"Here's something you might not be aware of: the Red Sox absolutely own the third base Silver Slugger award. Of the 45 trophies given out at that position, 11 of them have gone to Red Sox third baseman. This has been thanks mostly to Wade Boggs, who won the award six times with the Sox. But Rafael Devers also won the award twice, with Adrian Beltre, Bill Mueller, and Carney Lansford all picking up the hardware, too."
"Unsurprisingly, the Sox have done really well in the Silver Slugger overall, having won exactly 50 of them since it was first given out in 1980. And it wasn't only Wade Boggs who piled them up at Fenway. David Ortiz won the DH version of the award eight times, while Manny and Xander chipped in five during their time with the Sox."
"But, horrifyingly, those 50 Silver Sluggers are not the most in baseball history. They were the most as recently as two years ago, when Rafael Devers won the Silver Slugger in 2023, the last Red Sox hitter to do so. But in 2024, with Aaron Judge and Juan Soto picking up the award and the Red Sox getting blanked, the Yankees moved ahead of the Sox in the all-time Silver Slugger standings (a thing I just made up, but whatever) edging them 51-50."
The Red Sox have won 11 of the 45 third-base Silver Slugger awards, led by Wade Boggs' six wins. Rafael Devers won the award twice, and Adrian Beltre, Bill Mueller, and Carney Lansford also won at third. The franchise has 50 Silver Sluggers overall since 1980, including David Ortiz's eight DH awards and five combined from Manny Ramirez and Xander Bogaerts. The Yankees surpassed the Red Sox in all-time Silver Sluggers in 2024, moving to 51 while the Red Sox remained at 50. Red Sox representation among recent finalists declined, with Alex Bregman the lone finalist in 2025.
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