1957 Season
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1957 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 Ed Bailey
CIN
C
26.2
3.2
12.8
5.8
2 Stan Lopata
PHI
C
31.8
2.7
9.8
3.1
3 Smoky Burgess
CIN
C
30.4
2.1
8.0
4.5
4 Hank Foiles
PIT
C
28.1
2.1
6.2
1.4
5 Del Crandall
ML1
C
27.3
1.4
7.0
0.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
36.6
6.2
28.3
19.7
2 Ed Bouchee*
PHI
1B
24.3
4.6
23.7
13.7
3 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
33.2
4.0
19.3
9.5
4 Dale Long
MULT
1B
31.4
3.2
14.6
7.4
5 Joe Cunningham
SLN
1B
25.8
3.0
13.2
8.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Schoendienst
MULT
2B
34.4
5.1
19.2
8.9
2 Don Blasingame
SLN
2B
25.3
3.6
14.5
3.7
3 Johnny Temple
CIN
2B
29.9
2.8
14.7
4.6
4 Bill Mazeroski
PIT
2B
20.8
2.6
8.6
0.2
5 Danny O'Connell
MULT
2B
30.4
2.1
9.5
0.4
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
25.7
7.3
29.1
19.2
2 Don Hoak
CIN
3B
29.4
4.0
16.8
7.6
3 Ray Jablonski
NY1
3B
30.5
1.6
7.4
2.3
4 Gene Freese
PIT
3B
23.5
1.3
5.6
0.1
5 Eddie Kasko*
SLN
3B
25.0
1.2
6.7
-1.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
26.4
7.4
23.3
13.2
2 Dick Groat
PIT
SS
26.7
4.0
10.5
2.4
3 Charlie Neal
BRO
SS
26.4
3.4
10.9
3.2
4 Johnny Logan
ML1
SS
30.3
2.9
10.8
2.7
5 Alvin Dark
SLN
SS
35.5
2.8
11.1
1.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Mays
NY1
CF
26.2
8.1
30.2
20.2
2 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
23.4
7.8
32.1
22.0
3 Duke Snider
BRO
CF
30.8
5.3
19.1
10.3
4 Frank Robinson
CIN
LF
21.8
5.2
23.7
13.7
5 Wally Moon
SLN
LF
27.2
3.6
18.4
9.7
6 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
30.3
3.6
19.0
8.1
7 Bob Skinner
PIT
LF
25.7
3.3
11.5
5.1
8 Wes Covington
ML1
LF
25.3
3.1
13.4
7.8
9 Walt Moryn
CHN
RF
31.2
3.0
14.6
5.3
10 Ken Boyer
SLN
CF
26.1
2.6
10.6
1.7
11 Bob Hazle*
ML1
RF
26.6
2.4
10.0
7.7
12 Hank Sauer
NY1
LF
40.3
2.3
12.2
5.9
13 Del Ennis
SLN
LF
32.1
2.0
12.9
4.9
14 Bill Bruton
ML1
CF
31.6
2.0
8.7
3.7
15 Gino Cimoli*
BRO
LF
27.5
1.8
11.2
2.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harvey Haddix
PHI
SP
31.8
0.7
1.4
1.3
2 Hal Jeffcoat
CIN
SP
32.8
0.6
0.7
0.5
3 Johnny O'Brien*
PIT
RP
26.6
0.6
0.8
0.7
4 Don Newcombe
BRO
SP
31.0
0.6
0.3
0.1
5 Joe Nuxhall
CIN
SP
28.9
0.5
0.1
-0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1957 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
32.1
2.8
13.8
5.6
2 Hal Smith
KC1
C
26.6
2.5
8.7
2.9
3 Gus Triandos
BAL
C
26.9
2.3
10.5
3.5
4 Sherm Lollar
CHA
C
32.9
1.7
9.1
3.1
5 Clint Courtney
WS1
C
30.3
1.3
6.5
2.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Boyd
BAL
1B
37.8
3.5
17.3
9.0
2 Vic Wertz
CLE
1B
32.4
3.2
22.8
13.6
3 Earl Torgeson
MULT
1B
33.5
2.5
11.4
5.8
4 Bill Skowron
NYA
1B
26.5
2.2
15.0
7.5
5 Ray Boone
DET
1B
33.9
1.1
10.1
2.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
29.5
6.3
23.7
13.0
2 Billy Gardner
BAL
2B
30.0
2.2
11.9
1.1
3 Bobby Avila
CLE
2B
33.2
1.8
9.4
1.5
4 Frank Bolling
DET
2B
25.6
1.5
9.3
-0.4
5 Herb Plews
WS1
2B
29.0
1.2
5.8
0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Malzone*
BOS
3B
27.3
2.5
12.7
2.6
2 Al Smith
CLE
3B
29.4
2.3
14.6
5.5
3 Hector Lopez
KC1
3B
28.0
2.2
10.3
3.7
4 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
30.7
1.7
11.1
3.7
5 George Kell
BAL
3B
34.9
1.5
8.4
3.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gil McDougald
NYA
SS
29.1
4.3
18.3
8.9
2 Harvey Kuenn
DET
SS
26.6
2.6
9.6
-0.6
3 Chico Carrasquel
CLE
SS
29.4
2.2
9.6
2.7
4 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
23.2
2.0
9.7
0.0
5 Tony Kubek*
NYA
SS
21.7
1.8
10.5
3.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
25.7
11.3
45.7
36.3
2 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
38.8
9.6
35.2
27.0
3 Roy Sievers
WS1
LF
30.6
6.3
31.3
21.4
4 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
31.6
4.9
22.6
12.4
5 Gene Woodling
CLE
LF
34.9
4.4
23.4
15.8
6 Charlie Maxwell
DET
LF
30.2
3.7
16.8
8.1
7 Al Kaline
DET
RF
22.5
3.4
15.4
5.9
8 Larry Doby
CHA
CF
33.6
3.3
14.5
7.3
9 Rocky Colavito
CLE
RF
23.9
2.6
16.3
8.1
10 Jackie Jensen
BOS
RF
30.3
2.4
15.4
6.0
11 Hank Bauer
NYA
RF
34.9
2.3
14.6
6.6
12 Bob Nieman
BAL
LF
30.4
2.3
13.8
6.0
13 Woodie Held*
MULT
CF
25.3
2.1
8.8
3.2
14 Al Pilarcik
BAL
RF
27.0
2.0
12.2
4.9
15 Jim Lemon
WS1
RF
29.3
2.0
15.5
6.8
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey McDermott
KC1
SW
28.2
0.8
1.5
1.4
2 Jim Bunning
DET
SP
25.7
0.7
0.0
-0.2
3 Jack Harshman
CHA
SP
30.0
0.7
1.2
1.1
4 Willard Nixon
BOS
SP
29.0
0.6
1.0
0.8
5 Don Larsen
NYA
SP
27.9
0.5
0.5
0.4
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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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James