1970 Season
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1970 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 Dick Dietz
SFN
C
28.8
6.4
24.4
15.2
2 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
22.6
6.3
25.0
14.9
3 Joe Torre
SLN
C
30.0
6.1
21.0
10.4
4 Manny Sanguillen
PIT
C
26.3
3.2
11.9
4.2
5 Tom Haller
LAN
C
33.0
2.9
11.6
6.1
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
32.5
6.7
31.5
21.9
2 Jim Hickman
CHN
1B
33.1
5.7
21.2
12.0
3 Wes Parker
LAN
1B
30.6
4.3
25.6
15.0
4 Dick Allen
SLN
1B
28.3
3.8
17.2
9.1
5 Bob Robertson
PIT
1B
23.7
3.6
16.8
10.0
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
26.8
4.3
18.5
8.6
2 Tony Taylor
PHI
2B
34.5
3.1
13.6
6.1
3 Ron Hunt
SFN
2B
29.4
2.9
11.4
4.8
4 Felix Millan
ATL
2B
26.9
2.3
10.4
0.8
5 Ted Sizemore
LAN
2B
25.2
1.7
7.7
2.1
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
28.1
7.2
29.9
19.7
2 Billy Grabarkewitz*
LAN
3B
24.5
6.1
23.4
13.7
3 Bob Bailey
MON
3B
27.7
4.7
19.6
13.2
4 Don Money
PHI
3B
23.1
3.9
14.4
6.8
5 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
30.4
3.8
14.0
4.1
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
29.9
5.6
21.6
11.6
2 Bud Harrelson
NYN
SS
26.1
2.4
9.6
-0.7
3 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
37.7
1.7
8.7
-0.0
4 Steve Huntz
SDN
SS
24.6
1.3
6.0
-0.4
5 Don Kessinger
CHN
SS
28.0
1.0
7.4
-3.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
32.0
6.2
23.9
13.2
2 Jimmy Wynn
HOU
CF
28.3
5.8
24.5
14.4
3 Rico Carty
ATL
LF
30.8
5.6
23.1
14.7
4 Bobby Bonds
SFN
RF
24.3
5.5
28.5
17.3
5 Cito Gaston
SDN
CF
26.3
5.3
21.8
12.3
6 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
39.2
5.2
21.6
13.1
7 Rusty Staub
MON
RF
26.3
5.0
25.6
15.1
8 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
35.9
4.9
19.8
13.0
9 Hank Aaron
ATL
RF
36.4
4.9
20.5
11.5
10 Bobby Tolan
CIN
CF
24.6
4.7
22.8
12.7
11 Pete Rose
CIN
RF
29.2
4.3
24.4
13.5
12 Bernie Carbo*
CIN
LF
22.9
4.2
22.2
15.1
13 Tommie Agee
NYN
CF
27.9
4.0
16.9
6.5
14 Ken Henderson
SFN
LF
24.0
3.9
22.0
12.3
15 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
30.2
3.6
18.5
8.9
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
34.6
1.2
1.7
1.6
2 Rick Wise
PHI
SP
24.8
0.7
0.0
-0.1
3 Tom Seaver
NYN
SP
25.6
0.6
0.0
-0.1
4 Claude Osteen
LAN
SP
30.9
0.5
0.1
-0.0
5 George Stone
ATL
SP
24.0
0.5
0.1
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1970 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 Ray Fosse
CLE
C
23.2
4.6
10.9
3.5
2 Thurman Munson*
NYA
C
23.1
4.6
17.6
9.7
3 Ed Herrmann
CHA
C
23.8
2.8
8.8
3.8
4 Duke Sims
CLE
C
29.1
2.6
9.5
3.5
5 Bill Freehan
DET
C
28.6
2.4
9.7
2.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
1B
30.9
8.9
33.2
22.7
2 Boog Powell
BAL
1B
28.9
5.4
29.3
19.6
3 Mike Epstein
WS2
1B
27.2
2.9
14.9
7.1
4 Bob Oliver
KCA
1B
27.4
2.5
13.2
3.3
5 Danny Cater
NYA
1B
30.4
2.1
16.0
6.7
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
30.6
3.2
13.9
4.3
2 Davey Johnson
BAL
2B
27.4
3.2
15.4
6.4
3 Mike Andrews
BOS
2B
27.0
2.6
13.2
2.9
4 Rod Carew
MIN
2B
24.8
2.1
9.6
6.5
5 Ted Kubiak
ML4
2B
28.1
1.2
6.5
-2.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tommy Harper
ML4
3B
29.7
7.3
27.2
16.8
2 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
3B
34.0
6.1
27.4
17.5
3 Sal Bando
OAK
3B
26.4
5.8
20.0
10.5
4 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
33.1
3.4
16.6
6.5
5 Aurelio Rodriguez
MULT
3B
22.5
3.3
11.6
1.7
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
28.2
6.4
24.6
14.4
2 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
36.2
5.0
13.3
4.1
3 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
28.3
4.8
18.5
8.8
4 Rico Petrocelli
BOS
SS
27.0
4.5
15.5
5.5
5 Ed Brinkman
WS2
SS
28.6
2.3
7.6
-2.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Howard
WS2
LF
33.9
6.6
27.9
17.3
2 Roy White
NYA
LF
26.5
6.4
30.2
19.5
3 Frank Robinson
BAL
RF
34.8
4.9
23.1
14.8
4 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
31.9
4.8
26.0
15.9
5 Reggie Smith
BOS
CF
25.2
4.6
19.1
9.5
6 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
23.2
4.5
19.1
8.6
7 Don Buford
BAL
LF
33.4
4.2
22.3
12.8
8 Bobby Murcer
NYA
CF
24.1
4.1
20.8
10.6
9 Alex Johnson
CAL
LF
27.6
4.0
24.6
14.7
10 Cesar Tovar
MIN
CF
30.0
3.9
22.6
11.8
11 Merv Rettenmund
BAL
CF
27.1
3.7
16.8
11.0
12 Rick Monday
OAK
CF
24.6
3.5
14.3
7.7
13 Bill Melton
CHA
RF
25.0
3.4
13.8
4.9
14 Al Kaline
DET
RF
35.5
3.2
16.4
8.1
15 Paul Blair
BAL
CF
26.4
3.1
15.0
6.8
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mel Stottlemyre
NYA
SP
28.6
1.0
1.6
1.4
2 Ken Brett*
BOS
SP
21.8
1.0
1.5
1.4
3 Gary Peters
BOS
SP
33.2
0.9
0.8
0.6
4 Jim Perry
MIN
SP
34.7
0.8
0.4
0.2
5 Luis Tiant
MIN
SP
29.6
0.8
1.9
1.8
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