2007 Silver Slugger awards

[Wynton]

See article and list here

Is this award less controversial and less based on popularity than others, like the gold gloves? According to the article:

"Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award winners were chosen by Major League coaches and managers, who voted for the players they felt were the best offensive producers at each position in both the American and National Leagues in 2007. Selections are based on a combination of offensive statistics, including batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage, as well as the coaches' and managers' general impressions of a player's overall offensive value. Managers and coaches were not allowed to vote for players on their own team."

[Wynton]

Here is the actual list:

AMERICAN LEAGUE AL
C Jorge Posada, NYY
1B Carlos Pena, TB
2B Placido Polanco, DET
3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY
SS Derek Jeter, NYY
OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA
OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
OF Magglio Ordonez, DET
DH David Ortiz, BOS

NATIONAL LEAGUE NL
C Russell Martin, LAD
1B Prince Fielder, MIL
2B Chase Utley, PHI
3B David Wright, NYM
SS Jimmy Rollins, PHI
OF Carlos Beltran, NYM
OF Matt Holliday, COL
OF Carlos Lee, HOU
P Micah Owings, ARI

[Rubeskies]

WOOT Micah!

[SL__72]

Doesn't look too bad, except for Hanley got jobbed.

[dkgojackets]

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Doesn't look too bad, except for Hanley got straight up mugged.

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[dkgojackets]

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Selections are based on a combination of offensive statistics, including batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage, as well as the coaches' and managers' general impressions of a player's overall offensive value.

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Funny that these are the criteria because Hanley Ramirez led Rollins by at least THIRTY POINTS in EACH CATEGORY.

23 runs of VORP. What a joke.

[Mondogarage]

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Doesn't look too bad, except for Hanley got jobbed.

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They also tend to be less controversial because they're not really as meaningful (symbolically) as the Gold Gloves, imho. Typically, the more weight a person places on something, the more controversy is possible.

[MuresanForMVP]

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Doesn't look too bad, except for Hanley got jobbed.

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QFT, and I think I woulda given 3b to Braun because he had pretty much the same numbers even with 150 less ABs then Wright.

[MuresanForMVP]

and I think giving pitchers a Silver Slugger award is awesome. I would love to win one of those as a pitcher

[Jack of Arcades]

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Doesn't look too bad, except for Hanley got jobbed.

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QFT, and I think I woulda given 3b to Braun because he had pretty much the same numbers even with 150 less ABs then Wright.

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Chipper Jones > Ryan Braun