List of Silver Slugger Award winners at designated hitter
Winners

List of Silver Slugger Award winners at designated hitter

Section Title: Winners
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Year	Player	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	Ref

1980	Reggie Jackson†	New York Yankees	.300	.398	.597	41	111

1981	Al Oliver	Texas Rangers	.309	.348	.411	4	55

1982	Hal McRae	Kansas City Royals	.308	.369	.542	27	133

1983	Don Baylor	New York Yankees	.303	.361	.494	21	85

1984	Andre Thornton	Cleveland Indians	.271	.366	.484	33	99

1985	Don Baylor	New York Yankees	.231	.330	.430	23	91

1986	Don Baylor	Boston Red Sox	.238	.344	.439	31	94

1987	Paul Molitor †	Milwaukee Brewers	.353	.438	.566	16	75

1988	Paul Molitor †	Milwaukee Brewers	.312	.384	.452	13	60

1989	Harold Baines †	Chicago White Sox Texas Rangers	.309	.395	.465	16	72

1990	Dave Parker	Milwaukee Brewers	.289	.330	.451	21	92

1991	Frank Thomas †	Chicago White Sox	.318	.453	.553	32	109

1992	Dave Winfield†	Toronto Blue Jays	.290	.377	.491	26	108

1993	Paul Molitor †	Toronto Blue Jays	.332	.402	.509	22	111

1994	Julio Franco	Chicago White Sox	.319	.406	.510	20	98

1995	Edgar Martínez†	Seattle Mariners	.356	.479	.628	29	113

1996	Paul Molitor †	Minnesota Twins	.341	.390	.468	9	113

1997	Edgar Martínez†	Seattle Mariners	.330	.456	.554	28	108

1998	Jose Canseco	Toronto Blue Jays	.237	.318	.518	46	107

1999	Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers	.324	.420	.630	47	148

2000	Frank Thomas†	Chicago White Sox	.328	.436	.625	43	143

2001	Edgar Martínez†	Seattle Mariners	.306	.423	.543	23	116

2002	Manny Ramirez	Boston Red Sox	.349	.450	.647	33	107

2003	Edgar Martínez†	Seattle Mariners	.294	.406	.489	24	98

2004	David Ortiz*	Boston Red Sox	.301	.380	.603	41	139

2005	David Ortiz*	Boston Red Sox	.300	.397	.604	47	148

2006	David Ortiz*	Boston Red Sox	.287	.413	.636	54	137

2007	David Ortiz*	Boston Red Sox	.332	.445	.621	35	117

2008	Aubrey Huff	Baltimore Orioles	.304	.360	.552	32	108

2009	Adam Lind	Toronto Blue Jays	.305	.370	.562	35	114

2010	Vladimir Guerrero†	Texas Rangers	.300	.345	.496	29	115

2011	David Ortiz*	Boston Red Sox	.309	.398	.554	29	96

2012	Billy Butler	Kansas City Royals	.313	.373	.510	29	107

2013	David Ortiz*	Boston Red Sox	.309	.395	.564	30	103

2014	Víctor Martínez	Detroit Tigers	.335	.409	.565	32	103

2015	Kendrys Morales	Kansas City Royals	.290	.362	.485	22	106

2016	David Ortiz*	Boston Red Sox	.315	.401	.620	38	127

2017	Nelson Cruz	Seattle Mariners	.288	.375	.549	39	119

2018	J. D. Martinez	Boston Red Sox	.330	.402	.629	43	130

Sentence(s)

Ortiz hit 54 home runs during the 2006 season, in which he won his award, and his 2005 total of 148 runs batted in is tied with Rafael Palmeiro's 1999 designated hitters.

final_sentence: Ortiz hit 54 home runs during the 2006 season, in which he won his award, and his 2005 total of 148 runs batted in is tied with Rafael Palmeiro's 1999 designated hitters.