Braves & Rangers Win Offensive Team of the Year Awards,16 Teams Boast Positional Winners, 7 First-time Winners, Betts Claims 6th, Soto Earns 4th, Acuña Jr., Harper, Lindor, Seager Win 3rd
CHICAGO (Nov. 9, 2023) – Louisville Slugger®, the Official Bat of Major League Baseball®, is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Silver SluggerSM Awards. Winners were revealed in a special hour-long telecast exclusively aired on MLB Network®. The Silver Slugger Award is the top offensive award in Major League Baseball®, with the season’s best players at each position selected in a vote by MLB® coaches and managers in their respective leagues. For the first time, Silver Sluggers were also awarded to the Offensive Team of the Year in the American and National Leagues with the World Series Champion Texas Rangers claiming the AL award and the NL East Champion Atlanta Braves taking home the hardware in
the NL.
Sixteen MLB teams had at least one positional winner with Atlanta, Baltimore, and Texas boasting multiple winners.
Among positional winners, Mookie Betts claimed his sixth Silver Slugger. Juan Soto won his fourth. Ronald Acuña Jr., Bryce Harper, Francisco Lindor, and Corey Seager all won their third. Seven players won their second Silver Slugger. They are NL batting champion Luis Arraez, Cody Bellinger, Rafael Devers, Shohei Ohtani, Austin Riley, Julio Rodríguez, and Marcus Semien. There were seven first-time winners – AL batting champion Yandy Díaz, Gunnar Henderson, Luis Robert Jr., Adley Rutschman and Kyle Tucker in the AL. William Contreras and Matt Olson won their first each in the NL.
HOW WINNERS ARE DETERMINED
A vote of MLB managers and coaches decides the Silver Slugger Award winners. They cast ballots for the players they determine to be the best offensive producers at each position in their respective league. Each team receives four votes:
the manager and three coaches of their choice. Votes are based on a combination of offensive statistics including OBP, OPS, OPS+, home runs, hits, RBI, batting average as well as the managers’ and coaches’ general impressions of a player’s overall offensive value. The accounting firm of Cherry Bekaert verifies the tabulation of ballots.
THE SILVER SLUGGER AWARD TROPHY
Each of the twenty winners will receive a three-foot tall, beautifully crafted Silver Slugger Award from Louisville Slugger in honor of their achievements. Each trophy bears a custom engraving of the recipient’s name, along with the names of the other Silver Slugger winners in that player’s league. This year’s awards will be on display for public viewing at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory in Louisville, Ky. before shipping to MLB teams for on-field presentations to winners at the start of the 2024 season.
Following is a complete list of winners of the 2023 Silver SluggerSM Awards
presented by Louisville Slugger:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
POS PLAYER TEAM STATS # OF SSA’s WON/YEAR(S)
1B Matt Olson Atlanta Braves 54 HR, 139 RBI, .604 SLG, 148 H, 27 2B,
.283 BA, 104 BB, .993 OPS
1 – 2023
2B Luis Arraez Miami Marlins .354 BA, 203 H, 30 2B, 10 HR, .861 OPS 2 – 2022, 2023
SS Francisco Lindor New York Mets 31 HR, 33 2B, 153 H, 108 R, 98 RBI, 31 SB,
.254 BA, .788 OPS
3 – 2017, 2018, 2023
3B Austin Riley Atlanta Braves 37 HR, .516 SLG, 97 RBI, 179 H, 117 R, .281
BA, .861 OPS
2 – 2021, 2023
OF Ronald Acuña Jr. Atlanta Braves 41 HR, 35 2B, 106 RBI, 149 R, 217 H, .416
OBP, 383 TB, .337 BA, 1.012 OPS
3 – 2019, 2020, 2023
OF Mookie Betts Los Angeles Dodgers 39 HR, 40 2B, .579 SLG, 107 RBI, 126 R,
179 H, 335 TB, .307 BA, .987 OPS
6 – 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020,
2022, 2023
OF Juan Soto San Diego Padres 35 HR, 32 2B, .519 SLG, 109 RBI, 156 H, 132
BB, 97 R, .275 BA, .930 OPS
4 – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
C William Contreras Milwaukee Brewers 17 HR, 38 2B, H 93, 78 RBI, 63 BB, .291 BA,
.828 OPS
1 – 2023
DH Bryce Harper Philadelphia Phillies 21 HR, 29 2B, .499 SLG, 134 H, 72 RBI, 80
BB, 84 R, .293 BA, .900 OPS
3- 2015, 2021, 2023
UT Cody Bellinger Chicago Cubs 26 HR, 29 2B, .525 SLG, 153 H, 97 RBI, 95 R,
.307 BA, .881 OPS
2 – 2019, 2023
AMERICAN LEAGUE
POS PLAYER TEAM STATS # of SSA’s won/Year(s)
1B Yandy Díaz Tampa Bay Rays 22 HR, 35 2B, 78 RBI, 173 H, 95 R, .330 BA,
.932 OPS
1 – 2023
2B Marcus Semien Texas Rangers 29 HR, 40 2B, 185 H, 122 R, 100 RBI, 72 BB,
.276 BA, .826 OPS
2 – 2021, 2023
SS Corey Seager Texas Rangers 33 HR, 42 2B, .623 SLG, 96 RBI, 88 R, 156 H,
.327 BA, 1.013 OPS
3 – 2016, 2017, 2023
3B Rafael Devers Boston Red Sox 33 HR, 34 2B, 100 RBI, 157 H, 90 R, .
271 BA, .851 OPS
2 – 2021, 2023
OF Kyle Tucker Houston Astros 29 HR, 37 2B, 112 RBI, 163 H, 97 R, 80 BB,
30 SB, .284 BA, .886 OPS
1 – 2023
OF Julio Rodríguez Seattle Mariners 32 HR, 37 2B, 180 H, 102 R, 103 RBI, 37 SB,
.275 BA, .886 OPS
2 – 2022, 2023
OF Luis Robert Jr. Chicago White Sox 38 HR, 36 2B, .542 SLG, 144 H, 90 R, 80 RBI,
20 SB, .264 BA, .857 OPS
1 – 2023
C Adley Rutschman Baltimore Orioles 20 HR, 31 2B, .374 OBP, 163 H, 84 R, 80
RBI, 92 BB, .277 BA, .809 OPS
1 – 2023
DH Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles Angels 44 HR, 26 2B, .654 SLG, .412 OBP, 325 TB,
151 H, 102 R, 95 RBI, 20 SB, .304 BA, 1.066
OPS
2 – 2021, 2023
UT Gunnar Henderson Baltimore Orioles 28 HR, 29 2B, 9 3B, 82 RBI, 100 R, 143 H,
.255 BA, .814 OPS
1 – 2023
OFFENSIVE TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARDS
For the first time, Silver Slugger Awards were presented to the best offensive team in both the American and National Leagues. Winners were determined by a combination of team offensive statistics and a vote of MLB fans who cast ballots for finalists via MLB.com between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1. The winners, the Texas Rangers in the American League and the Atlanta Braves in the National league, both led their respective leagues in Runs, Hits, Home Runs, RBI, Batting Average, OBP, Slugging Percentage, and OPS.
MLB NETWORK HAS EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
For the 15th consecutive year, MLB Network made the exclusive announcement of the Silver Slugger Awards presented by Louisville Slugger in a special, one-hour telecast hosted by Robert Flores, Yonder Alonso, and Tom Verducci. All twenty-two awards, including the new Team of the Year Awards, were inside MLB Network studios and featured throughout the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award show. Louisville Slugger initiated the Silver Slugger Awards in 1980, making this the 44th consecutive season for these prestigious awards.
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