1973 Season
1972 / 1974
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1973 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 Ferguson*
LAN
C
26.8
5.2
20.4
11.7
2 Ted Simmons
SLN
C
23.9
4.7
19.0
8.7
3 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
25.6
3.9
17.1
7.4
4 Fred Kendall
SDN
C
24.4
2.8
11.1
2.9
5 Manny Sanguillen
PIT
C
29.3
2.0
11.5
2.2
First 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
1B
31.1
5.4
29.6
19.9
2 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
35.5
3.9
20.9
13.5
3 Joe Torre
SLN
1B
33.0
2.8
15.6
6.7
4 Nate Colbert
SDN
1B
27.2
2.7
17.1
8.1
5 Mike Lum
ATL
1B
27.7
2.5
12.6
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 Joe Morgan
CIN
2B
29.8
8.0
32.9
22.5
2 Davey Johnson
ATL
2B
30.4
5.5
19.2
9.4
3 Ron Hunt
MON
2B
32.4
2.7
12.4
5.1
4 Ted Sizemore
SLN
2B
28.2
2.7
12.6
3.3
5 Davey Lopes*
LAN
2B
28.2
2.6
12.3
3.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Darrell Evans
ATL
3B
26.1
7.1
24.4
13.4
2 Bob Bailey
MON
3B
30.7
4.3
17.2
8.1
3 Dave Roberts
SDN
3B
22.4
3.8
15.3
7.8
4 Richie Hebner
PIT
3B
25.6
3.5
18.9
10.2
5 Wayne Garrett
NYN
3B
25.6
3.5
15.4
6.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
25.0
2.8
10.4
5.1
2 Chris Speier
SFN
SS
23.0
2.0
8.1
-1.2
3 Roger Metzger
HOU
SS
25.7
1.6
7.9
-1.7
4 Bud Harrelson
NYN
SS
29.1
1.5
7.9
1.8
5 Bill Russell
LAN
SS
24.7
1.5
8.5
-1.5
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Stargell
PIT
LF
33.3
7.0
33.6
24.5
2 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
CF
22.4
6.4
25.3
16.7
3 Bobby Bonds
SFN
RF
27.3
6.1
27.3
16.2
4 Pete Rose
CIN
LF
32.2
6.0
29.3
18.1
5 Ken Singleton
MON
RF
26.1
5.4
23.1
12.8
6 Hank Aaron
ATL
LF
39.4
4.9
18.3
11.3
7 Bob Watson
HOU
LF
27.2
4.6
24.4
14.4
8 Garry Maddox
SFN
CF
23.8
4.5
18.6
9.3
9 Rick Monday
CHN
CF
27.6
4.2
17.6
7.8
10 Ron Fairly
MON
LF
35.0
4.1
18.1
10.5
11 Dusty Baker
ATL
CF
24.0
4.0
15.7
5.4
12 Willie Crawford
LAN
RF
26.8
3.9
20.0
11.9
13 Johnny Grubb*
SDN
CF
24.9
3.5
15.6
9.1
14 Al Oliver
PIT
CF
26.7
3.5
19.3
9.0
15 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
33.2
3.1
17.6
7.9
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Renko
MON
SP
28.6
1.2
1.6
1.5
2 Ken Brett
PHI
SP
24.8
0.9
1.8
1.7
3 Rick Wise
SLN
SP
27.8
0.8
0.6
0.5
4 Don Gullett
CIN
SP
22.5
0.6
0.0
-0.1
5 Mike Corkins
SDN
SW
27.1
0.6
0.9
0.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1973 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 Thurman Munson
NYA
C
26.1
6.1
18.1
10.0
2 Carlton Fisk
BOS
C
25.5
3.3
10.5
2.7
3 Darrell Porter*
ML4
C
21.5
3.2
12.0
6.1
4 George Mitterwald
MIN
C
28.1
2.9
8.4
1.6
5 Earl Williams
BAL
C
25.0
2.5
10.8
3.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 John Mayberry
KCA
1B
24.4
5.3
28.5
19.5
2 George Scott
ML4
1B
29.3
5.0
21.3
11.9
3 Gene Tenace
OAK
1B
26.7
4.8
22.9
14.0
4 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
1B
33.9
4.7
20.4
11.2
5 Dick Allen
CHA
1B
31.3
3.0
13.8
9.7
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
27.8
7.0
22.6
13.4
2 Bobby Grich
BAL
2B
24.5
5.1
17.4
7.6
3 Dave Nelson
TEX
2B
29.0
3.2
12.2
3.4
4 Cookie Rojas
KCA
2B
34.3
2.8
11.0
2.6
5 Dick McAuliffe
DET
2B
33.6
2.4
11.6
6.1
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
29.4
7.2
28.6
18.9
2 Don Money
ML4
3B
26.1
4.3
14.5
5.7
3 Bill Melton
CHA
3B
28.0
4.1
17.0
8.0
4 Steve Braun
MIN
3B
25.1
3.8
13.2
7.0
5 Paul Schaal
KCA
3B
30.3
3.4
13.6
6.9
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Toby Harrah
TEX
SS
24.7
2.9
9.3
2.0
2 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
31.3
2.4
10.3
0.9
3 Frank Duffy
CLE
SS
26.7
1.7
6.8
1.2
4 Freddie Patek
KCA
SS
28.7
1.4
6.7
-1.3
5 Luis Aparicio
BOS
SS
39.2
1.4
5.8
-2.1
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
27.1
6.6
28.9
20.1
2 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
26.2
5.2
24.2
15.1
3 Dave May
ML4
CF
29.5
5.2
19.6
10.1
4 Bobby Murcer
NYA
CF
27.1
5.2
20.0
10.5
5 Reggie Smith
BOS
CF
28.2
4.6
18.1
11.1
6 Jeff Burroughs
TEX
RF
22.3
4.5
21.2
12.7
7 Billy North
OAK
CF
25.1
4.2
18.5
9.5
8 Al Bumbry*
BAL
LF
26.2
4.2
15.7
10.1
9 Tommy Harper
BOS
LF
32.7
4.1
16.5
7.6
10 Johnny Briggs
ML4
LF
29.3
3.5
15.2
7.0
11 Rich Coggins*
BAL
RF
22.6
3.3
13.0
7.0
12 Larry Hisle
MIN
CF
26.2
3.1
13.7
5.0
13 Paul Blair
BAL
CF
29.4
2.9
11.4
3.6
14 Willie Horton
DET
LF
30.7
2.8
14.4
8.2
15 Merv Rettenmund
BAL
RF
30.1
2.8
11.1
5.6
Designated Hitter
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Robinson
CAL
DH
37.8
4.6
25.0
16.1
2 Ron Blomberg
NYA
DH
24.9
2.7
13.0
8.3
3 Oscar Gamble
CLE
DH
23.5
2.1
13.4
7.4
4 Carlos May
CHA
DH
25.1
1.9
13.2
4.6
5 Orlando Cepeda
BOS
DH
35.8
1.4
12.8
4.3
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