Posey, once again, was the Giants’ best hitter, as he led the team in batting average (.318), on-base percentage (.379), hits (177), and runs batted in (95). They included: batting average (.330), on-base percentage (.460), slugging percentage (.649), walks (124), OPS (1.109), and at-bats per home run (12.40).
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The Giants have always been known for pitching, but Thursday’s Silver Slugger Award announcements showed that this now is an organization that’s as powerful as any in the National League.
Even with the shift, Brian McCann has won the American League’s Silver Slugger Award at catcher. Yunel Escobar hit.314, eighth-highest in baseball, but did not display the power or run production of other National League third basemen.
Donaldson is the first Blue Jays third baseman to win a Silver Slugger Award since Kelly Gruber won one in 1990.
Bogaerts is the youngest to win an A.L. Silver Slugger at shortstop since a 20-year-old Alex Rodriguez earned the honor in 1996. The award has been presented since 1980 and is voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers.
This is McCann’s first Silver Slugger since 2011. One day later, Harper was named as a finalist for the NL’s Most Valuable Player award. He hit. 337 (68-for-202) with two down, which was good for fifth in the Junior Circuit. He ranked first among Major League leaders in runs scored (122), while leading the AL in RBIs (123) and extra-base hits (84).
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His. 468 slugging percentage this year was actually ever-so-slightly lower than his.
