1978 Season
1977 / 1979
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1978 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 Ted Simmons
SLN
C
28.9
5.5
22.1
12.9
2 Gary Carter
MON
C
24.2
4.4
14.2
4.9
3 John Stearns
NYN
C
26.9
4.0
15.7
7.2
4 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
30.6
3.8
14.3
7.4
5 Bob Boone
PHI
C
30.6
2.8
10.9
3.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gene Tenace
SDN
1B
31.7
4.2
17.4
9.5
2 Steve Garvey
LAN
1B
29.5
4.2
22.4
11.9
3 Willie Stargell
PIT
1B
38.3
3.7
20.3
13.5
4 Tony Perez
MON
1B
36.1
2.4
15.9
7.0
5 Mike Ivie
SFN
1B
25.9
2.4
12.1
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 Bill Madlock
SFN
2B
27.5
5.1
18.8
11.1
2 Davey Lopes
LAN
2B
33.2
4.8
19.8
9.6
3 Joe Morgan
CIN
2B
34.8
3.0
14.0
5.9
4 Art Howe
HOU
2B
31.5
2.9
12.1
5.1
5 Jerry Royster
ATL
2B
25.7
1.2
6.9
-2.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ron Cey
LAN
3B
30.4
5.1
20.1
10.0
2 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
28.8
4.7
17.8
8.4
3 Pete Rose
CIN
3B
37.2
4.4
22.8
11.8
4 Enos Cabell
HOU
3B
28.7
4.0
15.1
4.5
5 Darrell Evans
SFN
3B
31.1
3.4
17.5
7.3
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
30.0
4.3
17.2
7.7
2 Larry Bowa
PHI
SS
32.6
3.9
13.3
2.8
3 Ivan DeJesus
CHN
SS
25.5
3.0
14.0
3.2
4 Ozzie Smith*
SDN
SS
23.5
2.7
9.1
-1.0
5 Bill Russell
LAN
SS
29.7
2.3
10.0
-0.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Parker
PIT
RF
27.1
6.9
33.0
23.2
2 Jeff Burroughs
ATL
LF
27.3
5.5
23.7
14.4
3 Jose Cruz
HOU
RF
30.9
5.4
23.3
13.7
4 Jack Clark
SFN
RF
22.6
5.3
24.3
14.3
5 Greg Luzinski
PHI
LF
27.6
5.3
24.0
14.0
6 Dave Winfield
SDN
RF
26.7
5.2
25.9
16.1
7 Reggie Smith
LAN
RF
33.2
5.0
22.4
14.4
8 George Foster
CIN
LF
29.6
4.8
27.2
16.7
9 Lee Mazzilli
NYN
CF
23.3
4.2
18.0
8.6
10 Gene Richards
SDN
LF
24.8
3.9
21.9
12.4
11 Ellis Valentine
MON
RF
23.9
3.4
18.2
8.9
12 George Hendrick
MULT
CF
28.7
3.3
15.9
7.7
13 Andre Dawson
MON
CF
24.0
3.2
14.5
4.4
14 Terry Puhl
HOU
CF
22.0
3.2
14.3
4.5
15 Ken Griffey
CIN
RF
28.2
3.0
20.3
10.0
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
33.5
1.0
1.5
1.3
2 Dave Roberts
CHN
SP
33.8
0.9
1.6
1.5
3 Randy Lerch
PHI
SP
23.7
0.8
1.4
1.3
4 John Candelaria
PIT
SP
24.7
0.5
0.1
-0.0
5 Dan Schatzeder*
MON
SP
23.6
0.5
0.1
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1978 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
30.5
5.9
21.1
11.8
2 Darrell Porter
KCA
C
26.5
4.1
15.9
7.4
3 Jim Sundberg
TEX
C
27.1
3.5
12.0
3.6
4 Bob Stinson
SEA
C
32.7
3.1
9.6
3.6
5 Thurman Munson
NYA
C
31.1
2.9
13.2
3.7
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
32.8
5.1
20.0
10.8
2 Andre Thornton
CLE
1B
28.9
5.0
21.6
12.9
3 Jason Thompson
DET
1B
24.0
4.4
19.6
10.1
4 Eddie Murray
BAL
1B
22.4
4.4
25.1
15.4
5 Don Money
ML4
1B
31.1
4.1
16.3
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 Willie Randolph
NYA
2B
24.0
4.7
17.4
8.9
2 Bobby Grich
CAL
2B
29.5
3.2
13.4
5.0
3 Lou Whitaker*
DET
2B
21.1
2.8
10.0
2.0
4 Jorge Orta
CHA
2B
27.6
2.7
12.4
5.6
5 Frank White
KCA
2B
27.8
2.6
9.9
2.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Doug DeCinces
BAL
3B
27.8
5.6
22.3
14.3
2 Sal Bando
ML4
3B
34.4
4.7
18.2
9.3
3 Graig Nettles
NYA
3B
33.9
4.4
19.7
10.3
4 George Brett
KCA
3B
25.1
4.4
17.4
9.5
5 Carney Lansford*
CAL
3B
21.4
3.4
15.1
8.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roy Smalley
MIN
SS
25.7
5.5
14.7
4.7
2 Robin Yount
ML4
SS
22.8
4.2
12.9
5.1
3 Craig Reynolds
SEA
SS
25.5
3.6
12.7
4.1
4 Freddie Patek
KCA
SS
33.7
2.2
6.4
-0.6
5 Alan Trammell*
DET
SS
20.4
2.2
6.5
-0.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Rice
BOS
LF
25.3
6.7
32.6
22.0
2 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
31.2
5.6
23.1
15.1
3 Ken Singleton
BAL
RF
31.1
5.6
25.8
17.2
4 Larry Hisle
ML4
LF
31.2
5.4
21.7
13.2
5 Ron LeFlore
DET
CF
30.0
5.2
19.2
8.7
6 Fred Lynn
BOS
CF
26.4
4.8
21.5
12.6
7 Gorman Thomas
ML4
CF
27.6
4.3
16.9
9.3
8 Leon Roberts
SEA
RF
27.4
4.2
20.1
12.7
9 Ben Oglivie
ML4
LF
29.4
4.0
17.5
10.0
10 Steve Kemp
DET
LF
23.9
3.9
16.9
7.2
11 Reggie Jackson
NYA
RF
32.1
3.8
20.0
11.7
12 Bobby Bonds
MULT
RF
32.3
3.7
19.6
10.3
13 Sixto Lezcano
ML4
RF
24.6
3.6
16.6
9.2
14 Mitchell Page
OAK
LF
26.7
3.6
18.1
9.8
15 Lou Piniella
NYA
LF
34.8
3.5
16.8
9.6
Designated Hitter
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rico Carty
MULT
DH
38.8
3.2
19.5
11.1
2 Don Baylor
CAL
DH
29.0
2.6
22.5
12.9
3 Richie Zisk
TEX
DH
29.4
2.0
13.6
5.4
4 Gary Alexander
MULT
DH
25.3
1.7
11.0
3.0
5 Rusty Staub
DET
DH
34.3
1.6
15.8
5.4
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