1961 Season
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1961 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 Johnny Roseboro
LAN
C
28.1
3.0
13.4
6.5
2 Smoky Burgess
PIT
C
34.4
2.9
10.5
5.1
3 Joe Torre*
ML1
C
21.0
2.5
8.9
2.3
4 Ed Bailey
MULT
C
30.2
1.9
7.3
0.8
5 Carl Sawatski
SLN
C
33.7
1.5
5.7
2.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Orlando Cepeda
SFN
1B
23.8
5.8
25.9
16.4
2 Joe Adcock
ML1
1B
33.7
3.9
18.6
9.2
3 Dick Stuart
PIT
1B
28.7
3.7
18.0
9.4
4 Gordy Coleman
CIN
1B
27.0
2.4
16.0
7.4
5 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
23.5
2.3
11.1
5.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Bolling
ML1
2B
29.6
2.8
9.7
-0.1
2 Don Zimmer
CHN
2B
30.5
1.3
4.6
-3.0
3 Julian Javier
SLN
2B
24.9
1.3
5.1
-2.2
4 Bill Mazeroski
PIT
2B
24.8
1.0
7.4
-1.4
5 Jerry Kindall
CHN
2B
26.1
0.9
3.7
-1.3
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
29.7
7.3
27.5
17.4
2 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
30.1
6.7
21.4
11.5
3 Don Hoak
PIT
3B
33.4
4.6
16.3
7.6
4 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
21.4
4.6
14.2
4.5
5 Gene Freese
CIN
3B
27.5
2.7
12.0
3.0
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
30.4
3.9
13.7
5.2
2 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
28.7
2.5
12.3
2.1
3 Ruben Amaro
PHI
SS
25.5
2.2
5.9
-0.8
4 Dick Groat
PIT
SS
30.7
1.8
7.1
-2.6
5 Eddie Kasko
CIN
SS
29.0
1.6
6.3
-1.3
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
30.2
7.3
28.8
18.9
2 Frank Robinson
CIN
RF
25.8
7.0
28.8
19.4
3 Hank Aaron
ML1
CF
27.4
6.9
28.7
18.7
4 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
26.9
6.3
23.5
14.3
5 Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
22.9
5.7
23.0
13.2
6 George Altman
CHN
RF
28.3
4.6
18.2
9.6
7 Wally Moon
LAN
LF
31.2
4.5
24.5
16.2
8 Ron Fairly
LAN
RF
23.0
2.7
14.0
9.5
9 Johnny Callison
PHI
LF
22.3
2.6
10.7
2.7
10 Felipe Alou
SFN
RF
26.1
2.4
11.8
5.1
11 Lee Maye
ML1
RF
26.6
2.4
11.5
5.3
12 Frank Thomas
MULT
LF
32.1
2.3
12.6
4.9
13 Curt Flood
SLN
CF
23.5
2.3
8.7
3.0
14 Tony Gonzalez
PHI
CF
24.8
2.3
9.9
2.6
15 Wally Post
CIN
LF
32.0
2.3
10.8
6.2
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
40.2
1.2
1.6
1.4
2 Curt Simmons
SLN
SP
32.1
0.8
1.2
1.0
3 Lew Burdette
ML1
SP
34.6
0.8
0.1
-0.1
4 Jack Sanford
SFN
SP
32.1
0.7
0.5
0.3
5 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
21.1
0.6
1.4
1.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1961 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 Elston Howard
NYA
C
32.4
5.1
22.1
14.8
2 Johnny Romano
CLE
C
26.9
4.9
18.2
9.5
3 Earl Battey
MIN
C
26.5
3.4
12.3
4.5
4 Johnny Blanchard
NYA
C
28.3
2.7
13.3
9.2
5 Earl Averill
LAA
C
29.8
2.6
8.7
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 Norm Cash
DET
1B
26.6
8.5
41.6
31.5
2 Jim Gentile
BAL
1B
27.1
6.3
29.8
20.7
3 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
1B
25.0
6.0
25.1
15.3
4 Roy Sievers
CHA
1B
34.6
3.5
21.2
12.7
5 Norm Siebern
KC1
1B
27.9
3.2
20.4
10.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jerry Lumpe
KC1
2B
28.1
2.6
12.7
3.3
2 Jake Wood*
DET
2B
24.0
1.7
13.4
2.5
3 Jerry Adair*
BAL
2B
24.5
1.3
7.9
1.5
4 Chuck Schilling*
BOS
2B
23.7
1.3
10.0
-1.1
5 Johnny Temple
CLE
2B
33.9
0.9
9.4
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 Al Smith
CHA
3B
33.4
3.5
17.5
8.5
2 Danny O'Connell
WS2
3B
34.4
2.1
9.4
0.6
3 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
24.1
2.1
13.0
1.9
4 Bubba Phillips
CLE
3B
33.4
1.8
8.9
0.0
5 Steve Boros*
DET
3B
24.8
1.8
11.7
4.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dick Howser*
KC1
SS
25.1
4.7
16.3
5.5
2 Woodie Held
CLE
SS
29.3
4.1
14.9
6.0
3 Don Buddin
BOS
SS
27.2
3.0
10.7
4.4
4 Tony Kubek
NYA
SS
25.7
2.1
12.3
2.4
5 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
27.2
2.1
10.3
0.2
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
29.7
10.6
42.7
33.0
2 Roger Maris
NYA
RF
26.8
7.0
32.6
22.1
3 Rocky Colavito
DET
LF
27.9
6.0
31.5
20.8
4 Al Kaline
DET
RF
26.5
5.6
26.6
16.6
5 Jim Landis
CHA
CF
27.3
3.9
18.7
9.4
6 Jackie Brandt
BAL
CF
27.2
3.6
16.0
7.2
7 Minnie Minoso
CHA
LF
35.6
3.5
17.0
7.4
8 Jim Piersall
CLE
CF
31.6
3.3
14.3
6.2
9 Albie Pearson
LAA
RF
26.8
3.3
12.1
4.0
10 Tito Francona
CLE
LF
27.7
3.0
18.3
8.3
11 Floyd Robinson*
CHA
RF
25.1
2.7
17.0
9.6
12 Gene Woodling
WS2
RF
38.9
2.6
12.0
6.1
13 Lenny Green
MIN
CF
28.5
2.6
14.9
4.5
14 Gary Geiger
BOS
CF
24.2
2.2
13.1
4.1
15 Willie Kirkland
CLE
RF
27.4
2.2
14.7
5.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Nuxhall
KC1
SP
32.9
0.9
1.6
1.4
2 Frank Baumann
CHA
SP
28.0
0.7
1.3
1.2
3 Juan Pizarro
CHA
SP
24.4
0.7
0.6
0.5
4 Eli Grba
LAA
SP
26.9
0.7
0.5
0.4
5 Don Larsen
MULT
SW
31.9
0.6
1.2
1.1
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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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