List of Silver Slugger Award winners at first base


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 first basemen, Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals have won the most Silver Sluggers, with four each. Goldschmidt won the award in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018, Helton won four consecutive awards from 2000 to 2003, while Pujols won the award in 2004 and three consecutive times from 2008 to 2010. Pujols has also won the award at third base and outfield before converting to first base. In the American League, five players have won the award three times: Miguel Cabrera Cecil Cooper ; Carlos Delgado, Don Mattingly ; and Mark Teixeira. Jeff Bagwell, formerly of the National League's Houston Astros, has also won the award three times. One player has won the award while playing for two different teams during his winning season. Fred McGriff was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Atlanta Braves during the 1993 season; he won the Silver Slugger Award with a.291 batting average and 37 home runs between the two teams. One father-son combination has won the award: Cecil Fielder won the American League Silver Slugger with the Detroit Tigers in 1990 and 1991, and his son Prince Fielder won the National League award with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2007 and 2011, and the American League award with the Tigers in 2012. Carlos Santana and Freddie Freeman are the most recent winners.
Helton holds the record for the highest batting average in a first baseman's Silver Slugger-winning season with the.372 mark he set in 2000. In the American League, Frank Thomas'.353 batting average in 1994 ranks first, and is the third-best in the history of the award. Mark McGwire holds the records in both leagues for highest slugging percentage, and the National League record for most home runs. McGwire slugged.730 for the Oakland Athletics in 1996, the year before he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1998, McGwire hit 70 home runs on his way to the Major League home run record, slugging.752 while battling the entire season with Sammy Sosa. Chris Davis holds the American League record for most home runs in a Silver Slugger season when he hit 53 in 2013. Andrés Galarraga had 150 runs batted in in 1996 when he won the award, followed closely by Ryan Howard's 2006 total of 149. The American League record for a Silver Slugger winner is 145 RBI, achieved by Mattingly and Delgado.

Key

American League winners

YearPlayerTeamAVGOBPSLGHRRBIRef
Milwaukee Brewers.352.387.53925122
Milwaukee Brewers.320.363.4951260
Milwaukee Brewers.313.342.52832121
†Baltimore Orioles.306.393.53833111
†Baltimore Orioles.306.410.50929110
New York Yankees.324.371.56735145
New York Yankees.352.394.57331113
New York Yankees.327.378.55930115
†Kansas City Royals.306.389.50924103
Toronto Blue Jays.269.399.5253692
Detroit Tigers.277.377.59251132
Detroit Tigers.261.347.51344133
Oakland Athletics.268.385.58542104
†Chicago White Sox.317.426.60741128
†Chicago White Sox.353.487.72938101
Boston Red Sox.300.388.57539126
Oakland Athletics.312.467.73052113
New York Yankees.296.371.57744141
Baltimore Orioles.296.379.56543121
Toronto Blue Jays.272.377.57144134
Toronto Blue Jays.344.470.66441137
Oakland Athletics.342.477.66038120
New York Yankees.314.435.59841122
Toronto Blue Jays.302.426.59342145
Texas Rangers.281.370.56038112
Texas Rangers.301.379.57543144
Minnesota Twins.321.375.55934130
Tampa Bay Devil Rays.282.411.62746121
Minnesota Twins.300.374.49923129
New York Yankees.292.383.56539122
Detroit Tigers.328.420.62238126
Boston Red Sox.338.410.54827117
Detroit Tigers.313.412.52830108
Baltimore Orioles.286.370.63453138
Chicago White Sox.317.383.58136107
Detroit Tigers.338.440.5341876
Detroit Tigers.316.393.56338108
Kansas City Royals.318.385.4982594
Chicago White Sox.265.325.4732278
Cleveland Indians.281.397.5153493

National League winners

YearPlayerTeamAVGOBPSLGHRRBIRef
St. Louis Cardinals.321.408.4941699
Philadelphia Phillies.325.391.390033
Montreal Expos.331.392.51422109
St. Louis Cardinals.318.373.4931897
New York Mets.311.409.4491594
St. Louis Cardinals.281.393.5022287
Houston Astros.265.344.49331101
St. Louis Cardinals.286.459.59735106
Montreal Expos.302.352.5402992
San Francisco Giants.333.407.54623111
†Los Angeles Dodgers.330.414.5202695
San Francisco Giants.301.359.53629116
San Diego Padres.286.394.55635104
San Diego Padres
Atlanta Braves		.291.375.54937101
†Houston Astros.368.451.75039116
Los Angeles Dodgers.298.369.53532105
Colorado Rockies.304.357.60147150
†Houston Astros.286.425.59243135
St. Louis Cardinals.299.470.75270147
†Houston Astros.304.454.59142126
**Colorado Rockies.372.463.69842147
**Colorado Rockies.336.432.68549146
**Colorado Rockies.329.429.57730109
**Colorado Rockies.358.458.63033117
**St. Louis Cardinals.331.415.65746123
Chicago Cubs.335.418.66246107
Philadelphia Phillies.313.425.65958149
Milwaukee Brewers.288.395.61850119
**St. Louis Cardinals.357.462.65337116
**St. Louis Cardinals.327.443.65847135
**St. Louis Cardinals.312.414.59642118
Milwaukee Brewers.299.415.56638120
Washington Nationals.271.343.51033100
**Arizona Diamondbacks.302.401.55136125
Los Angeles Dodgers.276.335.48227116
**Arizona Diamondbacks.321.435.57033110
Chicago Cubs.292.385.54432109
**Arizona Diamondbacks.297.404.56336120
**Arizona Diamondbacks.290.389.5333383
Atlanta Braves.295.389.54938121

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