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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Silver Slugger Award Winners At Catcher

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 (OBP), 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 (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league and plated with sterling silver.

Among catchers, Mike Piazza has won the most Silver Slugger Awards, with ten consecutive wins in the National League between 1993 and 2002; this is the most Silver Sluggers won consecutively by any player in Major League Baseball. In the American League, Iván Rodríguez has won the most Silver Sluggers, with six consecutive wins from 1994 to 1999, and a seventh when he tied with Víctor Martínez in 2004. Lance Parrish won the American League award six times (1980, 1982–1984, 1986, and 1990), and Joe Mauer and Jorge Posada have won it five times; Mauer won in 2006, 2008–2010 and 2013, while Posada won in 2000–2003 and 2007. Hall of Famer Gary Carter (1981–1983, 1984–1986), Buster Posey (2012, 2014–2015, 2017, 2021), and Brian McCann (2006, 2008–2011) are five-time winners in the National League; McCann also won a sixth Silver Slugger in 2016, but in the American League. Other multiple awardees include Salvador Perez (four wins; 2016, 2018, 2020–2021), Benito Santiago (four wins; 1987–1988, 1990–1991), J. T. Realmuto (three wins; 2018–2019, 2022), Mickey Tettleton (three wins; 1989, 1991–1992) and Carlton Fisk (three wins; 1981, 1985, 1988). William Contreras and Adley Rutschman are the most recent National and American League winners, respectively.

Piazza holds several Major League records for catchers in a Silver Slugger-winning season; most were set in 1997. That season, he had an on-base percentage of .431, and had 124 runs batted in (a total he matched in 1999) to lead the award-winning catchers in those statistical categories. Perez holds the Major League record among winners for home runs (48), which he set in 2021, and American League records for runs batted in (121) and slugging percentage (.633), also in 2021. Javy López holds the Major League record among winners for slugging percentage (.687); these were set in 2003. López also leads National League winners in home runs with 43 in 2003. Mauer holds the Major League record in batting average with a .365 clip he set in 2009. Mauer also leads the American League in on-base percentage (.444 in 2009).

Key

Year Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season
AVG Batting average
OBP On-base percentage
SLG Slugging percentage
HR Home runs
RBI Runs batted in
Ref References
* Winner of the most Silver Sluggers in Major League Baseball as a catcher
§ Indicates a tie between two players in a particular season
Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

American League winners

Joe Mauer follows through on a swing wearing Minnesota's road pinstripes
Joe Mauer won four AL Silver Sluggers at catcher (2006, 2008–2010).
Jorge Posada stands next to the batting cage wearing a New York Yankees windbreaker
Jorge Posada has won five AL Silver Sluggers as a catcher (2000–2003, 2007).
Year Player Team AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Ref
1980 Lance Parrish Detroit Tigers .286 .325 .499 24 82
1981 Carlton Fisk Chicago White Sox .263 .354 .361 7 45
1982 Lance Parrish (2) Detroit Tigers .284 .338 .529 32 87
1983 Lance Parrish (3) Detroit Tigers .269 .314 .483 27 114
1984 Lance Parrish (4) Detroit Tigers .237 .287 .443 33 98
1985 Carlton Fisk (2) Chicago White Sox .238 .320 .488 37 107
1986 Lance Parrish (5) Detroit Tigers .257 .340 .483 22 62
1987 Matt Nokes Detroit Tigers .289 .345 .536 32 87
1988 Carlton Fisk (3) Chicago White Sox .277 .377 .542 19 50
1989 Mickey Tettleton Baltimore Orioles .258 .369 .509 26 65
1990 Lance Parrish (6) California Angels .268 .338 .451 24 70
1991 Mickey Tettleton (2) Detroit Tigers .263 .387 .491 31 89
1992 Mickey Tettleton (3) Detroit Tigers .238 .379 .469 32 83
1993 Mike Stanley New York Yankees .305 .389 .534 26 84
1994 Iván Rodríguez Texas Rangers .298 .360 .488 16 57
1995 Iván Rodríguez (2) Texas Rangers .303 .327 .449 12 67
1996 Iván Rodríguez (3) Texas Rangers .300 .342 .473 19 86
1997 Iván Rodríguez (4) Texas Rangers .313 .360 .484 20 77
1998 Iván Rodríguez (5) Texas Rangers .321 .358 .513 21 91
1999 Iván Rodríguez (6) Texas Rangers .332 .356 .558 35 113
2000 Jorge Posada New York Yankees .287 .417 .527 28 86
2001 Jorge Posada (2) New York Yankees .277 .363 .475 22 95
2002 Jorge Posada (3) New York Yankees .268 .370 .468 20 99
2003 Jorge Posada (4) New York Yankees .281 .405 .518 30 101
2004 Víctor Martínez Cleveland Indians .283 .359 .492 23 108
2004 Iván Rodríguez (7) Detroit Tigers .334 .383 .510 19 86
2005 Jason Varitek Boston Red Sox .281 .366 .489 22 70
2006 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins .347 .429 .507 13 84
2007 Jorge Posada (5) New York Yankees .338 .426 .543 20 90
2008 Joe Mauer (2) Minnesota Twins .328 .413 .451 9 85
2009 Joe Mauer (3) Minnesota Twins .365 .444 .587 28 96
2010 Joe Mauer (4) Minnesota Twins .327 .402 .469 9 75
2011 Alex Avila Detroit Tigers .295 .389 .506 19 82
2012 A. J. Pierzynski Chicago White Sox .278 .326 .501 27 77
2013 Joe Mauer (5) Minnesota Twins .324 .404 .476 11 47
2014 Yan Gomes Cleveland Indians .278 .313 .472 21 74
2015 Brian McCann (6) New York Yankees .232 .320 .427 26 94
2016 Salvador Pérez Kansas City Royals .247 .288 .438 22 64
2017 Gary Sánchez New York Yankees .278 .345 .531 33 90
2018 Salvador Pérez (2) Kansas City Royals .235 .274 .439 27 80
2019 Mitch Garver Minnesota Twins .273 .365 .630 31 67
2020 Salvador Pérez (3) Kansas City Royals .333 .353 .633 11 32
2021 Salvador Pérez (4) Kansas City Royals .273 .316 .544 48 121
2022 Alejandro Kirk Toronto Blue Jays .285 .372 .415 14 63
2023 Adley Rutschman Baltimore Orioles .277 .374 .435 20 80

