Silver Slugger Award Information & Silver Slugger Award Links at HealthHaven.com

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The Silver Slugger Award is presented by Hillerich & Bradsby, manufacturer of the Louisville Slugger (museum pictured).

The Silver Slugger Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, 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]

As with the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, the prize is presented to outfielders irrespective of their specific position.^[4]^[5] This means that it is possible for three left fielders, or any other combination of outfielders, to win the award in the same year, rather than one left fielder, one center fielder, and one right fielder. In addition, only National League pitchers receive a Silver Slugger Award;^[5] lineups in the American League include the designated hitter, who replaces the pitcher in the batting order,^[6] so the designated hitter receives the award instead.^[4]

Embattled home run record-holder Barry Bonds^[7] has won 12 Silver Slugger Awards in his career as an outfielder, the most of any player.^[5]^[8] He also won the award in five consecutive seasons twice in his career: from 1990 to 1994, and again from 2000 to 2004. Retired catcher Mike Piazza and current New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez are tied for second, with ten wins each.^[5]^[4] Rodriguez' awards are split between two positions; he won seven Silver Sluggers as a shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, and three with the Yankees as a third baseman.^[9] Wade Boggs leads third basemen with eight Silver Slugger Awards;^[4]^[10] Barry Larkin leads shortstops with nine.^[5]^[11] Other leaders include Ryne Sandberg (seven wins as a second baseman),^[5]^[12] Mike Hampton (five wins as a pitcher),^[5]^[13] and Todd Helton (four wins as a first baseman).^[5]^[14] Three players are tied for the most wins among designated hitters: Edgar Martínez,^[15] Paul Molitor,^[16] and David Ortiz;^[17] all have four wins at the position, though Martínez also won one award at third base.^[15]^[4]

[edit] Key

Year	Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season
1B	First baseman (list of winners)
2B	Second baseman (list of winners)
3B	Third baseman (list of winners)
SS	Shortstop (list of winners)
OF	Outfielder (list of winners)
C	Catcher (list of winners)
P	Pitcher (list of winners)
DH	Designated hitter (list of winners)
* or **	Winner of the most Silver Slugger Awards at his position (** indicates tie)
†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

