Aaron Judge, Nick Kurtz headline 2025 AL Silver Slugger Award winners

2025 AL Silver Slugger Award winners
2025 AL Silver Slugger Award winners Ishika Samant/Getty Images

The MLB announced the 2025 Silver Slugger Award winners for the American League on Friday!

A Silver Slugger Award is given to a player at each respective position (excluding pitcher) and three outfielders, including a specific team, who put on the best hitting performance of the season. 

Check out who won for the National League here!

Both the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers led the way with two Silver Sluggers each, meaning the Arizona Diamondbacks led all of baseball this season with three.

Aaron Judge has now won back-to-back Silver Sluggers and now four in the last five years with five in total. He is now tied with Yankees legends Jorge Posada, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, and Dave Winfield for the most Silver Sluggers in franchise history.

Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz joined Shohei Ohtani as the only two players in American League history to win a Silver Slugger during their rookie season. 

This will also be Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh's first Silver Slugger as he competes with Judge for this year's AL MVP, while Cleveland's Jose Ramirez has now won his sixth Silver Slugger.

Jazz Chisholm Jr, Zack McKinstry, Riley Greene, and Byron Buxton all won their first, while George Springer won his third and Bobby Witt Jr. his second. 

Fans can check out each winner for each position below and their batting statistics:

C - Cal Raleigh (SEA): 147 H, 60 HR, 125 RBI, .247/.359/.589

1B - Nick Kurtz (ATH): 122 H, 36 HR, 86 RBI, .290/.383/.619    

2B - Jazz Chisholm Jr. (NYY): 112 H, 31 HR, 80 RBI, .242/.332/.481

3B - Jose Ramirez (CLE): 168 H, 30 HR, 85 RBI, .283/.360/.503

SS - Bobby Witt Jr. (KC): 184 H, 23 HR, 88 RBI, .295/.351/.501

OF - Aaron Judge (NYY): 179 H, 53 HR, 114 RBI, .331/.457/.688

OF - Byron Buxton (MIN): 129 H, 35 HR, 83 RBI, .264/.327/.551

OF - Riley Greene (DET): 155 H, 36 HR, 111 RBI, .258/.313/.493

DH - George Springer (TOR): 154 H, 32 HR, 84 RBI, .309/.399/.560

UTIL - Zack McKinstry (DET): 117 H, 12 HR, 49 RBI, .259/.333/.438

Stat glossary:

H = hits

R = runs

HR = home runs

RBI = runs batted in

// = batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage