2009 AL and NL Sliver Slugger Award

Yesterday afternoon we all saw the AL and NL Gold Glove Award, so today were gonna take a look at the AL and NL Sliver Slugger Award. Will start off with the American League first.


American League
Catcher - Joe Mauer from the Twins
First Base - Mark Teixeira from the Yankees
Second Base - Aaron Hill from the Blue Jays
Third Base - Evan Longoria from the Rays
Short Stop - 4 time winner Derek Jeter from the Yankees
Outfield - Jason Bay from the Red Sox
Outfield - Torii Hunter from the Angels
Outfield - Ichiro Suzuki from the Mariners
DH - Adam Lind from the Blue Jays


National Leauge
Catcher - Brian McCann from the Braves
First Base - Albert Pujols from the Cardinals
Second Base - 4 time winner Chase Utley from the Phillies
Third Base - Ryan Zimmerman from the Nats
Short Stop - Hanley Ramirez from the Marlins
Outfield - Ryan Braun from the Brewers
Outfield - Andre Ethier from the Dodgers
Outfield - Matt Kemp from the Dodgers
Pitcher - 3 time winner Carlos Zambrano from the Cubs


If your a Phillies fan you must be very proud of second baseman Chase Utley for winning his 4th straight Sliver Slugger Award since Make Schmidt back in the 80's. The second baseman first won it back in 2006 and Phillies fans knew they had something special on their hands. Chase Utley is one of your premier players in the game and will be for a long time. Take a look at his number from 2006 to 2009.

2006 - AVG .309, 32 HR, 102 RBI's
2007 - AVG .332, 22 HR, 103 RBI's
2008 - AVG .292, 33 HR, 104 RBI's
2009 - AVG .282, 31 HR, 93 RBI's


We now go to the Cubs and they have themselves a 3 time winner in Carlos Zambrano who is a starting pitcher yet. That's just amazing that a "pitcher" can hit that good to win the Sliver Slugger Award 3 times in his career. Take a look at his numbers from 2006 to 2009.

2006 - AVG .151, 6 HR, 11 RBI's
2008 - AVG .337, 4 HR, 14 RBI's
2009 - AVG .217, 4 HR, 11 RBI's


Now we take a look at Derek Jeter short stop for the Yankees who is a 4 time winner in the American. Jeter has always been at the top of the list of the best short stops but we will get to a better one in a few moments. Jeter has also won 5 World Series as a Yankee and people knew he was going to be one the best in the league. Look at his numbers from 2006 to 2009.

2006 - AVG .343, 15 HR, 97 RBI's
2007 - AVG .322, 12 HR, 73 RBI's
2008 - AVG .300, 11 HR, 69 RBI's
2009 - AVG .334, 18 HR, 66 RBI's


At one point Cal Ripken,Jr from the Orioles held the all time record for the most wins for the Sliver Slugger Award with 8 and is and still probably one the best short stops of the game. Ripken first won the award the back in 1983 and would win it again in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 and the last time in 1994. We now get to the best short stop from our time back in 1993 from when he first came up Alex Rodriguez. Back in 1996 Rodriguez won his first Sliver Slugger Award and would do so in till 2000 as a Seattle Mariners, but in 2001 he was signed to the Texas Rangers and would win it another 3 times in 2001, 2002, and 2003. In 2004 Rodriguez was signed to New York Yankees but not as a short stop, but as a third baseman and he would than win 3 more Sliver Slugger awards in 2005, 2007, and 2008 as a third baseman and would hold the all time record with 10 wins with the award. That's just something you don't see. First win 7 as a short stop, than win 3 more as a third baseman is just a great stat that a lot people don't know. Just to be that great of a hitter and one of the best in baseball is a honor to take home all the time.