[edit] American League winners

Year	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF	OF	OF	C	DH
1980	Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper	Randolph, WillieWillie Randolph	Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett^†	Yount, RobinRobin Yount^†	Oglivie, BenBen Oglivie	Oliver, AlAl Oliver	Wilson, WillieWillie Wilson	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson^†
1981	Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper	Grich, BobbyBobby Grich	Lansford, CarneyCarney Lansford	Burleson, RickRick Burleson	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson^†	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield^†	Evans, DwightDwight Evans	Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk^†	Oliver, AlAl Oliver
1982	Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper	Garcia, DamasoDamaso Garcia	DeCinces, DougDoug DeCinces	Yount, RobinRobin Yount^†	Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson^†	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield^†	Wilson, WillieWillie Wilson	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	McRae, HalHal McRae
1983	Murray, EddieEddie Murray^†	Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Rice, JimJim Rice^†	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield^†	Moseby, LloydLloyd Moseby	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Baylor, DonDon Baylor
1984	Murray, EddieEddie Murray^†	Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Rice, JimJim Rice^†	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield^†	Armas, TonyTony Armas	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton
1985	Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly	Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker	Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett^†	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson^†	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield^†	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk^†	Baylor, DonDon Baylor
1986	Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly	White, FrankFrank White	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Barfield, JesseJesse Barfield	Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett^†	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Baylor, DonDon Baylor
1987	Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly	Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell	Evans, DwightDwight Evans	Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett^†	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	Nokes, MattMatt Nokes	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor**^†
1988	Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett^†	Franco, JulioJulio Franco	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell	Greenwell, MikeMike Greenwell	Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett^†	Canseco, JoseJosé Canseco	Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk^†	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor**^†
1989	McGriff, FredFred McGriff	Franco, JulioJulio Franco	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Sierra, RubenRubén Sierra	Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett^†	Yount, RobinRobin Yount^†	Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton	Baines, HaroldHarold Baines
1990	Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder	Franco, JulioJulio Franco	Gruber, KellyKelly Gruber	Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson^†	Burks, EllisEllis Burks	Canseco, JoseJosé Canseco	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Parker, DaveDave Parker
1991	Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder	Franco, JulioJulio Franco	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Carter, JoeJoe Carter	Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Canseco, JoseJosé Canseco	Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas
1992	McGwire, MarkMark McGwire	Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar	Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez	Fryman, TravisTravis Fryman	Carter, JoeJoe Carter	Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett^†	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González	Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield^†
1993	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González	Stanley, MikeMike Stanley	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor**^†
1994	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*^†	Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.^†	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett^†	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Franco, JulioJulio Franco
1995	Vaughn, MoMo Vaughn	Knoblauch, ChuckChuck Knoblauch	Gaetti, GaryGary Gaetti	Valentin, JohnJohn Valentin	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	Salmon, TimTim Salmon	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez**
1996	McGwire, MarkMark McGwire	Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar	Thome, JimJim Thome	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor**^†
1997	Martinez, TinoTino Martinez	Knoblauch, ChuckChuck Knoblauch	Williams, MattMatt Williams	Garciaparra, NomarNomar Garciaparra	Justice, DavidDavid Justice	Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez**
1998	Palmeiro, RafaelRafael Palmeiro	Easley, DamionDamion Easley	Palmer, DeanDean Palmer	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Canseco, JoseJosé Canseco
1999	Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado	Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar	Palmer, DeanDean Palmer	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Green, ShawnShawn Green	Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Palmeiro, RafaelRafael Palmeiro
2000	Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado	Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar	Glaus, TroyTroy Glaus	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Erstad, DarinDarin Erstad	Ordonez, MagglioMagglio Ordoñez	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas
2001	Giambi, JasonJason Giambi	Boone, BretBret Boone	Glaus, TroyTroy Glaus	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez**
2002	Giambi, JasonJason Giambi	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	Chavez, EricEric Chavez	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Anderson, GarretGarret Anderson	Ordonez, MagglioMagglio Ordoñez	Williams, BernieBernie Williams	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez
2003	Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado	Boone, BretBret Boone	Mueller, BillBill Mueller	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Anderson, GarretGarret Anderson	Wells, VernonVernon Wells	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez**
2004	Teixeira, MarkMark Teixeira	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	Mora, MelvinMelvin Mora	Tejada, MiguelMiguel Tejada	Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	MartinezRodriguez Víctor Martínez & Iván Rodríguez	Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz**
2005	Teixeira, MarkMark Teixeira	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Tejada, MiguelMiguel Tejada	Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	Varitek, JasonJason Varitek	Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz**
2006	Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau	Cano, RobinsonRobinson Canó	Crede, JoeJoe Crede	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	Dye, JermaineJermaine Dye	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramírez	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz**
2007	Pena, CarlosCarlos Peña	Polanco, PlacidoPlácido Polanco	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	Ordonez, MagglioMagglio Ordoñez	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz**
2008	Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau	Pedroia, DustinDustin Pedroia	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	Hamilton, JoshJosh Hamilton	Quentin, CarlosCarlos Quentin	Sizemore, GradyGrady Sizemore	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Huff, AubreyAubrey Huff
2009	Teixeira, MarkMark Teixeira	Hill, AaronAaron Hill	Longoria, EvanEvan Longoria	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	Bay, JasonJason Bay	Hunter, ToriiTorii Hunter	Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Lind, AdamAdam Lind

