1958 Season
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1958 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 Del Crandall
ML1
C
28.3
3.5
13.2
5.9
2 Johnny Roseboro*
LAN
C
25.1
2.3
10.3
3.8
3 Stan Lopata
PHI
C
32.8
1.7
5.6
0.7
4 Cal Neeman
CHN
C
29.4
1.5
5.1
1.7
5 Bob Schmidt*
SFN
C
25.2
1.4
5.5
-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 Stan Musial
SLN
1B
37.6
4.3
18.7
10.5
2 Joe Cunningham
SLN
1B
26.8
4.0
15.0
8.7
3 Orlando Cepeda*
SFN
1B
20.8
3.2
18.7
9.0
4 Dale Long
CHN
1B
32.4
2.2
13.5
5.1
5 Frank Torre
ML1
1B
26.5
2.1
13.6
7.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Temple
CIN
2B
30.9
4.1
16.1
6.3
2 Charlie Neal
LAN
2B
27.4
2.8
12.1
3.8
3 Solly Hemus
PHI
2B
35.2
2.7
10.1
4.1
4 Bill Mazeroski
PIT
2B
21.8
2.6
11.5
2.4
5 Don Blasingame
SLN
2B
26.3
2.0
8.7
-0.5
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
26.7
4.9
19.3
9.5
2 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
27.1
4.6
16.6
7.1
3 Frank Thomas
PIT
3B
29.1
4.3
18.3
9.0
4 Willie Jones
PHI
3B
32.9
2.0
9.0
2.1
5 Jim Davenport*
SFN
3B
24.9
1.6
8.6
1.2
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
27.4
8.6
26.0
15.8
2 Daryl Spencer
SFN
SS
30.0
3.5
12.6
3.2
3 Dick Groat
PIT
SS
27.7
3.2
11.2
1.8
4 Don Zimmer
LAN
SS
27.5
1.4
7.6
0.1
5 Johnny Logan
ML1
SS
31.3
1.3
4.9
-3.9
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
27.2
8.8
33.9
23.6
2 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
31.3
6.8
24.9
14.0
3 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
24.4
6.6
27.8
17.8
4 Bob Skinner
PIT
LF
26.7
4.7
21.2
12.3
5 Lee Walls
CHN
RF
25.5
4.3
16.8
8.1
6 Harry Anderson
PHI
LF
26.8
4.0
17.8
9.0
7 Frank Robinson
CIN
LF
22.8
4.0
16.3
7.0
8 Wes Covington
ML1
LF
26.3
3.9
16.0
11.1
9 Walt Moryn
CHN
LF
32.2
3.6
15.8
7.0
10 Bobby Thomson
CHN
CF
34.7
3.0
14.3
5.1
11 Duke Snider
LAN
CF
31.8
2.4
11.6
6.2
12 Leon Wagner*
SFN
LF
24.1
2.2
9.5
5.9
13 Jerry Lynch
CIN
RF
28.0
2.1
10.9
4.3
14 Carl Furillo
LAN
RF
36.3
1.7
11.7
4.8
15 Wally Post
PHI
RF
29.0
1.7
9.3
2.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
37.2
1.9
4.5
4.1
2 Don Newcombe
MULT
SP
32.0
1.4
2.8
2.5
3 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
21.9
0.8
2.0
1.7
4 Lew Burdette
ML1
SP
31.6
0.8
0.6
0.3
5 Vern Law
PIT
SP
28.3
0.8
0.3
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1958 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 Sherm Lollar
CHA
C
33.9
3.7
15.3
7.9
2 Gus Triandos
BAL
C
27.9
3.3
11.9
3.7
3 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
33.1
2.8
13.9
6.7
4 Elston Howard
NYA
C
29.4
2.8
13.0
6.8
5 Red Wilson
DET
C
29.3
1.8
8.0
2.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Vic Power
MULT
1B
30.7
4.1
19.4
10.1
2 Bob Boyd
BAL
1B
38.8
2.3
12.7
6.2
3 Earl Torgeson
CHA
1B
34.5
1.9
9.0
5.4
4 Gail Harris
DET
1B
26.7
1.7
12.4
4.9
5 Mickey Vernon
CLE
1B
40.2
1.7
11.7
5.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Runnels
BOS
2B
30.4
5.0
21.0
11.0
2 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
30.5
3.2
14.4
3.9
3 Gil McDougald
NYA
2B
30.1
2.5
10.8
2.1
4 Frank Bolling
DET
2B
26.6
2.4
12.6
2.4
5 Hector Lopez
KC1
2B
29.0
2.1
12.2
2.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Andy Carey
NYA
3B
26.7
2.7
12.4
6.9
2 Frank Malzone
BOS
3B
28.3
2.4
12.3
2.2
3 Billy Goodman
CHA
3B
32.3
2.0
10.3
3.2
4 Eddie Yost
WS1
3B
31.7
1.3
8.8
1.2
5 Jerry Lumpe
NYA
3B
25.1
1.2
4.0
0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
24.2
2.3
9.7
0.6
2 Don Buddin
BOS
SS
24.2
1.7
9.1
0.2
3 Tony Kubek
NYA
SS
22.7
1.2
6.2
-2.8
4 Rocky Bridges
WS1
SS
30.9
0.9
4.7
-1.5
5 Coot Veal*
DET
SS
26.0
0.3
1.3
-2.2
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
26.7
9.2
35.7
25.9
2 Rocky Colavito
CLE
RF
24.9
5.9
27.7
18.9
3 Ted Williams
BOS
LF
39.8
5.8
23.5
15.7
4 Bob Cerv
KC1
LF
32.2
5.2
25.8
17.2
5 Jackie Jensen
BOS
RF
31.3
4.9
23.9
14.0
6 Roy Sievers
WS1
LF
31.6
4.4
24.1
14.9
7 Minnie Minoso
CLE
LF
32.6
4.4
21.4
11.8
8 Jim Landis
CHA
CF
24.3
3.9
16.8
7.9
9 Al Kaline
DET
RF
23.5
3.6
18.5
9.4
10 Norm Siebern
NYA
LF
24.9
3.5
18.2
10.2
11 Bob Nieman
BAL
LF
31.4
3.4
15.3
9.1
12 Gene Woodling
BAL
RF
35.9
3.3
13.6
6.3
13 Albie Pearson*
WS1
CF
23.8
2.7
12.2
3.0
14 Harvey Kuenn
DET
CF
27.6
2.4
16.3
7.0
15 Charlie Maxwell
DET
LF
31.2
2.0
12.7
5.7
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Harshman
BAL
SP
31.0
1.3
2.2
1.9
2 Don Larsen
NYA
SP
28.9
1.0
1.9
1.8
3 Billy Hoeft
DET
SP
26.1
0.5
0.7
0.6
4 Paul Foytack
DET
SP
27.6
0.5
0.3
0.1
5 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
29.7
0.5
0.0
-0.2
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