Kansas City Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. has been named the winner of the 2025 Silver Slugger Award, as announced Friday tonight by Louisville Slugger.
Witt Jr. was one of three finalists among American League shortstops, along with Toronto’s Bo Bichette and Houston’s Jeremy Peña.
Including Witt Jr., the Royals had four finalists for Silver Slugger Awards, including catcher Salvador Perez, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia, who was a finalist for the Silver Slugger Utility Award. The Royals were one of three American League teams with four finalists, along with the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.
This is Witt Jr.’s second straight Silver Slugger Award, after earning the honor in 2024. Earlier this week, he was named a Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner for the second straight season. He is the fifth shortstop to win both a Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award in consecutive seasons, following Troy Tulowitzki (2010-11), Alex Rodriguez (2002-03), Edgar Renteria (2002-03) and Barry Larkin (1995-96).
Witt Jr. led the Majors in hits (184) for the second consecutive season, becoming the first player to accomplish that feat (excluding 2020) since Whit Merrifield did so for the Royals from 2018-19. Witt Jr. also led the Majors with 47 doubles in 2025.
Witt Jr. recorded at least 1 hit in 127 games, 10 more than Shohei Ohtani and Elly De La Cruz (117) for the most in the Majors. He had the longest hit streak in the Majors in 2025 (22 games) and also had hit streaks of 18 and 14 games.
Among AL shortstops, Witt Jr. ranked 1st in hits, doubles, extra-base hits (76), triples (6), runs (99), stolen bases (38), slugging percentage (.501) and OPS (.852), and he ranked 3rd in home runs (23) and RBI (88).
Witt Jr. was one of two players in the Majors in 2025 to record at least 75 extra-base hits and 30 stolen bases, along with Corbin Carroll (80 XBH, 32 SB). He became the first player in Major League history this season to record at least 20 HR and 30 stolen bases in each of his first four seasons.
The Royals have had 11 different players combine for 19 Silver Slugger Awards since the honor was first established in 1980. Witt Jr. is the only Royals shortstop to win a Silver Slugger Award, and he’s the fourth Royals player at any position to win multiple Silver Slugger Awards, joining Perez (5), George Brett (3) and Willie Wilson (2).