List of Silver Slugger Award winners at outfield


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.
As with the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, the prize is presented to outfielders irrespective of their specific position. 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. It is also possible for outfield teammates to win the award in the same season, which has happened eight times since 1980.
Among outfielders and among all Silver Slugger winners, Barry Bonds has won the most awards, winning twelve times between 1990 and 2004. All of his awards were won in the National League. Manny Ramirez leads the American League with eight wins. Ken Griffey, Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Tony Gwynn and Mike Trout have each won seven Silver Sluggers in the outfield; Juan González, Kirby Puckett and Sammy Sosa have won six times. Three players have won five times, and four-time winners include Andre Dawson, Matt Holliday, Andrew McCutchen, Dale Murphy and Gary Sheffield. There have also been 11 three-time outfield winners and 24 two-time awardees. The most recent winners are Ronald Acuña Jr., Cody Bellinger, and Christian Yelich in the National League, and Mookie Betts, George Springer, and Mike Trout in the American League.
Gwynn posted the highest batting average in an outfielder's winning season, batting.394 in the 1994 season before it was truncated by the players' strike. Magglio Ordóñez' 2007 average is the best in the American League. Bonds, the overall leader, holds three records: on-base percentage, slugging percentage and home runs. The American League leaders in those categories include Belle, Griffey, and Trout. Ramírez also leads both leagues in runs batted in during an outfielder's winning season, with 165 in 1999. Sosa is the National League leader.