National League winners

Brian McCann, dressed in the Atlanta Braves' home whites, stands ready at the plate
Brian McCann is the only player to win the Silver Slugger Award as a catcher in both leagues.
Russell Martin standing in the field during Spring Training
Russell Martin stole 21 bases as a catcher during his NL Silver Slugger-winning season (2007).
Year Player Team AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Ref
1980 Ted Simmons St. Louis Cardinals .303 .375 .505 21 98
1981 Gary Carter Montreal Expos .251 .313 .444 16 68
1982 Gary Carter (2) Montreal Expos .293 .381 .510 29 97
1983 Terry Kennedy San Diego Padres .284 .342 .434 17 98
1984 Gary Carter (3) Montreal Expos .294 .366 .487 27 106
1985 Gary Carter (4) New York Mets .281 .365 .488 32 100
1986 Gary Carter (5) New York Mets .255 .337 .439 24 105
1987 Benito Santiago San Diego Padres .300 .324 .467 18 79
1988 Benito Santiago (2) San Diego Padres .248 .282 .362 10 46
1989 Craig Biggio Houston Astros .257 .336 .402 13 60
1990 Benito Santiago (3) San Diego Padres .270 .323 .419 11 53
1991 Benito Santiago (4) San Diego Padres .267 .296 .403 17 87
1992 Darren Daulton Philadelphia Phillies .270 .385 .524 27 109
1993 Mike Piazza* Los Angeles Dodgers .318 .370 .561 35 112
1994 Mike Piazza* (2) Los Angeles Dodgers .319 .370 .541 24 92
1995 Mike Piazza* (3) Los Angeles Dodgers .346 .400 .606 32 93
1996 Mike Piazza* (4) Los Angeles Dodgers .336 .422 .563 36 105
1997 Mike Piazza* (5) Los Angeles Dodgers .362 .431 .638 40 124
1998 Mike Piazza* (6) Los Angeles Dodgers
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
.328 .390 .570 32 111

1999 Mike Piazza* (7) New York Mets .303 .361 .575 40 124
2000 Mike Piazza* (8) New York Mets .324 .398 .614 38 113
2001 Mike Piazza* (9) New York Mets .300 .384 .573 36 94
2002 Mike Piazza* (10) New York Mets .280 .359 .544 33 98
2003 Javy López Atlanta Braves .328 .378 .687 43 109
2004 Johnny Estrada Atlanta Braves .314 .378 .450 9 76
2005 Michael Barrett Chicago Cubs .276 .345 .479 16 61
2006 Brian McCann Atlanta Braves .333 .388 .572 24 93
2007 Russell Martin Los Angeles Dodgers .293 .374 .469 19 87
2008 Brian McCann (2) Atlanta Braves .301 .373 .523 23 87
2009 Brian McCann (3) Atlanta Braves .281 .349 .486 21 94
2010 Brian McCann (4) Atlanta Braves .269 .375 .453 21 77
2011 Brian McCann (5) Atlanta Braves .270 .351 .466 24 71
2012 Buster Posey San Francisco Giants .336 .408 .549 24 103
2013 Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals .319 .359 .477 12 80
2014 Buster Posey (2) San Francisco Giants .311 .364 .490 22 89
2015 Buster Posey (3) San Francisco Giants .318 .379 .470 19 95
2016 Wilson Ramos Washington Nationals .307 .354 .496 22 80
2017 Buster Posey (4) San Francisco Giants .320 .400 .462 12 67
2018 J. T. Realmuto Miami Marlins .277 .340 .484 21 74
2019 J. T. Realmuto (2) Philadelphia Phillies .275 .328 .493 25 83
2020 Travis d'Arnaud Atlanta Braves .321 .386 .533 9 34
2021 Buster Posey (5) San Francisco Giants .304 .390 .499 18 56
2022 J. T. Realmuto (3) Philadelphia Phillies .276 .342 .478 22 84
2023 William Contreras Milwaukee Brewers .289 .367 .457 17 78