List of Silver Slugger Award winners at third base explained

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".[1] Managers and coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their own team.[1] 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]

Among third basemen, Wade Boggs has won the most Silver Slugger Awards, winning eight times with the rival Boston Red Sox (six) and New York Yankees (two).[4] In the National League, Mike Schmidt leads with six wins;[5] Schmidt won the first five National League Silver Slugger Awards at third base from 1980, when he led the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series, until 1984[6] when his streak was broken by Tim Wallach.[7] Nolan Arenado collected four National League Silver Sluggers at third base with the Colorado Rockies from 2015 to 2018, and a fifth with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2022.[8] Adrián Beltré, José Ramírez 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),; Ramírez won all four awards with the Cleveland Indians/Guardians (2017–2018; 2020; 2022);[9] and Williams won three National League awards with the San Francisco Giants (1990; 1993–1994) and one American League award with the Cleveland Indians (1997).[10] Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has won three American League Silver Sluggers at the position, and has ten wins in his career as he accumulated seven wins at shortstop with the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.[11] Miguel Cabrera won three Silver Slugger Awards at third base with the National League's Florida Marlins (2006) and American League's Detroit Tigers (2012–2013), to go along with three first base Silver Slugger Awards with the Tigers. In the National League, Vinny Castilla won three awards in four years for the Colorado Rockies (1995, 1997–1998).[12] Rafael Devers and Austin Riley are the most recent winners.

George Brett hit .390 for the Kansas City Royals in the award's inaugural season, the highest average by a third baseman in the Silver Slugger era.[13] Cabrera holds the National League batting average record for a third baseman (.339 in 2006).[14] However, overall leader Boggs accumulated five winning seasons with a higher batting average than Cabrera's record.[4] Boggs holds the record for the highest on-base percentage in a third baseman's winning season, with .476 in 1988;[4] Chipper Jones' National League record is .441, achieved in 1999.[15] Brett also holds the record for highest slugging percentage (.664 in 1980),[13] followed by National League record-holder Schmidt (.644 in 1981).[5] Schmidt's 48 home runs are tied with Beltré for most in the National League during an award-winning season.[5] [16] Despite this, Rodriguez holds the Major League record, with 54 home runs in 2007.[11] Rodriguez batted in 156 runs during the 2007 season;[11] the National League record is held by Castilla (144 runs batted in during 1998).[12]

Key

YearLinks to the corresponding Major League Baseball season
AVGBatting average
OBPOn-base percentage
SLGSlugging percentage
HRHome runs
RBIRuns batted in
RefReferences
Winner of the most Silver Sluggers in Major League Baseball as a third baseman
†Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

American League winners

Year Player Team AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Ref
† .390 .454 .664 24 118 [17]
.336 .389 .439 4 52 [18]
.301 .369 .548 30 97 [19]
  • †
.361 .444 .486 5 74 [20]
.315 .382 .458 11 83 [21]
† (2) .335 .436 .585 30 112 [22]
  • † (2)
.357 .453 .486 8 71 [23]
  • † (3)
.363 .461 .588 24 89 [24]
  • † (4)
.366 .476 .490 5 58 [25]
  • † (5)
.330 .430 .449 3 54 [26]
.274 .330 .512 31 118 [27]
  • † (6)
.332 .421 .460 8 51 [28]
† .343 .404 .544 18 73 [29]
  • † (7)
.302 .378 .363 2 59 [30]
  • † (8)
.342 .433 .489 11 55 [31]
.261 .329 .518 35 96 [32]
† .311 .450 .612 38 116 [33]
(4) .263 .307 .488 32 105 [34]
.278 .333 .510 34 119 [35]
(2) .263 .339 .518 38 100 [36]
.284 .404 .604 47 102 [37]
(2) .250 .367 .531 41 108 [38]
.275 .348 .513 34 109 [39]
.326 .398 .540 19 85 [40]
.340 .419 .562 27 104 [41]
.321 .421 .610 48 130 [42]
.283 .323 .506 30 94 [43]
(2) .314 .422 .645 54 156 [44]
(3) .302 .392 .573 35 103 [45]
.281 .364 .526 33 113 [46]
† (2) .321 .365 .553 28 102 [47]
† (3) .296 .331 .561 32 105 [48]
(2) .330 .393 .606 44 139 [49]
(3) .348 .442 .636 44 137 [50]
† (4) .324 .388 .492 19 77 [51]
.297 .371 .568 41 123 [52]
(2) .284 .404 .549 37 99 [53]
.318 .374 .583 29 83 [54]
(2) .270 .387 .552 39 105 [55]
.296 .423 .592 41 112 [56]
(3) .292 .386 .607 17 46 [57]
.279 .352 .538 38 113 [58]
(4) .280 .355 .514 29 126 [59]
(2) .271 .351 .500 33 100 [60]

National League winners

Year Player Team AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Ref
† .286 .380 .624 48 121 [61]
† (2) .316 .435 .644 31 91 [62]
† (3) .280 .403 .547 35 87 [63]
† (4) .255 .399 .524 40 109 [64]
† (5) .277 .383 .536 36 106 [65]
.260 .310 .450 22 81 [66]
† (6) .290 .390 .547 37 119 [67]
(2) .298 .343 .514 26 123 [68]
.274 .366 .476 24 100 [69]
.287 .369 .559 36 101 [70]
.277 .319 .488 33 122 [71]
(2) .259 .342 .535 38 117 [72]
.330 .385 .580 33 100 [73]
(2) .294 .325 .561 38 110 [74]
(3) .267 .319 .607 43 96 [75]
.309 .347 .564 32 90 [76]
.326 .408 .621 40 130 [77]
(2) .304 .356 .547 40 113 [78]
(3) .319 .362 .589 46 144 [79]
† .319 .441 .633 45 110 [80]
† (2) .311 .404 .566 36 111 [81]
.329 .403 .610 37 130 [82]
† .266 .357 .503 31 110 [83]
[84]
.276 .350 .530 32 105 [85]
† .334 .388 .629 48 121 [86]
.283 .388 .557 36 101 [87]
.339 .430 .568 26 114 [88]
.325 .416 .546 30 107 [89]
(2) .302 .390 .534 33 124 [90]
.292 .364 .525 33 106 [91]
(2) .307 .388 .510 25 85 [92]
.306 .361 .510 26 93 [93]
.286 .376 .498 31 115 [94]
.233 .296 .473 36 100 [95]
.287 .351 .473 21 83 [96]
.287 .323 .575 42 130 [97]
(2) .294 .362 .570 41 133 [98]
(3) .309 .373 .586 37 130 [99]
(4) .297 .374 .561 38 110 [100]
(2) .319 .412 .598 34 126 [101]
.304 .370 .580 16 47 [102]
.303 .367 .531 33 107 [103]
(5) .293 .358 .533 30 103 [104]
(2) .281 .345 .516 37 97 [105]

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