27.8
1.9
7.7
2.6
3 Don Johnson*
CHN
2B
32.6
1.6
9.7
0.2
4 George Hausmann*
NY1
2B
28.4
1.4
7.0
-0.9
5 Pete Coscarart
PIT
2B
31.0
1.3
9.2
0.2
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
27.6
4.4
22.6
13.4
2 Whitey Kurowski
SLN
3B
26.2
3.5
15.3
6.0
3 Frenchy Bordagaray
BRO
3B
34.5
1.9
11.5
3.4
4 Roy Hughes
CHN
3B
33.5
1.8
10.3
2.4
5 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
34.6
1.7
10.0
3.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buddy Kerr*
NY1
SS
21.7
2.8
11.0
2.1
2 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
26.6
2.1
8.5
0.1
3 Frankie Zak*
PIT
SS
22.4
1.0
4.7
2.0
4 Bobby Bragan
BRO
SS
26.7
0.6
2.5
-1.8
5 Whitey Wietelmann
BSN
SS
25.3
0.5
3.3
-3.6
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
23.6
7.3
32.1
22.2
2 Dixie Walker
BRO
RF
33.8
6.6
32.0
22.9
3 Augie Galan
BRO
LF
32.1
6.4
30.2
20.5
4 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
29.6
6.4
29.1
18.9
5 Johnny Hopp
SLN
CF
28.0
5.3
24.0
15.2
6 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
35.3
5.3
23.7
16.3
7 Ron Northey
PHI
RF
24.2
4.8
19.1
9.5
8 Tommy Holmes
BSN
CF
27.3
4.6
20.8
10.3
9 Buster Adams
PHI
CF
29.0
4.6
16.4
6.3
10 Jim Russell
PIT
LF
25.8
4.3
25.7
15.8
11 Joe Medwick
NY1
LF
32.6
3.4
17.7
9.7
12 Dom Dallessandro
CHN
LF
30.7
3.1
14.8
8.2
13 Johnny Barrett
PIT
RF
28.5
3.0
20.8
11.0
14 Eric Tipton
CIN
LF
29.2
2.6
15.8
7.7
15 Danny Litwhiler
SLN
LF
27.8
1.6
11.4
3.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
35.2
1.0
2.1
1.9
2 Ben Chapman*
BRO
SP
35.5
0.7
2.2
2.1
3 Jim Tobin
BSN
SP
31.5
0.7
0.5
0.2
4 Cookie Cuccurullo*
PIT
RP
26.4
0.6
1.3
1.2
5 Arnold Carter*
CIN
SP
26.3
0.6
1.1
1.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1944 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 Hal Wagner
MULT
C
29.0
2.5
10.2
6.2
2 Frankie Hayes
PHA
C
29.7
2.3
9.4
-0.3
3 Rick Ferrell
WS1
C
38.7
1.7
7.9
2.0
4 Buddy Rosar
CLE
C
30.0
1.1
5.0
-0.7
5 Mike Guerra*
WS1
C
31.7
0.9
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 Nick Etten
NYA
1B
30.8
5.0
23.1
12.9
2 Dick Siebert
PHA
1B
32.4
3.4
17.1
9.0
3 Rudy York
DET
1B
30.9
2.7
19.6
9.8
4 Joe Kuhel
WS1
1B
38.0
2.5
15.7
6.8
5 Mickey Rocco
CLE
1B
28.3
1.6
13.4
2.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss
NYA
2B
25.7
6.7
26.8
16.0
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
26.2
6.4
24.1
16.1
3 George Myatt
WS1
2B
30.0
3.2
14.0
4.7
4 Irv Hall
PHA
2B
25.7
1.3
6.1
-2.9
5 Don Gutteridge
SLA
2B
32.0
0.8
11.8
1.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
27.7
4.7
17.3
7.8
2 Pinky Higgins
DET
3B
35.1
4.0
20.5
10.9
3 Oscar Grimes
NYA
3B
29.2
2.7
13.0
6.1
4 Jim Tabor
BOS
3B
27.7
2.6
11.9
4.6
5 Ralph Hodgin
CHA
3B
29.4
1.8
12.8
5.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
27.0
7.0
23.5
13.3
2 Vern Stephens
SLA
SS
23.7
5.1
24.8
15.3
3 John Sullivan
WS1
SS
23.7
1.3
5.9
-2.2
4 Ed Busch*
PHA
SS
26.6
1.3
3.7
-4.2
5 Skeeter Newsome
BOS
SS
33.7
0.7
3.9
-4.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Johnson
BOS
LF
38.6
6.4
28.2
18.8
2 Stan Spence
WS1
CF
29.3
6.1
28.5
18.4
3 Johnny Lindell
NYA
CF
27.8
4.5
19.8
10.0
4 Roy Cullenbine
CLE
RF
30.7
4.4
20.6
10.6
5 Dick Wakefield
DET
LF
23.2
4.1
20.9
15.9
6 Bobby Estalella
PHA
CF
33.2
3.3
15.0
6.3
7 Pete Fox
BOS
RF
35.3
2.3
15.0
6.9
8 Milt Byrnes
SLA
CF
27.6
2.1
15.7
8.4
9 Hersh Martin
NYA
LF
34.8
2.1
11.2
5.7
10 Thurman Tucker
CHA
CF
26.8
2.0
14.3
6.8
11 Wally Moses
CHA
RF
33.7
1.9
18.2
9.4
12 Catfish Metkovich
BOS
CF
23.7
1.9
13.5
4.7
13 Al Zarilla
SLA
LF
25.2
1.7
12.7
7.8
14 Mike Kreevich
SLA
CF
36.1
1.6
11.9
5.3
15 Oris Hockett
CLE
CF
34.8
1.6
9.8
2.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dizzy Trout
DET
SP
29.0
1.5
3.8
3.4
2 Bill Lefebvre
WS1
SW
28.6
0.9
2.0
1.8
3 Ed Lopat*
CHA
SP
26.0
0.9
2.2
2.0
4 Steve Gromek
CLE
SP
24.5
0.7
0.9
0.7
5 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
23.1
0.6
0.0
-0.3
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