[edit] National League winners

Year	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF	OF	OF	C	P
1980	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^†	Templeton, GarryGarry Templeton	Baker, DustyDusty Baker	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson	Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge Hendrick	Simmons, TedTed Simmons	Forsch, BobBob Forsch
1981	Rose, PetePete Rose	Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^†	Concepcion, DaveDave Concepción	Baker, DustyDusty Baker	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson	Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Valenzuela, FernandoFernando Valenzuela
1982	Oliver, AlAl Oliver	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan^†	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^†	Concepcion, DaveDave Concepción	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	Guerrero, PedroPedro Guerrero	Durham, LeonLeon Durham	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Robinson, DonDon Robinson
1983	Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge Hendrick	Ray, JohnnyJohnny Ray	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^†	Thon, DickieDickie Thon	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson	Cruz, JoseJosé Cruz	Kennedy, TerryTerry Kennedy	Valenzuela, FernandoFernando Valenzuela
1984	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*^†	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^†	Templeton, GarryGarry Templeton	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn^†	Cruz, JoseJosé Cruz	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Rhoden, RickRick Rhoden
1985	Clark, JackJack Clark	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*^†	Wallach, TimTim Wallach	Brooks, HubieHubie Brooks	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	McGee, WillieWillie McGee	Parker, DaveDave Parker	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Rhoden, RickRick Rhoden
1986	Davis, GlennGlenn Davis	Sax, SteveSteve Sax	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^†	Brooks, HubieHubie Brooks	Raines, TimTim Raines	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn^†	Parker, DaveDave Parker	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Rhoden, RickRick Rhoden
1987	Clark, JackJack Clark	Samuel, JuanJuan Samuel	Wallach, TimTim Wallach	Smith, OzzieOzzie Smith^†	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn^†	Davis, EricEric Davis	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	Forsch, BobBob Forsch
1988	Galarraga, AndresAndres Galarraga	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*^†	Bonilla, BobbyBobby Bonilla	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Strawberry, DarrylDarryl Strawberry	Gibson, KirkKirk Gibson	Van Slyke, AndyAndy Van Slyke	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	Leary, TimTim Leary
1989	Clark, WillWill Clark	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*^†	Johnson, HowardHoward Johnson	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Mitchell, KevinKevin Mitchell	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn^†	Davis, EricEric Davis	Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio	Robinson, DonDon Robinson
1990	Murray, EddieEddie Murray^†	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*^†	Williams, MattMatt Williams	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Bonilla, BobbyBobby Bonilla	Strawberry, DarrylDarryl Strawberry	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	Robinson, DonDon Robinson
1991	Clark, WillWill Clark	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*^†	Johnson, HowardHoward Johnson	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Bonilla, BobbyBobby Bonilla	Gant, RonRon Gant	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	Glavine, TomTom Glavine
1992	McGriff, FredFred McGriff	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*^†	Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Walker, LarryLarry Walker	Van Slyke, AndyAndy Van Slyke	Daulton, DarrenDarren Daulton	Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden
1993	McGriff, FredFred McGriff	Thompson, RobbyRobby Thompson	Williams, MattMatt Williams	Bell, JayJay Bell	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Dykstra, LennyLenny Dykstra	Justice, DavidDavid Justice	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Hershiser, OrelOrel Hershiser
1994	Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell	Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio	Williams, MattMatt Williams	Cordero, WilWil Cordero	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn^†	Alou, MoisésMoisés Alou	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Portugal, MarkMark Portugal
1995	Karros, EricEric Karros	Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio	Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn^†	Bichette, DanteDante Bichette	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Glavine, TomTom Glavine
1996	Galarraga, AndresAndres Galarraga	Young, EricEric Young	Caminiti, KenKen Caminiti	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield	Burks, EllisEllis Burks	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Glavine, TomTom Glavine
1997	Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell	Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio	Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla	Blauser, JeffJeff Blauser	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn^†	Walker, LarryLarry Walker	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz
1998	McGwire, MarkMark McGwire	Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio	Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Vaughn, GregGreg Vaughn	Alou, MoisésMoisés Alou	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Glavine, TomTom Glavine
1999	Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell	Alfonzo, EdgardoEdgardo Alfonzo	Jones, ChipperChipper Jones	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin*	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Walker, LarryLarry Walker	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Hampton, MikeMike Hampton*
2000	Helton, ToddTodd Helton*	Kent, JeffJeff Kent	Jones, ChipperChipper Jones	Renteria, EdgarEdgar Rentería	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Hampton, MikeMike Hampton*
2001	Helton, ToddTodd Helton*	Kent, JeffJeff Kent	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	Aurilia, RichRich Aurilia	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Gonzalez, LuisLuis Gonzalez	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Hampton, MikeMike Hampton*
2002	Helton, ToddTodd Helton*	Kent, JeffJeff Kent	Rolen, ScottScott Rolen	Renteria, EdgarEdgar Rentería	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*	Hampton, MikeMike Hampton*
2003	Helton, ToddTodd Helton*	Vidro, JoseJosé Vidro	Lowell, MikeMike Lowell	Renteria, EdgarEdgar Rentería	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	Lopez, JavyJavy López	Hampton, MikeMike Hampton*
2004	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	Loretta, MarkMark Loretta	Beltre, AdrianAdrián Beltré	Wilson, JackJack Wilson	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds*	Edmonds, JimJim Edmonds	Abreu, BobbyBobby Abreu	Estrada, JohnnyJohnny Estrada	Hernandez, LivanLiván Hernández
2005	Lee, DerrekDerrek Lee	Kent, JeffJeff Kent	Ensberg, MorganMorgan Ensberg	Lopez, FelipeFelipe López	Jones, AndruwAndruw Jones	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera	Lee, CarlosCarlos Lee	Barrett, MichaelMichael Barrett	Marquis, JasonJason Marquis
2006	Howard, RyanRyan Howard	Utley, ChaseChase Utley	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera	Reyes, JoseJosé Reyes	Beltran, CarlosCarlos Beltrán	Holliday, MattMatt Holliday	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano
2007	Fielder, PrincePrince Fielder	Utley, ChaseChase Utley	Wright, DavidDavid Wright	Rollins, JimmyJimmy Rollins	Beltran, CarlosCarlos Beltrán	Holliday, MattMatt Holliday	Lee, CarlosCarlos Lee	Martin, RussellRussell Martin	Owings, MicahMicah Owings
2008	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	Utley, ChaseChase Utley	Wright, DavidDavid Wright	Ramirez, HanleyHanley Ramírez	Ludwick, RyanRyan Ludwick	Holliday, MattMatt Holliday	Braun, RyanRyan Braun	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano
2009	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	Utley, ChaseChase Utley	Zimmerman, RyanRyan Zimmerman	Ramirez, HanleyHanley Ramírez	Kemp, MattMatt Kemp	Ethier, AndreAndre Ethier	Braun, RyanRyan Braun	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano

