List of Silver Slugger Award winners at second base
American League winners

List of Silver Slugger Award winners at second base

Section Title: American League winners
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Year	Player	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	Ref

1980	Willie Randolph	New York Yankees	.294	.427	.407	7	46

1981	Bobby Grich	California Angels	.271	.377	.408	22	61

1982	Dámaso García	Toronto Blue Jays	.310	.338	.399	5	42

1983	Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers	.320	.380	.457	12	72

1984	Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers	.289	.357	.407	12	72

1985	Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers	.279	.362	.456	21	73

1986	Frank White	Kansas City Royals	.272	.322	.465	22	84

1987	Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers	.265	.341	.427	16	59

1988	Julio Franco	Cleveland Indians	.303	.361	.409	10	54

1989	Julio Franco	Texas Rangers	.316	.386	.462	13	92

1990	Julio Franco	Texas Rangers	.296	.383	.402	11	69

1991	Julio Franco	Texas Rangers	.341	.408	.474	15	78

1992	Roberto Alomar†	Toronto Blue Jays	.310	.405	.427	8	76

1993	Carlos Baerga	Cleveland Indians	.321	.355	.486	21	114

1994	Carlos Baerga	Cleveland Indians	.314	.333	.525	19	80

1995	Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	.333	.424	.487	11	63

1996	Roberto Alomar†	Baltimore Orioles	.328	.411	.527	22	94

1997	Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	.291	.390	.411	9	58

1998	Damion Easley	Detroit Tigers	.271	.332	.478	27	100

1999	Roberto Alomar†	Cleveland Indians	.323	.422	.533	24	120

2000	Roberto Alomar†	Cleveland Indians	.310	.378	.475	19	89

2001	Bret Boone	Seattle Mariners	.331	.372	.578	37	141

2002	Alfonso Soriano	New York Yankees	.300	.332	.547	39	102

2003	Bret Boone	Seattle Mariners	.294	.366	.535	35	117

2004	Alfonso Soriano	Texas Rangers	.280	.324	.484	28	91

2005	Alfonso Soriano	Texas Rangers	.268	.309	.512	36	104

2006	Robinson Canó	New York Yankees	.342	.365	.525	15	78

2007	Plácido Polanco	Detroit Tigers	.341	.388	.458	9	67

2008	Dustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	.326	.376	.493	17	83

2009	Aaron Hill	Toronto Blue Jays	.286	.330	.499	36	108

2010	Robinson Canó	New York Yankees	.319	.381	.534	29	109

2011	Robinson Canó	New York Yankees	.302	.349	.533	28	118

2012	Robinson Canó	New York Yankees	.313	.379	.550	33	94

2013	Robinson Canó	New York Yankees	.314	.383	.516	27	107

2014	José Altuve	Houston Astros	.341	.377	.453	7	59

2015	José Altuve	Houston Astros	.313	.353	.459	15	66

2016	José Altuve	Houston Astros	.338	.396	.531	24	96

2017	José Altuve	Houston Astros	.346	.410	.547	24	81

2018	José Altuve	Houston Astros	.316	.386	.451	13	61

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Altuve holds the record for the highest average in a second baseman's Silver Slugger-winning season with the .346 mark he set in 2017.

final_sentence: Altuve holds the record for the highest average in a second baseman's Silver Slugger-winning season with the .346 mark he set in 2017.