1968 Season
1967 / 1969
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1968 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 Bench*
CIN
C
20.6
4.6
14.8
5.3
2 Tom Haller
LAN
C
31.0
3.9
18.4
10.1
3 Dick Dietz
SFN
C
26.8
2.6
10.8
5.5
4 Joe Torre
ATL
C
28.0
2.6
10.8
3.6
5 Jerry Grote
NYN
C
25.7
2.6
9.8
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 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
30.5
6.6
31.9
22.5
2 Lee May
CIN
1B
25.3
3.6
18.0
8.6
3 Rusty Staub
HOU
1B
24.3
3.4
25.2
14.6
4 Ernie Banks
CHN
1B
37.4
3.2
16.4
7.1
5 Johnny Briggs
PHI
1B
24.3
2.3
14.2
8.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Glenn Beckert
CHN
2B
27.7
4.8
17.9
7.2
2 Ron Hunt
SFN
2B
27.4
4.6
16.2
6.0
3 Denis Menke
HOU
2B
27.9
3.3
15.8
6.1
4 Felix Millan
ATL
2B
24.9
2.2
10.7
1.1
5 Julian Javier
SLN
2B
31.9
1.9
11.1
2.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tony Perez
CIN
3B
26.1
5.4
19.6
8.9
2 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
28.4
5.3
20.8
10.1
3 Mike Shannon
SLN
3B
29.0
3.9
17.6
7.8
4 Jim Ray Hart
SFN
3B
26.7
3.6
16.9
8.6
5 Ed Charles
NYN
3B
35.2
3.6
10.5
4.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dal Maxvill
SLN
SS
29.4
2.6
10.0
2.0
2 Gene Alley
PIT
SS
28.0
2.5
6.5
-1.8
3 Roberto Pena
PHI
SS
31.2
1.9
8.8
0.3
4 Freddie Patek*
PIT
SS
23.7
1.1
4.0
0.3
5 Leo Cardenas
CIN
SS
29.5
1.0
4.2
-3.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmy Wynn
HOU
CF
26.3
6.3
28.4
18.3
2 Felipe Alou
ATL
CF
33.1
6.0
26.9
15.7
3 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
37.2
5.7
25.7
16.8
4 Pete Rose
CIN
RF
27.2
5.7
28.9
18.1
5 Dick Allen
PHI
LF
26.3
5.4
30.2
20.8
6 Hank Aaron
ATL
RF
34.4
5.3
27.8
17.2
7 Matty Alou
PIT
CF
29.5
5.1
18.8
9.4
8 Lou Brock
SLN
LF
29.0
4.9
28.3
17.2
9 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
30.0
4.8
27.8
16.9
10 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
33.9
4.8
20.1
11.4
11 Cleon Jones
NYN
LF
25.9
4.5
16.7
8.0
12 Curt Flood
SLN
CF
30.5
4.3
20.6
10.3
13 Alex Johnson
CIN
LF
25.6
3.0
17.0
7.1
14 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
28.2
3.0
15.8
5.1
15 Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
29.9
2.5
11.6
3.2
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rick Wise
PHI
SP
22.8
0.9
1.9
1.8
2 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
28.1
0.9
1.2
1.1
3 Al McBean
PIT
SP
30.1
0.7
0.0
-0.1
4 Don Wilson
HOU
SP
23.4
0.7
0.0
-0.1
5 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
32.6
0.6
0.0
-0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1968 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 Bill Freehan
DET
C
26.6
6.6
24.6
14.5
2 Duke Sims
CLE
C
27.1
3.4
14.2
7.4
3 Joe Azcue
CLE
C
28.9
3.1
8.8
2.6
4 Tom Satriano
CAL
C
27.8
2.3
9.5
4.2
5 Jim Pagliaroni
OAK
C
30.6
1.7
5.9
2.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Mantle
NYA
1B
36.7
4.1
22.9
14.2
2 Norm Cash
DET
1B
33.6
3.1
15.9
8.7
3 Boog Powell
BAL
1B
26.9
3.1
19.8
9.8
4 Tony Horton
CLE
1B
23.6
2.5
14.0
5.8
5 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
1B
32.0
2.4
10.2
4.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dick McAuliffe
DET
2B
28.6
5.0
21.5
11.1
2 Don Buford
BAL
2B
31.4
4.6
20.7
12.9
3 Mike Andrews
BOS
2B
25.0
4.5
18.3
8.2
4 Davey Johnson
BAL
2B
25.4
2.6
10.4
1.5
5 Rod Carew
MIN
2B
22.8
2.2
8.8
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 Ken McMullen
WS2
3B
26.1
5.0
19.8
9.8
2 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
31.1
4.4
17.9
7.3
3 Cesar Tovar
MIN
3B
28.0
4.2
17.3
6.6
4 Sal Bando
OAK
3B
24.4
3.8
15.6
5.0
5 Joe Foy
BOS
3B
25.4
3.2
13.7
4.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
26.3
5.9
21.0
9.8
2 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
26.2
5.1
17.4
6.4
3 Tom Tresh
NYA
SS
30.8
2.3
10.8
1.5
4 Rico Petrocelli
BOS
SS
25.0
2.1
8.7
1.5
5 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
34.2
2.1
10.7
0.2
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
28.9
7.6
34.8
24.3
2 Frank Howard
WS2
LF
31.9
7.0
36.9
26.4
3 Willie Horton
DET
LF
25.7
5.9
25.4
16.2
4 Ken Harrelson
BOS
RF
26.8
5.3
25.2
15.5
5 Rick Monday
OAK
CF
22.6
5.1
21.6
12.7
6 Roy White
NYA
LF
24.5
4.9
25.5
15.1
7 Frank Robinson
BAL
RF
32.8
4.7
21.2
13.2
8 Reggie Jackson*
OAK
RF
22.1
4.5
22.3
12.5
9 Rick Reichardt
CAL
LF
25.3
4.2
19.1
9.6
10 Reggie Smith
BOS
CF
23.2
4.0
19.7
9.7
11 Jim Northrup
DET
RF
28.6
3.9
19.6
9.4
12 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
29.9
3.8
18.5
10.1
13 Ted Uhlaender
MIN
CF
27.7
3.1
13.7
5.3
14 Al Kaline
DET
RF
33.5
3.0
15.8
9.6
15 Jose Cardenal
CLE
CF
24.7
2.9
14.3
4.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Earl Wilson
DET
SP
33.7
1.3
2.4
2.2
2 Catfish Hunter
OAK
SP
22.2
1.2
0.5
0.3
3 Blue Moon Odom
OAK
SP
23.1
0.8
1.0
0.8
4 Gary Peters
CHA
SP
31.2
0.8
1.1
1.0
5 Dave McNally
BAL
SP
25.7
0.7
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