:List of Silver Slugger Award winners at second base

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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, in addition to "coaches' and managers' general impressions of a player's overall offensive value".{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081113&content_id=3678442&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil|title=Braun nets first Silver Slugger Award|last=McCalvy|first=Adam|date=November 13, 2008|work=Brewers.MLB.com|access-date=March 9, 2009}} Managers and coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their own team. The Silver Slugger was first awarded in 1980 and is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats.{{cite web|url=http://www.slugger.com/silverslugger/index.html |title=Louisville Slugger – The Silver Slugger Awards |publisher=Louisville Slugger |access-date=March 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530180441/http://slugger.com/silverslugger/index.html |archive-date=May 30, 2013 }} The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league and plated with sterling silver.{{cite web |title = What are the Silver Bat and Silver Slugger Team Awards? |url = http://www.sluggermuseum.org/faqs.aspx?id=31308865 |publisher = Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory |access-date = April 15, 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120910100213/http://www.sluggermuseum.org/faqs.aspx?id=31308865 |archive-date = September 10, 2012 }}

Among second basemen, Ryne Sandberg, who played 15 seasons with the Chicago Cubs in his 16-year career, is tied for the most Silver Sluggers all-time with seven wins, and is first among all National League second basemen, including five consecutive from 1988 to 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandbry01.shtml|title=Ryne Sandberg Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} Three other National League players have won the award four times. Jeff Kent (2000–2002, 2005) won three consecutive awards with the San Francisco Giants, before adding a fourth with the Los Angeles Dodgers; Craig Biggio, who played his entire career with the Houston Astros, won the award four times as a second baseman (1994–1995, 1997–1998) after winning another as a catcher.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/biggicr01.shtml|title=Craig Biggio Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} Chase Utley followed Kent's last win by capturing four consecutive awards (2006–2009).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/utleych01.shtml|title=Chase Utley Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 13, 2009}}

In the American League, Jose Altuve has also won seven Silver Slugger awards, tied for the most all-time, including five consecutive awards (2014–2018). Altuve's seven Silver Slugger awards are the most among American League winners, ahead of Robinson Canó who is a five-time winner. Roberto Alomar won the award at the same position with three different teams (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomaro01.shtml|title=Roberto Alomar Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} Julio Franco won four consecutive awards (1988–1991) with two different teams,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francju01.shtml|title=Julio Franco Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} and Lou Whitaker won four awards in five years (1983–1985, 1987) with the Detroit Tigers.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitalo01.shtml|title=Lou Whitaker Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}}

DJ LeMahieu holds the record for the highest batting average and slugging percentage in a second baseman's Silver Slugger-winning season with the respective .364 and .590 marks he set in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lemahdj01.shtml|title=DJ LeMahieu Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 11, 2022}} In the National League, Luis Arraez's .354 batting average in 2023 ranks first.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arraelu01.shtml|title=Luis Arraez Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 10, 2023}} Willie Randolph, who won the inaugural award in the 1980 season, set a record for on-base percentage (.427) that has not yet been broken.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/randowi01.shtml|title=Willie Randolph Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} Chuck Knoblauch is second behind Randolph in the American League with a .424 on-base percentage,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knoblch01.shtml|title=Chuck Knoblauch Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} a mark that was tied by Jeff Kent in 2000 to set the National League record.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kentje01.shtml|title=Jeff Kent Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} That year, Kent also set the record among second basemen for highest slugging percentage (.596) and the National League record for runs batted in (125). Bret Boone is the overall leader in runs batted in (141); this record was established in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebr01.shtml|title=Bret Boone Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2009}} Marcus Semien hit 45 home runs in 2021, the most ever by a second baseman in a winning season,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/semiema01.shtml|title=Marcus Semien Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 11, 2022}} while Sandberg set the National League mark with 40 in 1990. Jose Altuve collected 225 hits in 2014, the most in a season for a second baseman in the post-integration era.{{cite web|url=https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/most-hits-in-a-season-for-a-second-baseman-since-1947|title=Most Hits In A Season For A Second Baseman Since 1947|access-date=November 16, 2024}}