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

List of Silver Slugger Award winners at third base

Section Title: American League winners
Table Section Text: None

Year	Player	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	Ref

1980	George Brett†	Kansas City Royals	.390	.454	.664	24	118

1981	Carney Lansford	Boston Red Sox	.336	.389	.439	4	52

1982	Doug DeCinces	California Angels	.301	.369	.548	30	97

1983	Wade Boggs*†	Boston Red Sox	.361	.444	.486	5	74

1984	Buddy Bell	Texas Rangers	.315	.382	.458	11	83

1985	George Brett†	Kansas City Royals	.335	.436	.585	30	112

1986	Wade Boggs*†	Boston Red Sox	.357	.453	.486	8	71

1987	Wade Boggs*†	Boston Red Sox	.363	.461	.588	24	89

1988	Wade Boggs*†	Boston Red Sox	.366	.476	.490	5	58

1989	Wade Boggs*†	Boston Red Sox	.330	.430	.449	3	54

1990	Kelly Gruber	Toronto Blue Jays	.274	.330	.512	31	118

1991	Wade Boggs*†	Boston Red Sox	.332	.421	.460	8	51

1992	Edgar Martínez†	Seattle Mariners	.343	.404	.544	18	73

1993	Wade Boggs*†	New York Yankees	.302	.378	.363	2	59

1994	Wade Boggs*†	New York Yankees	.342	.433	.489	11	55

1995	Gary Gaetti	Kansas City Royals	.261	.329	.518	35	96

1996	Jim Thome†	Cleveland Indians	.311	.450	.612	38	116

1997	Matt Williams	Cleveland Indians	.263	.307	.488	32	105

1998	Dean Palmer	Kansas City Royals	.278	.333	.510	34	119

1999	Dean Palmer	Detroit Tigers	.263	.339	.518	38	100

2000	Troy Glaus	Anaheim Angels	.284	.404	.604	47	102

2001	Troy Glaus	Anaheim Angels	.250	.367	.531	41	108

2002	Eric Chavez	Oakland Athletics	.275	.348	.513	34	109

2003	Bill Mueller	Boston Red Sox	.326	.398	.540	19	85

2004	Melvin Mora	Baltimore Orioles	.340	.419	.562	27	104

2005	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	.321	.421	.610	48	130

2006	Joe Crede	Chicago White Sox	.283	.323	.506	30	94

2007	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	.314	.422	.645	54	156

2008	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	.302	.392	.573	35	103

2009	Evan Longoria	Tampa Bay Rays	.281	.364	.526	33	113

2010	Adrián Beltré	Boston Red Sox	.321	.365	.553	28	102

2011	Adrián Beltré	Texas Rangers	.296	.331	.561	32	105

2012	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	.330	.393	.606	44	139

2013	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	.348	.442	.636	44	137

2014	Adrián Beltré	Texas Rangers	.324	.388	.492	19	77

2015	Josh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays	.297	.371	.568	41	123

2016	Josh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays	.284	.404	.549	37	99

2017	José Ramírez	Cleveland Indians	.318	.374	.583	29	83

2018	José Ramírez	Cleveland Indians	.270	.387	.552	39	105

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Boggs holds the record for the highest on-base percentage in a third baseman's winning season with .476 in 1988.

final_sentence: Boggs holds the record for the highest on-base percentage in a third baseman's winning season with .476 in 1988.