List of Silver Slugger Award winners at catcher

Mike Piazza is the all-time leader in Silver Slugger Awards among catchers, winning ten consecutive from 1993 to 2002.

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".^[1] Managers and coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their own team.^[1] The Silver Slugger was first awarded in 1980 and is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats.^[2] The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league^[1] and plated with sterling silver.^[3]

Among catchers, Mike Piazza has won the most Silver Slugger Awards, with ten consecutive wins in the National League between 1993 and 2002;^[4] this is the most Silver Sluggers won consecutively by any player in Major League Baseball.^[5][6] 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.^[7][8] Lance Parrish won the American League award six times (1980, 1982–1984, 1986, and 1990),^[9] and Jorge Posada has won it five times, including four consecutive (2000–2003, 2007).^[10] Hall of Famer Gary Carter (1981–1983, 1984–1986) and Brian McCann (2006, 2008-2011) are five-time winners in the National League.^[11][12] Other multiple awardees include Joe Mauer (four wins; 2006, 2008–2010),^[13] Benito Santiago (four wins; 1987–1988, 1990–1991),^[14] Mickey Tettleton (three wins; 1989, 1991–1992)^[15] and Carlton Fisk (three wins; 1981, 1985, 1988).^[16] McCann and Alex Avila 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 batted .362, 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.^[4] Javy López holds the Major League records among winners for home runs (43) and slugging percentage (.687); these were set in 2003.^[17] In the American League, Mauer holds the records for batting average and OBP, each set in 2006. His on-base percentage was .429, and his batting average was .347,^[13] which made him the first catcher to lead the Major Leagues in batting average since Ernie Lombardi (1942 Boston Braves).^[18] Rodríguez leads the American League in slugging percentage among winners (.558 in 1999).^[7] Parrish batted in 114 runs in 1983,^[9] and Fisk hit 37 home runs in 1985.^[16]

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 won four AL Silver Sluggers at catcher (2006, 2008–2010).

Jorge Posada has won five AL Silver Sluggers as a catcher (2000–2003, 2007).

Year	Player	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	Ref
1980	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	.286	.325	.499	24	82	[19]
1981	Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk^†	Chicago White Sox	.263	.354	.361	7	45	[20]
1982	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	.284	.338	.529	32	87	[21]
1983	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	.269	.314	.483	27	114	[22]
1984	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	.237	.287	.443	33	98	[23]
1985	Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk^†	Chicago White Sox	.238	.320	.488	37	107	[24]
1986	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	.257	.340	.483	22	62	[25]
1987	Nokes, MattMatt Nokes	Detroit Tigers	.289	.345	.536	32	87	[26]
1988	Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk^†	Chicago White Sox	.277	.377	.542	19	50	[27]
1989	Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton	Baltimore Orioles	.258	.369	.509	26	65	[28]
1990	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	California Angels	.268	.338	.451	24	70	[29]
1991	Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton	Detroit Tigers	.263	.387	.491	31	89	[30]
1992	Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton	Detroit Tigers	.238	.379	.469	32	83	[31]
1993	Stanley, MikeMike Stanley	New York Yankees	.305	.389	.534	26	84	[32]
1994	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers	.298	.360	.488	16	57	[33]
1995	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers	.303	.327	.449	12	67	[34]
1996	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers	.300	.342	.473	19	86	[35]
1997	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers	.313	.360	.484	20	77	[36]
1998	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers	.321	.358	.513	21	91	[37]
1999	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers	.332	.356	.558	35	113	[38]
2000	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	New York Yankees	.287	.417	.527	28	86	[39]
2001	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	New York Yankees	.277	.363	.475	22	95	[40]
2002	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	New York Yankees	.268	.370	.468	20	99	[41]
2003	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	New York Yankees	.281	.405	.518	30	101	[42]
2004^§	Martinez, VictorVíctor Martínez	Cleveland Indians	.283	.359	.492	23	108	[43]
2004^§	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez	Detroit Tigers	.334	.383	.510	19	86	[44]
2005	Varitek, JasonJason Varitek	Boston Red Sox	.281	.366	.489	22	70	[45]
2006	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	.347	.429	.507	13	84	[46]
2007	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	New York Yankees	.338	.426	.543	20	90	[47]
2008	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	.328	.413	.451	9	85	[48]
2009	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	.365	.444	.587	28	96	[49]
2010	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	.327	.402	.469	9	75	[50]
2011	Avila, AlexAlex Avila	Detroit Tigers	.295	.389	.506	19	82	[51]
2012	Pierzynski, A. J.A. J. Pierzynski	Chicago White Sox	.278	.326	.501	27	77	[52]
2013	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	.324	.404	.476	11	47	[53]
2014	Gomes, YanYan Gomes	Cleveland Indians	.278	.313	.472	21	74	[54]
2015	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	New York Yankees	.232	.320	.427	26	94	[55]

