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[6] [7] [8] Additionally, since 2023, a Silver Slugger is also awarded to “the best offensive team” in each league. [9] Pitchers in the National League received a Silver Slugger Award each year until 2019 and in 2021. In the COVID-shortened 2020 season, MLB allowed National League teams to use a designated hitter, so an NL DH received a ...
The Silver Slugger was first awarded in 1980 and is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats. [2] The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league [1] and plated with sterling silver. [3] In 2022, Major League Baseball began awarding a Silver ...
Adrián Beltré and Matt Williams each won four Silver Slugger Awards; Beltre won one with the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers (2004) and three with the American League's Boston Red Sox (2010) and Texas Rangers (2011; 2014), [10] and Williams won three National League awards with the San Francisco Giants (1990; 1993–1994) and one ...
This year's edition of the Silver Slugger awards saw the introduction of a team category, recognizing the best offensive team in each league. ... National League Silver Slugger winners. 1B: Matt ...
Only National League pitchers ever received a Silver Slugger Award; [4] from the Silver Slugger Award's inception until 2019, and in 2021, a designated hitter generally took the place of the pitcher in the batting order in the National League. [5] A Silver Slugger Award for designated hitters was given only in the American League during that ...
He led all National League catchers in homers, runs, RBI, average and OPS to cruise to the award. In winning another Silver Slugger, Contreras further stakes a claim to the title of best catcher ...
McGwire won two American League Silver Sluggers for the Oakland Athletics in 1992 and 1996, and the National League Silver Slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998. [15] Murray won two American League Silver Sluggers for the Baltimore Orioles in 1983 and 1984, and the National League Silver Slugger for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1990. [16]
The RBI leader in the National League is Trevor Story, who batted in 108 runs in 2018. [17] In contrast, Rodriguez collected RBI totals over 110 (ranging from 111 in 1999 to 142 in 2002) in all of his Silver Slugger-winning seasons, [7] highlighting the difference in power and production between American League and National League shortstops. [18]