1959 Season
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1959 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
29.3
3.0
10.1
1.3
2 Smoky Burgess
PIT
C
32.4
2.9
12.3
5.9
3 Ed Bailey
CIN
C
28.2
2.6
9.2
2.3
4 Sammy Taylor
CHN
C
26.3
2.2
8.1
2.1
5 Carl Sawatski
PHI
C
31.7
1.8
7.4
3.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Robinson
CIN
1B
23.8
5.8
23.7
14.1
2 Orlando Cepeda
SFN
1B
21.8
4.4
20.9
11.1
3 Joe Adcock
ML1
1B
31.7
3.1
15.0
8.3
4 Dick Stuart
PIT
1B
26.7
3.0
16.1
9.3
5 Willie McCovey*
SFN
1B
21.5
3.0
10.9
7.6
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Neal
LAN
2B
28.4
4.0
16.2
5.8
2 Johnny Temple
CIN
2B
31.9
4.0
18.4
7.8
3 Tony Taylor
CHN
2B
23.5
2.9
12.7
2.2
4 Daryl Spencer
SFN
2B
31.0
2.4
9.8
0.3
5 Don Blasingame
SLN
2B
27.3
2.2
10.0
-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
27.7
8.4
31.9
21.5
2 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
28.1
6.7
18.1
8.4
3 Don Hoak
PIT
3B
31.4
3.5
16.0
6.1
4 Gene Freese
PHI
3B
25.5
3.2
12.8
5.9
5 Jim Gilliam
LAN
3B
30.7
3.0
16.1
6.1
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
28.4
7.8
24.4
14.2
2 Johnny Logan
ML1
SS
32.3
3.9
13.6
5.4
3 Eddie Bressoud
SFN
SS
27.2
2.0
5.6
0.3
4 Joe Koppe*
PHI
SS
28.7
2.0
8.0
0.8
5 Dick Groat
PIT
SS
28.7
1.8
7.4
-2.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
25.4
9.1
35.6
25.1
2 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
28.2
7.3
26.5
16.6
3 Vada Pinson*
CIN
CF
20.9
6.7
23.2
12.4
4 Wally Moon
LAN
LF
29.2
4.8
23.5
13.8
5 Joe Cunningham
SLN
RF
27.8
4.7
17.9
9.4
6 Duke Snider
LAN
RF
32.8
3.5
16.6
9.9
7 Bill White
SLN
LF
25.4
2.7
11.9
3.3
8 Bill Bruton
ML1
CF
33.6
2.7
11.4
3.5
9 Willie Kirkland
SFN
RF
25.4
2.7
12.9
5.2
10 Bob Skinner
PIT
LF
27.7
2.3
14.8
5.4
11 Wally Post
PHI
RF
30.0
1.6
11.1
3.3
12 Jackie Brandt
SFN
LF
25.2
1.5
8.8
1.6
13 George Altman*
CHN
CF
26.3
1.5
6.4
-0.7
14 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
24.9
1.4
8.1
1.2
15 Gus Bell
CIN
RF
30.6
1.4
12.5
3.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Newcombe
CIN
SP
33.0
1.9
3.4
3.2
2 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
38.2
0.8
0.0
-0.1
3 Lew Burdette
ML1
SP
32.6
0.7
0.0
-0.2
4 Bennie Daniels*
PIT
SP
27.0
0.6
1.6
1.5
5 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
22.9
0.5
0.0
-0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1959 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
34.1
3.8
15.1
7.4
2 Sherm Lollar
CHA
C
34.9
2.8
14.5
5.9
3 Gus Triandos
BAL
C
28.9
2.1
8.9
2.0
4 Johnny Romano*
CHA
C
24.9
1.7
5.9
3.7
5 Harry Chiti
KC1
C
26.6
0.7
3.6
0.9
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
CLE
1B
31.7
2.0
15.0
5.4
2 Elston Howard
NYA
1B
30.4
1.7
10.9
3.8
3 Bill Skowron
NYA
1B
28.5
1.7
10.4
5.8
4 Roy Sievers
WS1
1B
32.6
1.1
10.1
3.4
5 Dick Gernert
BOS
1B
30.8
0.9
7.7
2.5
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
31.4
4.9
19.2
9.3
2 Nellie Fox
CHA
2B
31.5
3.9
21.9
11.3
3 Bobby Richardson
NYA
2B
23.9
2.4
10.4
2.8
4 Frank Bolling
DET
2B
27.6
2.4
9.7
1.9
5 Gil McDougald
NYA
2B
31.1
1.5
5.7
-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 Eddie Yost
DET
3B
32.7
5.4
22.7
12.6
2 Harmon Killebrew
WS1
3B
23.0
5.2
19.7
10.1
3 Hector Lopez
MULT
3B
30.0
3.4
16.3
7.4
4 Frank Malzone
BOS
3B
29.3
2.4
13.3
3.5
5 Dick Williams
KC1
3B
30.2
1.7
10.2
2.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Woodie Held
CLE
SS
27.3
3.2
16.0
7.4
2 Don Buddin
BOS
SS
25.2
2.6
11.5
2.7
3 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
25.2
2.6
11.7
1.5
4 Tony Kubek
NYA
SS
23.7
1.8
9.1
0.9
5 Billy Klaus
BAL
SS
30.6
0.8
5.0
-0.6
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
27.7
6.3
25.4
15.9
2 Al Kaline
DET
CF
24.5
5.4
22.3
13.4
3 Harvey Kuenn
DET
RF
28.6
5.4
22.8
13.6
4 Tito Francona
CLE
CF
25.7
5.2
24.6
18.0
5 Minnie Minoso
CLE
LF
33.6
4.1
24.5
14.8
6 Rocky Colavito
CLE
RF
25.9
3.6
24.0
14.1
7 Jackie Jensen
BOS
RF
32.3
3.5
18.3
8.9
8 Gene Woodling
BAL
LF
36.9
3.5
17.5
9.7
9 Jim Lemon
WS1
LF
31.3
3.4
17.3
8.6
10 Jim Landis
CHA
CF
25.3
3.2
17.3
8.1
11 Roger Maris
KC1
RF
24.8
2.9
15.0
7.6
12 Bob Nieman
BAL
LF
32.4
2.8
13.0
6.9
13 Bob Allison*
WS1
CF
25.0
2.7
14.8
5.3
14 Bill Tuttle
KC1
CF
30.0
2.6
12.9
5.2
15 Charlie Maxwell
DET
LF
32.2
2.5
14.9
5.8
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Early Wynn
CHA
SP
39.5
1.2
2.1
1.8
2 Whitey Ford
NYA
SP
30.7
0.9
1.5
1.3
3 Ned Garver
KC1
SP
33.5
0.9
1.4
1.1
4 Gary Bell
CLE
SP
22.6
0.8
0.3
-0.0
5 Camilo Pascual
WS1
SP
25.4
0.8
0.8
0.5
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