Key

American League winners

YearPlayerTeamAVGOBPSLGHRRBIRef
Milwaukee Brewers.304.362.56341118
Texas Rangers.319.357.48019117
Kansas City Royals.326.357.421349
Boston Red Sox.296.415.5222271
†Oakland Athletics.319.408.437635
†New York Yankees.294.360.4641368
†California Angels.275.375.53239101
Kansas City Royals.332.365.431346
†New York Yankees.280.331.56037106
Toronto Blue Jays.315.376.4991881
†Boston Red Sox.305.361.55039126
†New York Yankees.283.345.51332116
Boston Red Sox.268.300.53143123
†Boston Red Sox.280.323.46728122
†New York Yankees.340.393.51519100
Toronto Blue Jays.275.327.4792895
†New York Yankees.314.419.5162472
†New York Yankees.275.328.47126114
Toronto Blue Jays.289.368.55940108
Toronto Blue Jays.309.349.53231108
†Minnesota Twins.328.366.5373196
Toronto Blue Jays.308.352.60547134
Boston Red Sox.305.417.56934123
†Minnesota Twins.332.367.5342899
Oakland Athletics.307.391.56942124
Boston Red Sox.325.416.53122119
†Minnesota Twins.356.375.54524121
†Minnesota Twins.339.379.465985
Texas Rangers.306.347.54329119
†Milwaukee Brewers.318.384.51121103
Boston Red Sox.296.349.4862189
Oakland Athletics.274.371.54337101
†Oakland Athletics.325.439.5772861
Oakland Athletics.266.359.55644122
Toronto Blue Jays.273.330.50333108
†Seattle Mariners.327.399.52722100
Toronto Blue Jays.264.309.49834119
Texas Rangers.260.304.52943109
†Minnesota Twins.329.374.49019110
Cleveland Indians.290.370.55238129
Texas Rangers.310.368.63246118
†Seattle Mariners.309.408.61745109
Cleveland Indians.357.438.71436101
†Seattle Mariners.323.402.6744090
†Minnesota Twins.317.362.54020112
Cleveland Indians.317.401.69050126
Cleveland Indians.308.402.55831107
California Angels.330.429.59434105
Cleveland Indians.311.410.62348148
Texas Rangers.314.368.64347144
†Seattle Mariners.303.392.62849140
Cleveland Indians.329.418.59633101
Texas Rangers.296.335.58942131
†Seattle Mariners.304.382.64656147
Chicago White Sox.328.399.65549152
Texas Rangers.318.366.63045157
†Seattle Mariners.284.365.61156146
Toronto Blue Jays.309.384.58842123
†Seattle Mariners.285.384.57648134
Cleveland Indians.333.442.66344165
Anaheim Angels.355.409.54125100
Chicago White Sox.315.371.54632126
Cleveland Indians.351.457.69738122
Cleveland Indians.325.370.59035140
Boston Red Sox.306.405.60941125
Seattle Mariners.350.381.457869
Anaheim Angels.306.332.53929123
Chicago White Sox.320.381.59738135
New York Yankees.333.415.49319102
Anaheim Angels.315.345.54129116
Boston Red Sox.325.427.58737104
Toronto Blue Jays.317.359.55033117
†Anaheim Angels.337.391.59839126
Boston Red Sox.308.397.61343130
New York Yankees.290.393.53436121
†Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.317.394.56532108
Boston Red Sox.292.388.59445144
New York Yankees.291.379.51234123
Chicago White Sox.315.385.62244120
†Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.329.382.55233116
Boston Red Sox.321.439.61935102
†Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.324.403.54727125
Detroit Tigers.363.434.59528139
Seattle Mariners.351.396.431668
Texas Rangers.304.371.53032130
Chicago White Sox.288.394.57136100
Cleveland Indians.268.374.5023390
Boston Red Sox.267.384.53736119
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.299.366.5082290
Seattle Mariners.352.386.4651146
Toronto Blue Jays.260.378.46554124
Tampa Bay Rays.307.356.4951990
Texas Rangers.359.411.63332100
New York Yankees.262.364.55241119
Toronto Blue Jays.302.447.60843103
Boston Red Sox.321.376.55232105
Texas Rangers.285.354.57743128
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.326.399.5643083
Minnesota Twins.260.366.52435110
Detroit Tigers.304.334.4651784
Baltimore Orioles.285.318.49333108
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.323.432.5572797
Toronto Blue Jays.286.403.52435103
Cleveland Indians.327.385.5062097
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.287.377.56136111
Seattle Mariners.302.369.4194493
Detroit Tigers.282.344.53538102
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.299.402.5904190
Boston Red Sox.318.363.53431113
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.315.441.55029100
Baltimore Orioles.256.316.53347108
New York Yankees.284.422.62752114
Houston Astros.283.367.5223485
Detroit Tigers
Los Angeles Angels		.273.361.54035109
Boston Red Sox.346.438.6403280
Boston Red Sox.330.402.62943130
Los Angeles Angels.312.460.6283979
Boston Red Sox.295.391.5242980
Houston Astros.292.383.5813996
Los Angeles Angels.291.438.64545104

National League winners

YearPlayerTeamAVGOBPSLGHRRBIRef
Los Angeles Dodgers.294.339.5032997
†Montreal Expos.308.358.4921787
St. Louis Cardinals.302.342.49825109
Los Angeles Dodgers.320.363.445949
†Montreal Expos.302.365.5532464
Cincinnati Reds.295.373.5192290
Chicago Cubs.312.388.5212290
Los Angeles Dodgers.304.378.53632100
Atlanta Braves.281.378.50736109
Houston Astros.318.385.4631492
†Montreal Expos.299.338.53932113
Atlanta Braves.302.393.54036121
Houston Astros.312.381.4621295
†San Diego Padres.351.410.444571
Atlanta Braves.290.372.54736100
St. Louis Cardinals.353.384.5031082
Atlanta Braves.300.388.53937111
Cincinnati Reds.312.365.55134125
†San Diego Padres.329.381.4671459
Cincinnati Reds.273.330.47731116
†Montreal Expos.334.413.476962
Cincinnati Reds.293.399.59337100
†Chicago Cubs.287.328.56849137
†San Diego Padres.370.447.511754
Los Angeles Dodgers.290.377.4832576
New York Mets.269.366.54539101
Pittsburgh Pirates.288.345.50625100
Cincinnati Reds.281.367.54134101
†San Diego Padres.336.389.424462
San Francisco Giants.291.388.63547125
*Pittsburgh Pirates.301.406.56533114
Pittsburgh Pirates.280.322.51832120
Los Angeles Dodgers.277.361.51837108
*Pittsburgh Pirates.292.410.51425116
Pittsburgh Pirates.302.391.49218100
Atlanta Braves.251.338.49632105
*Pittsburgh Pirates.311.456.62434103
Pittsburgh Pirates.324.381.5051489
†Montreal Expos.301.353.5062393
*San Francisco Giants.336.458.67746123
Philadelphia Phillies.305.420.4821966
Atlanta Braves.270.357.51540120
Montreal Expos.339.397.5922278
*San Francisco Giants.312.426.6473781
†San Diego Padres.394.454.5681264
Colorado Rockies.340.364.62040128
†San Diego Padres.368.404.484990
Chicago Cubs.268.340.50036119
*San Francisco Giants.308.461.61542129
Colorado Rockies.344.408.63940128
Florida Marlins.314.465.62442120
*San Francisco Giants.291.446.58540101
†San Diego Padres.372.409.54717119
†Colorado Rockies.366.452.72049130
Houston Astros.312.399.58238124
Chicago Cubs.308.377.64766158
San Diego Padres.272.363.59750119
†Montreal Expos.316.378.60042131
Chicago Cubs.288.367.63563141
†Colorado Rockies.379.458.71037115
*San Francisco Giants.306.440.68849106
†Montreal Expos.345.410.66444123
Chicago Cubs.320.406.63450138
*San Francisco Giants.328.515.86373137
Arizona Diamondbacks.325.429.68857142
Chicago Cubs.328.437.73764160
*San Francisco Giants.370.582.79946110
†Montreal Expos.336.417.59339111
Chicago Cubs.288.399.59449108
*San Francisco Giants.341.529.7494590
St. Louis Cardinals.359.439.66743124
Atlanta Braves.330.419.60439132
Philadelphia Phillies.301.428.54430105
*San Francisco Giants.362.609.81245101
St. Louis Cardinals.301.418.64342111
Florida Marlins.323.385.56133116
Atlanta Braves.263.347.57551128
Milwaukee Brewers.265.324.48732114
New York Mets.275.388.59441116
Colorado Rockies.326.387.58634114
Washington Nationals.277.351.5604695
New York Mets.276.353.52533112
Colorado Rockies.340.405.60736137
Houston Astros.303.354.52832119
Milwaukee Brewers.285.335.55337106
Colorado Rockies.321.409.5382588
St. Louis Cardinals.299.375.59137113
Milwaukee Brewers.320.386.55132114
Los Angeles Dodgers.272.361.50831106
Los Angeles Dodgers.297.352.49026101
Milwaukee Brewers.304.365.50125103
Colorado Rockies.336.376.59834117
St. Louis Cardinals.312.390.53228103
Milwaukee Brewers.332.397.59733111
Los Angeles Dodgers.324.399.58639126
Arizona Diamondbacks.289.369.5293188
Milwaukee Brewers.319.391.59541112
Cincinnati Reds.252.327.5143499
Pittsburgh Pirates.327.400.5533196
Cincinnati Reds.262.329.47830109
Colorado Rockies.331.389.5302084
Pittsburgh Pirates.317.404.5082184
Pittsburgh Pirates.314.410.5422583
Miami Marlins.288.395.55537105
Atlanta Braves.270.342.49129102
Colorado Rockies.271.325.5404097
Washington Nationals.330.460.6494299
Pittsburgh Pirates.292.401.4882396
Colorado Rockies.324.381.5522982
New York Mets.280.354.5303186
Miami Marlins.298.376.4832198
Colorado Rockies.331.399.60137104
Miami Marlins.312.376.54837124
Miami Marlins.281.376.63159132
Atlanta Braves.297.366.4401493
Arizona Diamondbacks.293.352.5163087
Milwaukee Brewers.326.402.59836110
Atlanta Braves.280.365.51841101
Los Angeles Dodgers.305.406.62947115
Milwaukee Brewers.329.429.6714497