1952 Season
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1952 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 Roy Campanella
BRO
C
30.6
3.6
13.8
5.7
2 Smoky Burgess
PHI
C
25.4
3.4
13.4
6.9
3 Joe Garagiola
PIT
C
26.4
2.5
7.7
1.7
4 Wes Westrum
NY1
C
29.6
2.5
11.4
5.3
5 Toby Atwell*
CHN
C
28.3
2.3
8.1
2.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
28.2
4.8
23.1
13.7
2 Ted Kluszewski
CIN
1B
27.8
4.8
20.7
12.3
3 Whitey Lockman
NY1
1B
25.9
3.2
19.9
9.4
4 Eddie Waitkus
PHI
1B
32.8
2.4
14.2
5.6
5 Dee Fondy
CHN
1B
27.7
2.2
12.2
3.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jackie Robinson
BRO
2B
33.4
7.9
26.8
17.1
2 Red Schoendienst
SLN
2B
29.4
4.5
16.4
6.1
3 Connie Ryan
PHI
2B
32.3
2.9
11.1
1.1
4 Davey Williams*
NY1
2B
24.7
2.7
13.3
4.1
5 Grady Hatton
CIN
2B
29.7
1.3
6.0
-1.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Thomson
NY1
3B
28.7
4.3
21.2
11.1
2 Eddie Mathews*
BSN
3B
20.7
3.1
15.6
6.6
3 Bill Serena
CHN
3B
27.7
2.9
11.1
4.4
4 Willie Jones
PHI
3B
26.9
2.2
10.4
1.1
5 Bobby Adams
CIN
3B
30.5
2.1
11.7
1.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Solly Hemus
SLN
SS
29.2
6.0
21.1
10.6
2 Alvin Dark
NY1
SS
30.5
5.3
20.4
10.5
3 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
33.9
4.8
16.1
6.0
4 Granny Hamner
PHI
SS
25.2
3.5
11.8
2.1
5 Johnny Logan
BSN
SS
25.3
2.5
10.5
2.8
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
CF
31.6
7.9
32.3
22.0
2 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
29.7
5.1
17.4
7.7
3 Hank Sauer
CHN
LF
35.3
5.0
22.0
12.1
4 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
25.8
4.9
20.4
11.3
5 Sid Gordon
BSN
LF
34.9
4.7
23.3
14.1
6 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
36.2
4.4
19.5
10.5
7 Andy Pafko
BRO
LF
31.4
3.4
18.6
9.1
8 Hank Thompson
NY1
CF
26.6
3.3
14.9
7.5
9 Del Ennis
PHI
LF
27.1
3.3
17.8
8.0
10 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
25.3
3.3
15.1
4.4
11 Frank Baumholtz
CHN
RF
33.7
2.4
11.8
5.0
12 George Shuba
BRO
LF
27.6
2.1
10.2
5.7
13 Don Mueller
NY1
RF
25.2
2.0
13.6
6.1
14 Willard Marshall
MULT
RF
31.4
1.7
9.7
1.8
15 Sam Jethroe
BSN
CF
34.4
1.6
13.4
2.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Rush
CHN
SP
26.5
0.9
1.3
1.1
2 Paul Minner
CHN
SP
28.9
0.7
1.0
0.9
3 Cliff Chambers
SLN
SP
30.5
0.5
0.8
0.7
4 Larry Jansen
NY1
SP
32.0
0.4
0.4
0.3
5 Jim Hearn
NY1
SP
31.2
0.4
0.0
-0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1952 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 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
27.1
5.3
20.6
11.6
2 Sherm Lollar
CHA
C
27.9
2.1
8.4
1.7
3 Clint Courtney*
SLA
C
25.3
1.9
9.1
2.2
4 Joe Tipton
MULT
C
30.4
1.4
6.2
3.0
5 Sammy White*
BOS
C
24.0
1.0
6.4
0.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ferris Fain
PHA
1B
31.3
4.4
25.6
15.9
2 Eddie Robinson
CHA
1B
31.5
4.4
22.7
12.5
3 Joe Collins
NYA
1B
29.6
3.3
16.5
9.2
4 Luke Easter
CLE
1B
36.9
3.3
18.8
11.5
5 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
34.2
2.1
16.8
6.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Avila
CLE
2B
28.2
5.1
20.8
10.5
2 Billy Goodman
BOS
2B
26.3
3.2
14.2
5.5
3 Jerry Priddy
DET
2B
32.6
2.3
7.1
2.3
4 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
24.5
2.2
12.3
1.7
5 Cass Michaels
MULT
2B
26.3
1.5
8.4
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 Al Rosen
CLE
3B
28.3
6.2
28.5
18.8
2 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
25.7
3.7
19.6
8.5
3 George Kell
MULT
3B
29.9
2.8
11.8
4.6
4 Gil McDougald
NYA
3B
24.1
2.3
11.7
2.2
5 Jim Dyck*
SLA
3B
30.4
2.2
11.7
4.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Eddie Joost
PHA
SS
36.1
4.8
21.5
11.4
2 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
35.8
3.1
12.1
2.0
3 Pete Runnels
WS1
SS
24.4
3.1
12.8
3.3
4 Ray Boone
CLE
SS
28.9
2.5
9.6
4.0
5 Vern Stephens
BOS
SS
31.7
1.3
6.0
0.9
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Larry Doby
CLE
CF
28.6
6.4
29.1
19.9
2 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
20.7
6.4
28.6
19.2
3 Hank Bauer
NYA
RF
29.9
3.7
19.1
9.9
4 Gene Woodling
NYA
LF
29.9
3.7
18.4
11.3
5 Vic Wertz
MULT
RF
27.4
3.4
15.4
8.1
6 Dale Mitchell
CLE
LF
30.9
3.4
19.3
10.8
7 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
26.6
3.3
16.6
6.6
8 Elmer Valo
PHA
RF
31.3
3.2
17.8
10.4
9 Jackie Jensen
MULT
RF
25.3
3.0
18.3
8.3
10 Gus Zernial
PHA
LF
29.0
2.4
18.7
9.4
11 Bob Nieman*
SLA
RF
25.4
2.1
12.6
4.6
12 Harry Simpson
CLE
RF
26.6
2.0
15.7
6.6
13 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
35.4
1.7
11.5
3.2
14 Clyde Vollmer
BOS
LF
30.8
1.3
7.3
2.9
15 Sam Mele
MULT
RF
30.4
1.2
10.1
2.6
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Sain
NYA
SP
34.8
0.9
1.4
1.3
2 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
31.8
0.9
0.6
0.3
3 Gene Bearden
SLA
SP
31.8
0.9
1.6
1.5
4 Tommy Byrne
SLA
SP
32.5
0.9
1.1
0.9
5 Early Wynn
CLE
SP
32.5
0.8
0.1
-0.1
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