This Tuesday they were announced all 2024 Silver Slugger award winners in Major League Baseballwhere players like Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, José Altuve, Mookie Betts and Bryce Harper made history in different ways. At the same time, Major League Baseball announced all the baseball players who won the award in American League y National Leaguein addition to the most important teams: Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.
In the first instance there could be the case of the Japanese Dodgers superstar, since Ohtani becomes the first designated hitter in history to receive the Silver Slugger in both the AL and NL. This is achieved after a spectacular year where won the World Series and also set the new 50/50 record for home runs (54) and stolen bases (59).
Next to the Japanese it could be Juan José Soto Pacheco, the Dominican who defended the Yankees uniform during 2024 He is chosen as one of the most decisive outfielders of the campaign and ties Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels) as the only two players to have five or more Silver Slugger awards at age 26 or younger throughout all time in the Major Leagues.
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arriving with Altuve, the second baseman of the Houston Astros, reached seven Silver Bat awards in MLB and ties for the top second baseman with the most awards for Ryne Sandberg, who made history with the Chicago Cubs between the mid-80s and early 90s. The 34-year-old Venezuelan continues to leave his mark in the best baseball in the world, since now He is along with Álex Rodríguez (10), Manny Ramírez (9), Vladimir Guerrero Sr. (8), David Ortíz (7), Iván Rodríguez (7) and Miguel Cabrera (7) as the Latinos with the most Silver Sluggers.
In the case of Betts, the LAD right fielder He is still far from Barry Bonds (12 Silver Bats and eight Gold Gloves, Iván Rodríguez (seven Silver Bats and 13 Gold Gloves) or Ken Griffey Jr. (seven Silver Bats and 10 Gold Gloves), but now is with seven Silver Sluggers plus six Gold Gloves.
Finally, Bryce Harper became the fourth player to win this award as a dangerous hitter and do so in three different positions OF (2015, 2021), DH (2023) and 1B (2024). The other baseball players to achieve this were Miguel Cabrera (1B, 3B, OF), Albert Pujols (1B, 3B, OF) and Al Oliver (1B, DH, OF).
List of Silver Slugger winners in the American League and National League
In the American League all the winners are: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), José Altuve (2B)Bobby Witt Jr. (SS), José Ramírez (3B), Aaron Judge (OF)Anthony Santander (OF), Juan Soto (OF)Salvador Pérez (C), Brent Rooker (DH) y Josh Smith (UT). Aaron Boone’s Yankees were chosen as the most powerful team thanks to the work of Judge, Soto, Stanton and company.
In the National League all the winners are: Bryce Harper (1B)Ketel Marte (2B), Francisco Lindor (SS)Manny Machado (3B), Teoscar Hernández (OF), Jackson Merrill (OF), Jurickson Profar (OF), William Contreras (C), Shohei Ohtani (DH) and Mookie Betts (UT). Dave Roberts’ Dodgers were the ninth most powerful team as a result of what Ohtani, Betts, Freeman and company did.
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