List of Silver Slugger Award winners at shortstop


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. 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 tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league and plated with sterling silver.
Among shortstops, Barry Larkin is the leader in Silver Slugger Awards, with nine wins between 1988 and 1999, including five consecutive awards. Larkin is fourth all-time in Silver Slugger wins among all positions, behind outfielder Barry Bonds, catcher Mike Piazza and third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who won his first seven awards at shortstop before a position change. Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. won eight Silver Sluggers as a shortstop from 1983 to 1993. Derek Jeter won five Silver Sluggers as a shortstop, while Ian Desmond, Alan Trammell,, Édgar Rentería and Xander Bogaerts won three.
Rodriguez' offensive statistics in his seven Silver Slugger-winning seasons lead American League and major league shortstops in most categories; his batting average of.358 and.631 slugging percentage in 1996,.420 on-base percentage in 2000 and 57 home runs in 2002 are records among winning shortstops. The lone category in which Rodriguez does not lead the American League is runs batted in, where Miguel Tejada is the leader; he batted in 150 runs in 2004. The RBI leader in the National League is Trevor Story, who batted in 108 runs in 2018. In contrast, Rodriguez collected RBI totals over 110 in all of his Silver Slugger-winning seasons, highlighting the difference in power and production between American League and National League shortstops. Other National League leaders include Larkin and Hanley Ramírez, who led in batting average and on-base percentage, along with Rich Aurilia, who leads in slugging percentage. Aurilla is also tied with Story as the National League leader in home runs. Though he has never played in the National League, Rodriguez' 40 or more home runs in six of his seven winning seasons at shortstop are greater than any total hit by a National League winner at third base.

Key

American League winners

YearPlayerTeamAVGOBPSLGHRRBIRef
†Milwaukee Brewers.293.321.5192387
California Angels.293.357.372533
†Milwaukee Brewers.331.379.57829114
†Baltimore Orioles.318.371.51727102
†Baltimore Orioles.304.374.5102786
†Baltimore Orioles.282.347.46926110
†Baltimore Orioles.282.355.4612581
†Detroit Tigers.343.402.55128105
†Detroit Tigers.311.373.4641569
†Baltimore Orioles.257.317.4012193
†Detroit Tigers.304.377.4491489
†Baltimore Orioles.323.374.56634114
Detroit Tigers.266.316.4162096
†Baltimore Orioles.257.329.4202490
†Baltimore Orioles.315.364.4591375
Boston Red Sox.298.399.53327102
Seattle Mariners.358.414.63136123
Boston Red Sox.306.342.5343098
Seattle Mariners.310.360.56042124
Seattle Mariners.285.357.58642111
Seattle Mariners.316.420.60641132
Texas Rangers.318.399.62252135
Texas Rangers.300.392.62357142
Texas Rangers.298.396.60047118
Baltimore Orioles.311.360.53434150
Baltimore Orioles.304.349.5152698
†New York Yankees.343.417.4831497
†New York Yankees.322.388.4521273
†New York Yankees.300.363.4081169
†New York Yankees.334.406.4651866
Chicago White Sox.282.313.4311870
Cleveland Indians.273.332.4602592
†New York Yankees.316.362.4291558
Baltimore Orioles.263.306.4332576
Chicago White Sox.273.305.4081574
Boston Red Sox.320.355.421781
Boston Red Sox.294.356.4462189
Cleveland Indians.273.337.5053389
Cleveland Indians.277.352.5193892
Boston Red Sox.309.384.55533117

National League winners

YearPlayerTeamAVGOBPSLGHRRBIRef
St. Louis Cardinals.319.342.417443
Cincinnati Reds.306.358.409567
Cincinnati Reds.287.337.371553
Houston Astros.286.341.4572079
San Diego Padres.258.312.320235
Montreal Expos.269.310.41313100
Montreal Expos.340.388.5691458
†St. Louis Cardinals.303.392.383075
*†Cincinnati Reds.296.347.4291256
*†Cincinnati Reds.342.375.446436
*†Cincinnati Reds.301.358.396767
*†Cincinnati Reds.302.378.5062069
*†Cincinnati Reds.304.377.4541278
Pittsburgh Pirates.310.392.437951
Montreal Expos.294.363.4891563
*†Cincinnati Reds.319.394.4921566
*†Cincinnati Reds.298.410.5673389
Atlanta Braves.308.405.4821770
*†Cincinnati Reds.309.397.5041772
*†Cincinnati Reds.293.390.4201275
St. Louis Cardinals.278.346.4231676
San Francisco Giants.324.369.5723797
St. Louis Cardinals.305.364.4391183
St. Louis Cardinals.330.394.48013100
Pittsburgh Pirates.308.335.4591159
Cincinnati Reds.291.352.4862385
New York Mets.300.354.4871981
Philadelphia Phillies.296.344.5313094
Florida Marlins.301.400.5403367
Florida Marlins.342.410.54324106
Colorado Rockies.315.381.5682795
Colorado Rockies.302.372.54430105
Washington Nationals.292.335.5112573
Washington Nationals.280.331.4532080
Washington Nationals.255.313.4302491
San Francisco Giants.256.321.4622184
Los Angeles Dodgers.308.365.5122672
Los Angeles Dodgers.295.375.4792277
Colorado Rockies.291.348.56737108
Colorado Rockies.294.363.5543585