List of Silver Slugger Award winners at second base

The Silver Slugger Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball (MLB). These voters consider several offensive categories in selecting the winners, including batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage, in addition to "coaches' and managers' general impressions of a player's overall offensive value". Managers and coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their own team. The Silver Slugger was first awarded in 1980 and is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats. The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league and plated with sterling silver.

Among second basemen, Ryne Sandberg, who played 15 seasons with the Chicago Cubs in his 16-year career, is tied for the most Silver Sluggers all-time with seven wins, and is first among all National League second basemen, including five consecutive from 1988 to 1992. Three other National League players have won the award four times. Jeff Kent (2000–2002, 2005) won three consecutive awards with the San Francisco Giants, before adding a fourth with the Los Angeles Dodgers; Craig Biggio, who played his entire career with the Houston Astros, won the award four times as a second baseman (1994–1995, 1997–1998) after winning another as a catcher. Chase Utley followed Kent's last win by capturing four consecutive awards (2006–2009).

In the American League, Jose Altuve has also won seven Silver Slugger awards, tied for the most all-time, including five consecutive awards (2014–2018). Altuve's seven Silver Slugger awards are the most among American League winners, ahead of Robinson Canó who is a five-time winner. Roberto Alomar won the award at the same position with three different teams (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians). Julio Franco won four consecutive awards (1988–1991) with two different teams, and Lou Whitaker won four awards in five years (1983–1985, 1987) with the Detroit Tigers.

DJ LeMahieu holds the record for the highest batting average and slugging percentage in a second baseman's Silver Slugger-winning season with the respective .364 and .590 marks he set in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. In the National League, Luis Arraez's .354 batting average in 2023 ranks first. Willie Randolph, who won the inaugural award in the 1980 season, set a record for on-base percentage (.427) that has not yet been broken. Chuck Knoblauch is second behind Randolph in the American League with a .424 on-base percentage, a mark that was tied by Jeff Kent in 2000 to set the National League record. That year, Kent also set the record among second basemen for highest slugging percentage (.596) and the National League record for runs batted in (125). Bret Boone is the overall leader in runs batted in (141); this record was established in 2001. Marcus Semien hit 45 home runs in 2021, the most ever by a second baseman in a winning season, while Sandberg set the National League mark with 40 in 1990. Jose Altuve collected 225 hits in 2014, the most in a season for a second baseman in the post-integration era.

Key Year Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season AVG Batting average OBP On-base percentage SLG Slugging percentage HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Ref References * Winner of the most Silver Sluggers in Major League Baseball as a second baseman † Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

American League winners

Year Player Team AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Ref New York Yankees .294 .427 .407 7 46 California Angels .271 .377 .408 22 61 Toronto Blue Jays .310 .338 .399 5 42 Detroit Tigers .320 .380 .457 12 72 (2) Detroit Tigers .289 .357 .407 12 72 (3) Detroit Tigers .279 .362 .456 21 73 Kansas City Royals .272 .322 .465 22 84 (4) Detroit Tigers .265 .341 .427 16 59 Cleveland Indians .303 .361 .409 10 54 (2) Texas Rangers .316 .386 .462 13 92 (3) Texas Rangers .296 .383 .402 11 69 (4) Texas Rangers .341 .408 .474 15 78 † Toronto Blue Jays .310 .405 .427 8 76 Cleveland Indians .321 .355 .486 21 114 (2) Cleveland Indians .314 .333 .525 19 80 Minnesota Twins .333 .424 .487 11 63 † (2) Baltimore Orioles .328 .411 .527 22 94 (2) Minnesota Twins .291 .390 .411 9 58 Detroit Tigers .271 .332 .478 27 100 † (3) Cleveland Indians .323 .422 .533 24 120 † (4) Cleveland Indians .310 .378 .475 19 89 Seattle Mariners .331 .372 .578 37 141 New York Yankees .300 .332 .547 39 102 (2) Seattle Mariners .294 .366 .535 35 117 (2) Texas Rangers .280 .324 .484 28 91 (3) Texas Rangers .268 .309 .512 36 104 New York Yankees .342 .365 .525 15 78 Detroit Tigers .341 .388 .458 9 67 Boston Red Sox .326 .376 .493 17 83 Toronto Blue Jays .286 .330 .499 36 108 (2) New York Yankees .319 .381 .534 29 109 (3) New York Yankees .302 .349 .533 28 118 (4) New York Yankees .313 .379 .550 33 94 (5) New York Yankees .314 .383 .516 27 107 * Houston Astros .341 .377 .453 7 59 * (2) Houston Astros .313 .353 .459 15 66 * (3) Houston Astros .338 .396 .531 24 96 * (4) Houston Astros .346 .410 .547 24 81 * (5) Houston Astros .316 .386 .451 13 61 New York Yankees .327 .375 .518 26 102 (2) New York Yankees .364 .421 .590 10 27 Toronto Blue Jays .265 .334 .538 45 102 * (6) Houston Astros .300 .387 .533 28 57 (2) Texas Rangers .276 .348 .478 29 100 * (7) Houston Astros .295 .350 .439 20 65 New York Yankees .242 .332 .481 31 80

