Louisville Slugger ® and MLB Network announced tonight that the Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez has been named the American League’s 2018 Silver Slugger Award winner at catcher. This is Perez’s second career Silver Slugger Award (also: 2016), and he joins George Brett (3) and Willie Wilson (2) as the only Royals to earn the honor multiple times since it was established in 1980. Perez is among 10 Royals (14 times) to earn the honor overall, and the only catcher.
This marks the fourth consecutive season in which a Royal has earned a Silver Slugger Award, as other recent winners include Kendrys Morales (2015) and Eric Hosmer (2017).