1977 Season
1976 / 1978
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1977 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 Gary Carter
MON
C
23.2
5.3
17.3
8.4
2 Ted Simmons
SLN
C
27.9
5.1
22.3
13.3
3 Gene Tenace
SDN
C
30.7
4.9
21.4
12.7
4 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
29.6
4.7
16.5
8.1
5 Joe Ferguson
HOU
C
30.8
4.4
13.7
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 Bob Watson
HOU
1B
31.2
3.9
20.1
10.8
2 Keith Hernandez
SLN
1B
23.7
3.3
19.9
10.2
3 Steve Garvey
LAN
1B
28.5
3.0
18.4
8.0
4 Dan Driessen
CIN
1B
25.9
2.7
17.0
7.8
5 Bill Robinson
PIT
1B
34.0
2.6
16.6
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 Joe Morgan
CIN
2B
33.8
6.7
24.0
14.3
2 Davey Lopes
LAN
2B
32.2
3.6
16.2
7.3
3 Rennie Stennett
PIT
2B
26.2
2.9
12.9
5.6
4 Art Howe
HOU
2B
30.5
2.3
9.2
2.3
5 Dave Cash
MON
2B
29.1
2.2
11.1
0.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
27.8
6.7
26.8
16.8
2 Pete Rose
CIN
3B
36.2
4.0
20.0
9.0
3 Len Randle
NYN
3B
28.4
3.7
12.6
3.8
4 Phil Garner
PIT
3B
28.2
3.3
13.7
3.9
5 Ron Cey
LAN
3B
29.4
3.0
15.6
5.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Garry Templeton
SLN
SS
21.3
4.0
16.8
7.1
2 Bill Almon*
SDN
SS
24.6
2.4
8.0
-2.1
3 Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
29.0
2.1
8.6
-0.8
4 Larry Bowa
PHI
SS
31.6
1.6
9.3
-0.9
5 Chris Speier
MULT
SS
27.0
1.4
5.9
-3.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Foster
CIN
LF
28.6
6.6
28.4
18.1
2 Reggie Smith
LAN
RF
32.2
6.0
26.8
17.8
3 George Hendrick
SDN
CF
27.7
5.4
25.2
16.1
4 Greg Luzinski
PHI
LF
26.6
5.3
27.7
18.0
5 Dave Parker
PIT
RF
26.1
4.7
26.6
16.0
6 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
CF
26.4
4.3
17.1
8.1
7 Dave Winfield
SDN
RF
25.7
4.2
21.4
11.2
8 Ken Griffey
CIN
RF
27.2
4.1
19.7
9.9
9 Jose Cruz
HOU
RF
29.9
4.0
20.3
10.4
10 Dusty Baker
LAN
LF
28.0
3.6
18.7
9.6
11 Jeff Burroughs
ATL
RF
26.3
3.4
21.1
11.0
12 Andre Dawson*
MON
CF
23.0
3.0
13.4
4.9
13 Bake McBride
MULT
RF
28.4
2.8
17.3
10.6
14 Ellis Valentine
MON
RF
22.9
2.7
12.9
4.8
15 Al Oliver
PIT
LF
30.7
2.7
16.3
7.0
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Carlton
PHI
SP
32.5
1.1
1.5
1.4
2 J.R. Richard
HOU
SP
27.3
0.7
0.3
0.2
3 John Candelaria
PIT
SP
23.7
0.6
0.1
-0.0
4 Tom Seaver
MULT
SP
32.6
0.5
0.0
-0.1
5 Dick Ruthven
ATL
SP
26.3
0.5
0.4
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1977 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 Carlton Fisk
BOS
C
29.5
5.7
21.4
12.5
2 Thurman Munson
NYA
C
30.1
5.1
16.9
7.9
3 Jim Sundberg
TEX
C
26.1
3.6
11.0
3.5
4 Butch Wynegar
MIN
C
21.3
3.3
10.7
2.0
5 Jim Essian
CHA
C
26.5
3.3
9.7
4.4
First 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
1B
31.8
8.9
35.5
25.7
2 Mike Hargrove
TEX
1B
27.7
4.7
22.5
13.3
3 Andre Thornton
CLE
1B
27.9
4.1
17.4
10.2
4 Jason Thompson
DET
1B
23.0
3.1
15.8
6.4
5 Cecil Cooper
ML4
1B
27.5
2.3
16.0
6.4
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Don Money
ML4
2B
30.1
4.2
16.3
7.2
2 Bump Wills*
TEX
2B
24.9
4.0
14.2
5.5
3 Willie Randolph
NYA
2B
23.0
3.3
13.1
4.3
4 Tito Fuentes
DET
2B
33.5
3.1
11.9
2.4
5 Jorge Orta
CHA
2B
26.6
3.1
13.0
4.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Toby Harrah
TEX
3B
28.7
6.5
22.3
12.8
2 George Brett
KCA
3B
24.1
5.9
22.3
13.5
3 Graig Nettles
NYA
3B
32.9
4.6
18.7
9.3
4 Eric Soderholm
CHA
3B
28.8
4.2
14.6
7.3
5 Wayne Gross*
OAK
3B
25.5
3.7
14.5
6.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Robin Yount
ML4
SS
21.8
3.8
11.2
1.8
2 Bert Campaneris
TEX
SS
35.3
2.6
5.3
-3.8
3 Alan Bannister
CHA
SS
25.8
2.5
9.1
0.2
4 Freddie Patek
KCA
SS
32.7
2.3
9.8
1.9
5 Rance Mulliniks*
CAL
SS
21.5
2.3
5.3
1.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Singleton
BAL
RF
30.1
6.8
33.8
24.7
2 Lyman Bostock
MIN
CF
26.6
6.0
23.7
14.4
3 Mitchell Page*
OAK
LF
25.7
6.0
27.1
18.7
4 Larry Hisle
MIN
LF
30.2
5.5
21.7
12.9
5 Reggie Jackson
NYA
RF
31.1
5.0
25.3
16.8
6 Ron LeFlore
DET
CF
29.0
4.7
18.2
8.4
7 Al Cowens
KCA
RF
25.7
4.7
22.2
12.9
8 Bobby Bonds
CAL
RF
31.3
4.5
21.7
12.2
9 Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
LF
37.9
4.0
19.5
10.5
10 Chet Lemon
CHA
CF
22.4
3.9
16.5
7.7
11 Mickey Rivers
NYA
CF
28.7
3.9
16.6
8.2
12 Al Bumbry
BAL
CF
30.2
3.6
20.2
12.2
13 Richie Zisk
CHA
RF
28.4
3.5
18.4
9.9
14 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
30.2
3.4
12.7
4.8
15 Ruppert Jones*
SEA
CF
22.3
3.1
16.9
7.6
Designated Hitter
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Rice
BOS
DH
24.3
5.4
25.1
15.1
2 Hal McRae
KCA
DH
32.0
4.5
24.0
13.9
3 Oscar Gamble
CHA
DH
27.5
4.4
21.1
14.5
4 Eddie Murray*
BAL
DH
21.4
2.9
20.3
10.9
5 Ron Fairly
TOR
DH
39.0
2.1
11.1
3.7
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