National League winners

Year Player Team AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Ref Philadelphia Phillies .292 .334 .412 7 43 (2) Philadelphia Phillies .287 .338 .395 6 36 † San Francisco Giants .292 .417 .435 16 73 Pittsburgh Pirates .283 .323 .399 5 53 *† Chicago Cubs .314 .367 .520 19 84 *† (2) Chicago Cubs .305 .364 .504 26 83 Los Angeles Dodgers .332 .390 .441 6 56 Philadelphia Phillies .272 .335 .502 28 100 *† (3) Chicago Cubs .264 .322 .419 19 69 *† (4) Chicago Cubs .290 .356 .497 30 76 *† (5) Chicago Cubs .306 .354 .559 40 100 *† (6) Chicago Cubs .291 .379 .485 26 100 *† (7) Chicago Cubs .304 .371 .510 26 87 San Francisco Giants .312 .375 .496 19 65 † Houston Astros .318 .411 .483 6 56 † (2) Houston Astros .302 .406 .483 22 77 Colorado Rockies .324 .393 .421 8 74 † (3) Houston Astros .309 .415 .501 22 81 † (4) Houston Astros .325 .403 .503 20 88 New York Mets .304 .385 .502 27 108 † San Francisco Giants .334 .424 .596 33 125 † (2) San Francisco Giants .298 .369 .507 22 106 † (3) San Francisco Giants .313 .368 .565 37 108 Montreal Expos .310 .397 .470 15 65 San Diego Padres .335 .391 .495 16 76 † (4) Los Angeles Dodgers .289 .377 .512 29 105 Philadelphia Phillies .309 .379 .527 32 102 (2) Philadelphia Phillies .332 .410 .566 22 103 (3) Philadelphia Phillies .292 .380 .535 33 104 (4) Philadelphia Phillies .282 .397 .508 31 93 Florida Marlins .287 .369 .508 33 105 Cincinnati Reds .300 .353 .457 18 82 (2) Arizona Diamondbacks .302 .360 .522 26 85 St. Louis Cardinals .318 .392 .481 11 78 Pittsburgh Pirates .271 .342 .467 23 76 Miami Marlins .333 .359 .418 4 46 Washington Nationals .347 .390 .595 25 104 (2) Washington Nationals .322 .384 .543 23 93 Chicago Cubs .290 .326 .554 34 111 Atlanta Braves .295 .352 .500 24 86 San Francisco Giants .326 .365 .463 3 29 (2) Atlanta Braves .259 .310 .488 30 106 New York Mets .326 .382 .454 9 62 Miami Marlins .354 .393 .469 10 69 Arizona Diamondbacks .292 .372 .560 36 95 (2) Arizona Diamondbacks .283 .376 .517 28 72

See also

List of Gold Glove Award winners at second base

Notes

References

Inline citations

External links Louisville Slugger – The Silver Slugger Award