2025 Silver Slugger Award winners

The National League’s best hitters were honored Thursday night as the first half of the 2025 Silver Slugger Awards were announced.

The American League winners will be announced on Friday.

The Silver Slugger Awards, which are voted on by MLB managers and coaches, go to the top offensive player at each position in the NL and the AL, including three outfielders and one utility player. There is also an Offensive Team of the Year in each league.

Here are the 2025 Silver Slugger Award winners for the National League.

For someone who hits as many home runs as Alonso does, it’s surprising that this is his first Silver Slugger. But after finishing the 2025 season with 38 home runs, 126 RBIs, an NL-best 41 doubles and an .871 OPS, Alonso is finally taking home the hardware. He led NL first basemen in all of those categories. He’s the first Mets first baseman to win a Silver Slugger Award since Keith Hernandez in 1984.

Marte is a back-to-back winner and one of three D-backs to win a Silver Slugger this season, the most of any National League team. The 32-year-old batted .283 with 28 home runs, 72 RBIs and an .893 OPS this season. His OPS was nearly 100 points higher than any other NL second baseman (Brice Turang ranked second at .794), and he hit 10 more homers than any other NL second baseman (Turang hit 18). The last D-backs player to win back-to-back Silver Slugger Awards was Paul Goldschmidt at first base in 2017 and ’18.

Machado has now won back-to-back Silver Slugger Awards at third base and three since 2020. He’s the first Padres player since Tony Gwynn to win at least three Silver Sluggers (Gwynn won the last of his seven in 1997). Machado batted .275 with 27 home runs and 95 RBIs in 2025 and was an All-Star for the seventh time in his career.

Perdomoâ€s offensive outburst was one of the biggest surprises of 2025. Over the previous three seasons, he had tallied just 14 home runs and a .654 OPS across 1,175 at-bats, good for a below-league-average 83 OPS+. He bashed 20 homers this past season, drove in 100 runs and posted a 136 OPS+ in 597 at-bats. Perdomo added a career-best 27 stolen bases, making him the first D-backs shortstop to log a 20-20 season as well as the first to claim a Silver Slugger.

Soto has now won six Silver Slugger Awards through his age-26 season, something only Mike Trout and Alex Rodriguez have done. He’s won the award six years in a row, too, five times in the NL and once last year in the AL. Soto’s six Silver Sluggers have also come with four different teams — the Nationals, Padres, Yankees and Mets. Soto and Alonso make the Mets the only NL team besides the D-backs to have multiple players take home Silver Sluggers in 2025. Soto had a career-high 43 home runs and an NL-leading 38 stolen bases this season, to go along with a Major League-best 127 walks and a .921 OPS.

Carroll rebounded from a relatively subpar 2024 campaign (.231 average, .750 OPS, 107 OPS+) with a banner year in ‘25. He became the first D-backs player to enter the 30-30 club behind a career-high 31 homers to go with 32 stolen bases. He batted .259 with an .884 OPS and a 140 OPS+. Carroll was one of 13 players to exceed 300 total bases. He led the National League in triples (17) for the third consecutive season, and his 80 extra-base hits tied for the fifth most in the Majors. The 25-year-old is the first D-backs outfielder to earn a Silver Slugger since David Peralta in 2018.

Even as injuries impacted Tuckerâ€s production during the second half of the season, he still turned in some fantastic offensive numbers. He topped 20 homers and 20 steals for the third time in the past four seasons and slashed .266/.377/.464. Tucker, this offseasonâ€s No. 1 free agent, has earned two Silver Sluggers in the past three seasons and is the first Cubs outfielder to earn this honor since Sammy Sosa in 2002.

The Rockies’ 2025 All-Star Game representative, Goodman bopped 31 home runs to go along with 91 RBIs, 281 total bases and an .843 OPS. Only the Mariners†Cal Raleigh had more homers and total bases among qualified catchers this season. Goodman is the first catcher to win a Silver Slugger in franchise history and the first Rockie to win it at any position since Trevor Story in 2019.

He didnâ€t have another 50-50 year, but Ohtani still found ways to make history at the plate this season. His 55 dingers set a Dodgers franchise record, and his MLB-high 146 runs scored were the most by any Dodger in the Modern Era (since 1900). Plus, 20 stolen bases isnâ€t too shabby. For the third straight year, Ohtani was his leagueâ€s leader in slugging (.622), OPS (1.014), OPS+ (179) and total bases (380). He captures his third consecutive Silver Slugger and will likely take home a third consecutive MVP Award next week.

This is the fourth year that the “utility” Silver Slugger has been awarded, and Burleson is the fourth different winner in the National League after Brandon Drury, Cody Bellinger and Mookie Betts. The 26-year-old batted .290 with 18 home runs, 69 RBIs and an .801 OPS in 2025. He’s the Cardinals’ first Silver Slugger Award winner since Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado in 2022.

Team of the Year: Dodgers (second win)

The Dodgers paced the National League this season in runs (825), homers (244), walks (580), OPS (.768) and total bases (2,415), to name just a few categories. That home run total is the third highest in franchise history. Led once again by Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Will Smith and, of course, Ohtani, the back-to-back World Series champions earned back-to-back NL Offensive Team of the Year honors.

AMERICAN LEAGUE FINALISTS

First base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays; Nick Kurtz, Athletics; Vinnie Pasquantino, Kansas City Royals

Second base: Jazz Chisholm Jr., New York Yankees; Brandon Lowe, Tampa Bay Rays; Jorge Polanco, Seattle Mariners

Third base: Alex Bregman, Boston Red Sox; Junior Caminero, Tampa Bay Rays; José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians

Shortstop: Bo Bichette, Toronto Blue Jays; Jeremy Peña, Houston Astros; Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals

Outfield: Cody Bellinger, New York Yankees; Byron Buxton, Minnesota Twins; Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers; Aaron Judge, New York Yankees; Julio Rodríguez, Seattle Mariners; George Springer, Toronto Blue Jays

Catcher: Shea Langeliers, Athletics; Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals; Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners

DH: Yandy Díaz, Tampa Bay Rays; Brent Rooker, Athletics; George Springer, Toronto Blue Jays

Utility: Maikel Garcia, Kansas City Royals; Zach McKinstry, Detroit Tigers; Ben Rice, New York Yankees

Team: New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays

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