[edit] See also

Edgar Martinez Award: given to the best designated hitter (DH) (American League).
Triple Crown
This Year in Baseball Awards (including hitter)

[edit] References

"MLB Awards: History (Awards: Silver Slugger)". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?content=silver_slugger_history. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

Inline citations

^ ^a ^b ^c McCalvy, Adam (2008-11-13). "Braun nets first Silver Slugger Award". Brewers.MLB.com. Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081113&content_id=3678442&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Louisville Slugger — The Silver Slugger Awards". Louisville Slugger. http://www.slugger.com/silverslugger/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "What are the Silver Bat and Silver Slugger Team Awards?". Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. http://www.sluggermuseum.org/faqs.aspx?id=31308865. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Silver Slugger Award Winners — American League". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/silver_slugger_al.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Silver Slugger Award Winners — National League". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/silver_slugger_nl.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Official Rules: 6.00 The Batter". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/batter_6.jsp. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Embattled Bonds' urine sample tested positive, report". Google News. Agence France-Presse. 2009-02-03. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hdH28nA94iNXKnzBSIugvdyMROtg. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Barry Bonds Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bondsba01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Alex Rodriguez Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrial01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Wade Boggs Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boggswa01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Barry Larkin Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/larkiba01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Ryne Sandberg Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandbry01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Mike Hampton Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamptmi01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Todd Helton Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/heltoto01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ ^a ^b "Edgar Martínez Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martied01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "Paul Molitor Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/molitpa01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "David Ortiz Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizda01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[edit] External links

Louisville Slugger - The Silver Slugger Award

[SS1-0] McCalvy, Adam (2008-11-13). "Braun nets first Silver Slugger Award". Brewers.MLB.com. Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081113&content_id=3678442&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[SS2-1] "Louisville Slugger — The Silver Slugger Awards". Louisville Slugger. http://www.slugger.com/silverslugger/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[2] "What are the Silver Bat and Silver Slugger Team Awards?". Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. http://www.sluggermuseum.org/faqs.aspx?id=31308865. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

[SSAL-3] "Silver Slugger Award Winners — American League". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/silver_slugger_al.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[SSNL-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Silver Slugger Award Winners — National League". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/silver_slugger_nl.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[5] "Official Rules: 6.00 The Batter". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/batter_6.jsp. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[6] "Embattled Bonds' urine sample tested positive, report". Google News. Agence France-Presse. 2009-02-03. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hdH28nA94iNXKnzBSIugvdyMROtg. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[7] "Barry Bonds Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bondsba01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[8] "Alex Rodriguez Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrial01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[9] "Wade Boggs Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boggswa01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

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