1969 Season
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1969 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
21.6
5.5
20.6
11.6
2 Manny Sanguillen*
PIT
C
25.3
2.7
9.9
2.6
3 Randy Hundley
CHN
C
27.1
2.3
11.0
2.0
4 Tom Haller
LAN
C
32.0
2.3
9.9
2.3
5 Dick Dietz
SFN
C
27.8
2.3
7.6
3.0
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
31.5
8.7
37.3
27.9
2 Dick Allen
PHI
1B
27.3
5.0
21.9
14.3
3 Wes Parker
LAN
1B
29.6
3.5
15.3
7.1
4 Lee May
CIN
1B
26.3
3.3
23.2
13.1
5 Joe Torre
SLN
1B
29.0
3.3
19.4
9.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Morgan
HOU
2B
25.8
4.7
19.1
9.2
2 Ted Sizemore*
LAN
2B
24.2
3.5
10.9
1.1
3 Ron Hunt
SFN
2B
28.4
3.4
12.7
4.1
4 Julian Javier
SLN
2B
32.9
2.9
11.6
3.4
5 Felix Millan
ATL
2B
25.9
2.2
10.5
-0.2
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
27.1
5.8
26.0
15.4
2 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
29.4
5.1
21.7
11.3
3 Richie Hebner*
PIT
3B
21.6
4.3
16.3
8.2
4 Coco Laboy*
MON
3B
30.0
2.1
9.3
0.0
5 Doug Rader
HOU
3B
24.9
1.9
10.8
1.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Denis Menke
HOU
SS
28.9
4.3
17.2
7.2
2 Maury Wills
MULT
SS
36.7
3.5
12.3
1.9
3 Don Kessinger
CHN
SS
27.0
2.7
13.6
2.4
4 Don Money*
PHI
SS
22.1
1.2
3.8
-3.8
5 Bud Harrelson
NYN
SS
25.1
1.0
7.9
0.9
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
27.3
8.5
32.2
22.3
2 Hank Aaron
ATL
RF
35.4
7.1
32.2
22.6
3 Pete Rose
CIN
RF
28.2
7.1
33.9
22.9
4 Rusty Staub
MON
RF
25.3
6.9
24.7
14.5
5 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
34.9
6.1
25.0
16.4
6 Bobby Bonds
SFN
RF
23.3
5.7
25.7
14.8
7 Willie Stargell
PIT
LF
29.3
5.6
25.3
16.3
8 Cleon Jones
NYN
LF
26.9
5.5
26.2
17.8
9 Matty Alou
PIT
CF
30.5
4.9
23.2
11.9
10 Bobby Tolan
CIN
CF
23.6
4.3
22.9
12.4
11 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
29.2
4.3
17.3
9.1
12 Mack Jones
MON
LF
30.7
3.9
15.1
6.9
13 Tommie Agee
NYN
CF
26.9
3.8
21.3
11.7
14 Larry Hisle*
PHI
CF
22.2
3.7
15.4
7.3
15 Lou Brock
SLN
LF
30.0
3.4
20.8
10.0
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
23.8
0.9
1.4
1.3
2 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
33.6
0.9
0.6
0.5
3 Claude Osteen
LAN
SP
29.9
0.9
0.0
-0.2
4 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
29.1
0.8
1.1
1.0
5 Steve Blass
PIT
SP
27.2
0.7
0.4
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1969 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 Duke Sims
CLE
C
28.1
2.7
12.2
6.3
2 Bill Freehan
DET
C
27.6
2.5
12.7
4.4
3 Frank Fernandez
NYA
C
26.2
2.3
9.2
4.8
4 Ellie Hendricks
BAL
C
28.5
1.6
7.0
1.9
5 Jerry McNertney
SE1
C
32.9
1.4
4.7
-2.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Boog Powell
BAL
1B
27.9
5.1
24.8
15.6
2 Mike Epstein
WS2
1B
26.2
5.1
23.4
15.9
3 Norm Cash
DET
1B
34.6
3.5
18.2
9.9
4 Mike Fiore*
KCA
1B
24.7
3.4
13.5
7.1
5 Rich Reese
MIN
1B
27.8
2.9
15.3
8.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rod Carew
MIN
2B
23.8
5.1
17.0
9.4
2 Mike Andrews
BOS
2B
26.0
4.4
17.5
9.2
3 Dick Green
OAK
2B
28.2
3.5
15.9
7.6
4 Horace Clarke
NYA
2B
29.1
3.3
15.7
5.2
5 Davey Johnson
BAL
2B
26.4
2.6
12.4
3.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sal Bando
OAK
3B
25.4
8.2
31.1
20.1
2 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
3B
33.0
7.9
31.7
21.1
3 Ken McMullen
WS2
3B
27.1
4.3
18.2
8.6
4 Tommy Harper
SE1
3B
28.7
3.0
13.5
3.9
5 Joe Foy
KCA
3B
26.4
2.9
12.3
3.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rico Petrocelli
BOS
SS
26.0
8.4
27.5
17.9
2 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
27.2
5.2
19.6
9.3
3 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
35.2
3.8
12.0
1.8
4 Leo Cardenas
MIN
SS
30.5
3.4
12.5
2.5
5 Mark Belanger
BAL
SS
25.1
3.0
11.1
2.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Reggie Jackson
OAK
RF
23.1
8.5
37.5
27.4
2 Frank Howard
WS2
LF
32.9
7.8
32.0
21.5
3 Frank Robinson
BAL
RF
33.8
6.9
28.7
19.0
4 Reggie Smith
BOS
CF
24.2
4.5
19.6
10.5
5 Jim Northrup
DET
CF
29.6
4.4
22.1
13.0
6 Paul Blair
BAL
CF
25.4
4.3
19.5
9.2
7 Rick Monday
OAK
CF
23.6
4.3
17.3
10.1
8 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
LF
29.9
4.2
22.1
11.5
9 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
30.9
4.0
21.0
10.7
10 Don Buford
BAL
LF
32.4
3.8
20.4
10.4
11 Cesar Tovar
MIN
CF
29.0
3.7
14.9
6.0
12 Del Unser
WS2
CF
24.6
3.6
16.2
6.4
13 Mike Hegan
SE1
RF
26.9
3.4
14.2
9.3
14 Roy White
NYA
LF
25.5
3.2
17.8
9.7
15 Wayne Comer*
SE1
CF
25.4
3.2
14.0
5.4
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Blue Moon Odom
OAK
SP
24.1
1.7
2.7
2.5
2 Jim Rooker*
KCA
SP
26.8
0.9
1.6
1.5
3 Jim Kaat
MIN
SP
30.7
0.8
0.8
0.6
4 Luis Tiant
CLE
SP
28.6
0.7
0.7
0.6
5 Ken Tatum*
CAL
RP
25.2
0.5
1.1
1.0
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