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View Article  2007 Silver Sluggers Announced

Louisville Slugger’s Silver Slugger award winners were determined by a vote of Major League Baseball® coaches and managers who vote for the players they felt were the best offensive producers at each position in both the American and National Leagues in 2007. Selections were 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.

2007 Silver Slugger Winners

American League
1B – Carlos Pena, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2B – Placido Polanco, Detroit Tigers
3B – Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees
SS – Derek Jeter, New York Yankees
OF – Magglio Ordonez, Detroit Tigers
OF – Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles Angels
OF – Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners
C  – Jorge Posada, New York Yankees
DH – David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox

National League
1B – Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers
2B – Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
3B – David Wright, New York Mets
SS – Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia Phillies
OF – Carlos Beltran, New York Mets
OF – Carlos Lee, Houston Astros
OF – Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies
C  – Russell Martin, Los Angeles Dodgers
P  – Micah Owings, Arizona Diamondbacks

 

View Article  Ordonez Voted Top Tiger

Who else really was there actually?

Outfielder Magglio Ordonez has been unanimously selected as the Tiger of the Year for 2007 in voting by the Detroit Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Ordonez batted .363 in 2007 to win the American League Batting title, marking the first Tigers batting champion since Norm Cash in 1961. His .363 batting average was the highest by a Tigers player since Charlie Gehringer batted .371 in 1937. He led the American League with 54 doubles, while he finished second with 216 hits, 354 total bases, 139 RBI and a .434 on-base percentage. Ordonez also finished fourth with 82 extra-base hits and fifth with 117 runs scored.