1965 Season
1964 / 1966
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1965 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
25.0
4.6
18.2
9.2
2 Johnny Edwards
CIN
C
27.1
3.5
11.5
5.0
3 Jim Pagliaroni
PIT
C
27.6
2.9
10.5
3.7
4 Gene Oliver
ML1
C
30.3
2.8
11.2
4.7
5 Tom Haller
SFN
C
28.0
2.6
10.6
3.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
27.5
5.9
27.0
17.3
2 Bill White
SLN
1B
31.4
4.0
19.3
10.0
3 Felipe Alou
ML1
1B
30.1
3.9
18.1
9.0
4 Donn Clendenon
PIT
1B
30.0
3.6
20.4
10.1
5 Ernie Banks
CHN
1B
34.4
2.2
16.3
6.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete Rose
CIN
2B
24.2
6.5
22.1
10.6
2 Joe Morgan*
HOU
2B
21.8
6.2
26.0
15.3
3 Jim Lefebvre*
LAN
2B
23.5
3.6
16.2
6.6
4 Cookie Rojas
PHI
2B
26.3
3.3
14.9
6.1
5 Frank Bolling
ML1
2B
33.6
1.3
6.5
-2.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dick Allen
PHI
3B
23.3
7.3
28.6
17.9
2 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
25.4
7.0
26.3
15.6
3 Jim Ray Hart
SFN
3B
23.7
5.5
21.9
12.0
4 Deron Johnson
CIN
3B
27.0
5.1
19.0
8.7
5 Eddie Mathews
ML1
3B
33.7
5.0
17.1
7.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
32.7
4.0
17.9
7.1
2 Leo Cardenas
CIN
SS
26.5
3.7
13.2
3.7
3 Dick Groat
SLN
SS
34.7
2.0
7.5
-2.4
4 Gene Alley
PIT
SS
25.0
1.8
6.9
-1.3
5 Andre Rodgers
PIT
SS
30.6
1.0
4.2
1.2
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
34.2
9.5
35.4
25.7
2 Jimmy Wynn
HOU
CF
23.3
7.5
28.3
18.2
3 Billy Williams
CHN
RF
27.0
7.5
29.5
18.6
4 Hank Aaron
ML1
RF
31.4
6.8
26.6
16.9
5 Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
26.9
5.6
20.5
9.5
6 Frank Robinson
CIN
RF
29.8
5.5
23.3
13.0
7 Johnny Callison
PHI
RF
26.3
5.3
24.3
13.8
8 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
30.9
5.2
21.8
12.0
9 Curt Flood
SLN
CF
27.5
4.8
18.8
8.4
10 Mack Jones
ML1
CF
26.7
4.3
16.0
7.8
11 Lou Brock
SLN
LF
26.0
3.3
19.0
8.4
12 Willie Stargell
PIT
LF
25.3
3.1
17.8
9.0
13 Tommy Harper
CIN
LF
24.7
3.1
14.9
3.6
14 Tony Gonzalez
PHI
CF
28.8
3.1
11.7
5.5
15 Ron Fairly
LAN
RF
27.0
3.1
20.9
10.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Drysdale
LAN
SP
28.9
2.2
5.1
4.8
2 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
29.6
1.3
1.6
1.4
3 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
25.1
0.9
0.4
0.2
4 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
29.5
0.5
0.0
-0.2
5 Tony Cloninger
ML1
SP
24.9
0.5
0.0
-0.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1965 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 Johnny Romano
CHA
C
30.9
2.9
13.1
6.5
2 Earl Battey
MIN
C
30.5
2.8
15.2
8.2
3 Billy Bryan
KC1
C
26.6
2.4
10.0
4.5
4 Bill Freehan
DET
C
23.6
1.5
6.6
-0.9
5 John Orsino
BAL
C
27.2
1.0
4.8
0.7
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
30.6
4.2
20.8
12.2
2 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
1B
29.0
4.0
20.1
12.7
3 Lee Thomas
BOS
1B
29.4
2.9
14.3
4.9
4 Fred Whitfield
CLE
1B
27.5
2.1
15.3
7.7
5 Bill Skowron
CHA
1B
34.5
1.9
15.2
5.9
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Buford
CHA
2B
28.4
4.7
22.3
12.0
2 Felix Mantilla
BOS
2B
30.9
3.0
12.5
2.8
3 Ken Hamlin
WS2
2B
30.1
2.4
9.7
3.5
4 Bobby Knoop
CAL
2B
26.7
2.0
10.4
2.6
5 Jerry Lumpe
DET
2B
32.1
1.9
9.9
1.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
28.1
3.7
21.3
11.8
2 Ken McMullen
WS2
3B
23.1
3.2
15.6
6.1
3 Ed Charles
KC1
3B
32.2
2.8
12.7
4.4
4 Don Wert
DET
3B
26.9
2.2
13.8
3.1
5 Clete Boyer
NYA
3B
28.4
2.0
11.4
2.8
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Zoilo Versalles
MIN
SS
25.5
5.3
24.0
12.7
2 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
23.2
4.6
17.8
7.2
3 Dick McAuliffe
DET
SS
25.6
3.5
12.5
5.4
4 Bert Campaneris
KC1
SS
23.3
3.1
15.4
5.6
5 Wayne Causey
KC1
SS
28.5
2.4
11.8
2.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
LF
25.9
5.3
18.6
9.8
2 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
26.9
4.8
28.0
18.0
3 Leon Wagner
CLE
LF
31.1
4.7
22.9
13.9
4 Tom Tresh
NYA
CF
27.8
4.5
22.4
12.1
5 Rocky Colavito
CLE
RF
31.9
4.4
24.8
14.0
6 Jimmie Hall
MIN
CF
27.3
3.9
20.7
11.7
7 Frank Howard
WS2
LF
28.9
3.9
22.1
13.3
8 Al Kaline
DET
CF
30.5
3.8
17.8
10.5
9 Curt Blefary*
BAL
RF
22.0
3.7
22.5
13.9
10 Tony Conigliaro
BOS
RF
20.5
3.6
15.1
6.0
11 Floyd Robinson
CHA
RF
29.1
3.5
20.6
10.3
12 Chuck Hinton
CLE
CF
31.2
3.0
14.3
6.7
13 Willie Horton*
DET
LF
22.7
2.9
17.3
8.5
14 Bob Allison
MIN
LF
31.0
2.8
16.9
8.9
15 Vic Davalillo
CLE
CF
28.9
2.7
13.7
5.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Earl Wilson
BOS
SP
30.7
1.2
1.0
0.9
2 Jim Kaat
MIN
SP
26.7
1.0
1.0
0.8
3 Phil Ortega
WS2
SP
25.7
0.7
0.5
0.4
4 Diego Segui
KC1
SP
27.9
0.6
0.0
-0.1
5 Marcelino Lopez*
CAL
SP
21.8
0.6
0.0
-0.1
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.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James