1963 Season
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1963 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 Joe Torre
ML1
C
23.0
4.3
15.2
6.6
2 Ed Bailey
SFN
C
32.2
3.6
12.5
7.0
3 Clay Dalrymple
PHI
C
26.6
2.9
10.0
2.2
4 Johnny Edwards
CIN
C
25.1
2.6
11.0
2.5
5 Tim McCarver*
SLN
C
21.7
2.5
9.3
2.5
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
25.8
6.7
28.1
18.4
2 Bill White
SLN
1B
29.4
5.4
24.2
13.1
3 Ron Fairly
LAN
1B
25.0
2.5
18.8
10.2
4 Donn Clendenon
PIT
1B
28.0
2.3
13.5
4.0
5 Roy Sievers
PHI
1B
36.6
1.9
11.9
4.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Gilliam
LAN
2B
34.7
5.6
22.0
12.7
2 Ron Hunt*
NYN
2B
22.4
3.9
14.6
5.4
3 Tony Taylor
PHI
2B
27.5
3.8
15.8
5.0
4 Pete Rose*
CIN
2B
22.2
3.4
14.5
3.8
5 Julian Javier
SLN
2B
26.9
2.8
9.5
-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
31.7
6.2
25.8
15.4
2 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
23.4
5.4
20.0
9.4
3 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
32.1
5.3
19.1
8.5
4 Harvey Kuenn
SFN
3B
32.6
2.6
12.1
4.9
5 Bob Bailey*
PIT
3B
20.7
2.0
6.9
-2.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dick Groat
SLN
SS
32.7
6.0
21.7
10.9
2 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
30.7
4.3
19.9
10.9
3 Denis Menke
ML1
SS
22.9
2.0
7.3
-1.5
4 Dick Schofield
PIT
SS
28.5
1.9
8.0
-1.5
5 Jose Pagan
SFN
SS
28.2
1.8
3.8
-4.2
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
29.4
9.5
38.1
27.1
2 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
32.2
9.1
32.9
22.6
3 Willie McCovey
SFN
LF
25.5
6.3
27.2
17.5
4 Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
24.9
6.1
26.8
16.1
5 Johnny Callison
PHI
RF
24.3
5.8
25.5
14.9
6 Tony Gonzalez
PHI
CF
26.8
5.4
21.5
11.8
7 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
28.9
5.1
19.2
9.4
8 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
25.0
5.1
22.6
12.0
9 Tommy Davis
LAN
LF
24.3
4.8
26.1
17.0
10 Frank Robinson
CIN
LF
27.8
4.4
20.1
11.2
11 Felipe Alou
SFN
RF
28.1
4.3
18.6
9.3
12 Frank Howard
LAN
RF
26.9
4.1
21.6
14.6
13 Curt Flood
SLN
CF
25.5
3.9
17.2
6.2
14 Wes Covington
PHI
LF
31.3
3.3
15.5
9.6
15 Lee Maye
ML1
LF
28.6
2.8
14.4
6.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
27.6
1.1
0.9
0.9
2 Warren Spahn
ML1
SP
42.2
0.7
0.0
-0.0
3 Jay Hook
NYN
SP
26.6
0.5
0.1
0.0
4 Cal McLish
PHI
SP
37.6
0.5
0.0
-0.0
5 Bob Bruce
HOU
SP
30.1
0.5
0.0
-0.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1963 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
34.4
4.7
20.1
12.0
2 Earl Battey
MIN
C
28.5
4.7
17.0
8.1
3 John Orsino
BAL
C
25.2
3.0
14.9
8.4
4 Joe Azcue
MULT
C
23.9
2.1
8.8
3.7
5 Yogi Berra
NYA
C
38.1
1.4
6.4
3.9
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
28.6
3.5
19.4
10.4
2 Dick Stuart
BOS
1B
30.7
3.0
15.7
5.7
3 Joe Pepitone
NYA
1B
22.7
2.1
16.1
6.8
4 Don Mincher
MIN
1B
25.0
1.9
8.8
4.9
5 Jim Gentile
BAL
1B
29.1
1.9
17.2
8.4
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Woodie Held
CLE
2B
31.3
2.6
14.6
7.1
2 Billy Moran
LAA
2B
29.6
2.5
11.4
1.7
3 Bob Johnson
BAL
2B
27.3
1.9
9.1
4.9
4 Jake Wood
DET
2B
26.0
1.8
9.1
3.3
5 Johnny Goryl
MIN
2B
29.7
1.7
5.4
2.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Ward*
CHA
3B
25.9
5.2
23.5
13.5
2 Max Alvis*
CLE
3B
25.4
4.2
20.1
10.1
3 Rich Rollins
MIN
3B
25.2
3.5
15.6
6.8
4 Frank Malzone
BOS
3B
33.3
2.4
10.7
1.3
5 Ed Charles
KC1
3B
30.2
1.7
11.1
0.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Fregosi
LAA
SS
21.2
4.4
15.9
6.2
2 Dick McAuliffe
DET
SS
23.6
3.4
12.3
2.5
3 Eddie Bressoud
BOS
SS
31.2
3.3
12.6
4.2
4 Wayne Causey
KC1
SS
26.5
2.9
12.8
3.5
5 Zoilo Versalles
MIN
SS
23.5
2.7
10.8
0.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Allison
MIN
RF
29.0
5.7
23.3
13.8
2 Albie Pearson
LAA
CF
28.8
5.5
23.1
12.8
3 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
LF
23.9
5.3
24.0
13.9
4 Al Kaline
DET
RF
28.5
5.2
22.1
12.8
5 Tom Tresh
NYA
CF
25.8
4.7
24.8
15.5
6 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
LF
27.0
4.4
19.6
10.6
7 Jimmie Hall*
MIN
CF
25.3
4.3
17.2
8.6
8 Leon Wagner
LAA
LF
29.1
3.1
19.7
10.5
9 Chuck Hinton
WS2
LF
29.2
3.1
17.2
7.4
10 Don Lock
WS2
CF
26.9
3.0
17.1
7.9
11 Roger Maris
NYA
RF
28.8
2.9
15.3
10.0
12 Mickey Mantle
NYA
CF
31.7
2.9
12.9
9.7
13 Floyd Robinson
CHA
RF
27.1
2.8
17.4
8.4
14 Boog Powell
BAL
LF
21.9
2.3
16.6
8.3
15 Rocky Colavito
DET
LF
29.9
2.2
17.8
7.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gary Peters*
CHA
SP
26.2
1.1
1.9
1.7
2 Ray Herbert
CHA
SP
33.5
0.9
1.0
0.8
3 Camilo Pascual
MIN
SP
29.4
0.9
0.4
0.2
4 Dick Hall
BAL
RP
32.8
0.8
2.1
2.0
5 Earl Wilson
BOS
SP
28.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James