National League winners

Brian McCann won five NL Silver Sluggers as a catcher (2006, 2008–2011).

Russell Martin stole 21 bases^[56] as a catcher during his NL Silver Slugger-winning season (2007).

Year	Player	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	Ref
1980	Simmons, TedTed Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	.303	.375	.505	21	98	[57]
1981	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Montreal Expos	.251	.313	.444	16	68	[58]
1982	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Montreal Expos	.293	.381	.510	29	97	[59]
1983	Kennedy, TerryTerry Kennedy	San Diego Padres	.284	.342	.434	17	98	[60]
1984	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	Montreal Expos	.294	.366	.487	27	106	[61]
1985	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	New York Mets	.281	.365	.488	32	100	[62]
1986	Carter, GaryGary Carter^†	New York Mets	.255	.337	.439	24	105	[63]
1987	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	San Diego Padres	.300	.324	.467	18	79	[64]
1988	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	San Diego Padres	.248	.282	.362	10	46	[65]
1989	Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio^†	Houston Astros	.257	.336	.402	13	60	[66]
1990	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	San Diego Padres	.270	.323	.419	11	53	[67]
1991	Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago	San Diego Padres	.267	.296	.403	17	87	[68]
1992	Daulton, DarrenDarren Daulton	Philadelphia Phillies	.270	.385	.524	27	109	[69]
1993	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	Los Angeles Dodgers	.318	.370	.561	35	112	[70]
1994	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	Los Angeles Dodgers	.319	.370	.541	24	92	[71]
1995	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	Los Angeles Dodgers	.346	.400	.606	32	93	[72]
1996	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	Los Angeles Dodgers	.336	.422	.563	36	105	[73]
1997	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	Los Angeles Dodgers	.362	.431	.638	40	124	[74]
1998	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	Los Angeles Dodgers Florida Marlins New York Mets	.328	.390	.570	32	111	[75] [76] [77]
1999	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	New York Mets	.303	.361	.575	40	124	[78]
2000	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	New York Mets	.324	.398	.614	38	113	[79]
2001	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	New York Mets	.300	.384	.573	36	94	[80]
2002	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza*^†	New York Mets	.280	.359	.544	33	98	[81]
2003	Lopez, JavyJavy López	Atlanta Braves	.328	.378	.687	43	109	[82]
2004	Estrada, JohnnyJohnny Estrada	Atlanta Braves	.314	.378	.450	9	76	[83]
2005	Barrett, MichaelMichael Barrett	Chicago Cubs	.276	.345	.479	16	61	[84]
2006	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Atlanta Braves	.333	.388	.572	24	93	[85]
2007	Martin, RussellRussell Martin	Los Angeles Dodgers	.293	.374	.469	19	87	[86]
2008	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Atlanta Braves	.301	.373	.523	23	87	[87]
2009	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Atlanta Braves	.281	.349	.486	21	94	[88]
2010	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Atlanta Braves	.269	.375	.453	21	77	[89]
2011	McCann, BrianBrian McCann	Atlanta Braves	.270	.351	.466	24	71	[90]
2012	Posey, BusterBuster Posey	San Francisco Giants	.336	.408	.549	24	103	[91]
2013	Molina, YadierYadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	.319	.359	.477	12	80	[92]
2014	Posey, BusterBuster Posey	San Francisco Giants	.311	.364	.490	22	89	[93]
2015	Posey, BusterBuster Posey	San Francisco Giants	.318	.379	.470	19	95	[94]

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External links

• Louisville Slugger - The Silver Slugger Award