The two Cubs outfielders are not the only ones competing for a Silver Slugger, as second baseman Nico Hoerner is as well. Seiya Suzuki and Michael Busch might not have been named as finalists, but their performances, along with others, also helped the Cubs as a unit land on the ballot.

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As an organization, the Royals have produced 19 Silver Slugger Award winners. Witt is the lone Royals shortstop to receive the honor and just the fourth KC player to win it multiple times. He joined Perez (five), George Brett (three) and Willie Wilson (two) with that distinction.

Entering the 2022 season, only 13 players had won a Silver Slugger Award as a rookie since it was established in 1980. But after the Athletics' Nick Kurtz won the honor for the '25 campaign, it marked four straight years in which a rookie had achieved the feat.

Now that the 2025 MLB campaign is officially over, the highly-anticipated awards have started to be handed out to players who had outstanding performances durin

To truly become the hitter he always thought he could be and earn the affirmation that a Silver Slugger Award provides, Cardinals outfielder/first baseman Alec Burleson had to shed the stubbornness of