1954 Season
1953 / 1955
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1954 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 Smoky Burgess
PHI
C
27.4
4.1
12.2
6.3
2 Stan Lopata
PHI
C
28.8
2.3
7.5
3.0
3 Del Crandall
ML1
C
24.3
1.9
8.0
0.3
4 Walker Cooper
MULT
C
39.5
1.8
5.4
2.4
5 Joe Garagiola
MULT
C
28.4
1.5
4.6
1.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Kluszewski
CIN
1B
29.8
7.4
30.7
20.8
2 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
30.2
4.9
25.3
15.1
3 Joe Adcock
ML1
1B
26.7
4.0
18.8
10.4
4 Joe Cunningham*
SLN
1B
22.8
1.7
9.1
3.8
5 Earl Torgeson
PHI
1B
30.5
1.6
8.8
0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Granny Hamner
PHI
2B
27.2
3.7
13.7
3.8
2 Red Schoendienst
SLN
2B
31.4
3.7
15.0
4.8
3 Johnny Temple
CIN
2B
26.9
3.2
13.0
4.4
4 Jim Gilliam
BRO
2B
25.7
2.9
15.8
5.4
5 Gene Baker*
CHN
2B
29.0
2.1
9.7
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 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
22.7
7.7
28.2
19.2
2 Hank Thompson
NY1
3B
28.6
4.4
16.7
8.4
3 Ray Jablonski
SLN
3B
27.5
2.8
12.7
2.6
4 Randy Jackson
CHN
3B
28.4
2.6
10.2
2.0
5 Willie Jones
PHI
3B
28.9
1.9
9.5
0.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
35.9
5.5
19.4
9.4
2 Solly Hemus
SLN
SS
31.2
3.4
9.5
5.4
3 Alvin Dark
NY1
SS
32.5
3.2
13.3
2.9
4 Bobby Morgan
PHI
SS
28.0
2.8
8.8
0.7
5 Ernie Banks*
CHN
SS
23.4
2.7
9.9
0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
27.8
8.6
34.3
24.0
2 Willie Mays
NY1
CF
23.2
8.6
31.1
21.5
3 Stan Musial
SLN
RF
33.6
7.1
28.5
17.9
4 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
27.3
5.2
17.3
6.7
5 Hank Sauer
CHN
RF
37.3
4.4
19.4
10.3
6 Frank Thomas
PIT
CF
25.1
4.1
20.9
11.1
7 Gus Bell
CIN
CF
25.6
3.9
17.0
6.7
8 Jackie Robinson
BRO
LF
35.4
3.8
16.4
9.4
9 Wally Moon*
SLN
CF
24.2
3.6
17.1
6.3
10 Ralph Kiner
CHN
LF
31.7
3.5
15.8
6.2
11 Dusty Rhodes
NY1
LF
27.1
2.7
9.6
6.8
12 Don Mueller
NY1
RF
27.2
2.6
15.6
5.7
13 Sid Gordon
PIT
RF
36.9
2.5
14.1
7.3
14 Jim Greengrass
CIN
LF
26.7
2.1
13.2
4.3
15 Carl Furillo
BRO
RF
32.3
2.0
13.8
4.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Vern Law
PIT
SP
24.3
0.9
0.2
0.1
2 Bob Rush
CHN
SP
28.5
0.7
1.0
0.8
3 Johnny Podres
BRO
SP
21.8
0.7
0.8
0.7
4 Joe Nuxhall
CIN
SP
25.9
0.7
0.1
0.0
5 Bob Friend
PIT
SP
23.6
0.6
0.9
0.8
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1954 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
29.1
5.5
26.1
16.4
2 Ed Fitz Gerald
WS1
C
30.1
1.8
7.5
1.5
3 Clint Courtney
BAL
C
27.3
1.3
6.0
-0.5
4 Sammy White
BOS
C
26.0
1.2
6.7
-1.1
5 Red Wilson
MULT
C
25.3
0.9
4.4
1.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Vernon
WS1
1B
36.2
4.1
20.0
10.0
2 Joe Collins
NYA
1B
31.6
2.6
13.6
7.7
3 Bill Skowron*
NYA
1B
23.5
2.2
11.9
8.3
4 Ferris Fain
CHA
1B
33.3
1.6
9.3
5.1
5 Vic Wertz
MULT
1B
29.4
1.3
10.8
4.3
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
30.2
6.6
25.5
16.0
2 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
26.5
3.9
17.4
6.9
3 Gil McDougald
NYA
2B
26.1
2.8
14.3
7.3
4 Fred Hatfield
DET
2B
29.3
2.1
6.0
2.2
5 Billy Goodman
BOS
2B
28.3
2.1
9.8
1.5
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
30.3
5.1
23.9
15.5
2 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
27.7
4.6
18.6
8.3
3 Ray Boone
DET
3B
30.9
4.1
18.1
8.9
4 Jim Finigan*
PHA
3B
25.9
2.8
15.6
7.3
5 Andy Carey*
NYA
3B
22.7
2.5
14.2
7.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Runnels
WS1
SS
26.4
3.9
12.4
3.9
2 Chico Carrasquel
CHA
SS
26.4
3.2
14.2
3.5
3 Harvey Kuenn
DET
SS
23.6
2.5
12.1
1.7
4 Milt Bolling
BOS
SS
23.9
1.4
5.7
-0.8
5 Eddie Joost
PHA
SS
38.1
0.7
2.4
1.5
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
35.8
7.3
26.6
18.8
2 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
22.7
7.0
32.3
22.6
3 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
28.6
6.6
26.7
16.7
4 Larry Doby
CLE
CF
30.6
4.6
24.5
14.5
5 Al Smith
CLE
LF
26.4
3.8
20.5
11.8
6 Jim Busby
WS1
CF
27.5
3.5
15.0
4.8
7 Irv Noren
NYA
LF
29.6
3.1
19.3
12.2
8 Jackie Jensen
BOS
CF
27.3
2.8
13.6
3.6
9 Hank Bauer
NYA
RF
31.9
2.6
14.8
8.5
10 Roy Sievers
WS1
LF
27.6
2.4
12.6
3.6
11 Jim Rivera
CHA
RF
31.9
1.9
14.5
6.3
12 Bill Tuttle*
DET
CF
25.0
1.5
10.3
1.3
13 Bill Wilson*
MULT
CF
25.7
1.4
9.2
3.0
14 Jim Delsing
DET
LF
28.6
1.0
7.2
0.9
15 Gene Woodling
NYA
LF
31.9
1.0
8.8
3.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Larsen
BAL
SP
24.9
1.2
1.2
1.0
2 Art Houtteman
CLE
SP
26.9
0.8
0.9
0.7
3 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
33.8
0.7
0.6
0.3
4 Bob Trice*
PHA
SP
27.8
0.7
1.4
1.3
5 Willard Nixon
BOS
SP
26.0
0.6
0.6
0.5
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