david freese led the national league in home runs this year.
david freese led the national league in home runs this year.
who leads the national league in home runs this year?
david freese
giles led the 2000 club in doubles, triples, home runs, rbis and walks. his 123 rbis were eight shy of paul waner's club record of 131 set in 1927. he became the first pirate ever to hit at least .300 with 30 plus home runs and 100 plus rbis in back-to-back seasons, he became the third player in club history with 100 runs, 100 rbis and 100 walks in the same season, after barry bonds in 1992 and ralph kiner from 1948–51. his 114 walks were the most by a pirate since 1992, bonds drew 127 walks. giles' 74 home runs in two seasons with the club represent the most in back-to-back seasons since willie stargell hit 77 in 1972–73. he was named national league player-of-the-week after hitting .400 with two doubles, three home runs and 12 rbis between may 2 and may 7 and shared player of the week honors with colorado's todd helton after hitting .523 with three doubles, one triple, three home runs, eight rbis and six runs scored between august 12 and august 20. giles was named to the all-star team for the first time in his career. he finished ninth in voting among national league outfielders.
brian giles
rodriguez' offensive statistics in his seven silver slugger-winning seasons lead american league and major league shortstops in most categories; his batting average of .358 and .631 slugging percentage in 1996, .420 on-base percentage in 2000 and 57 home runs in 2002 are records among winning shortstops. the lone category in which rodriguez does not lead the american league is runs batted in (rbi), where miguel tejada is the leader; he batted in 150 runs in 2004. the rbi leader in the national league is trevor story, who batted in 108 runs in 2018. in contrast, rodriguez collected rbi totals over 110 (ranging from 111 in 1999 to 142 in 2002) in all of his silver slugger-winning seasons, highlighting the difference in power and production between american league and national league shortstops. other national league leaders include larkin and hanley ramírez, who led in batting average (larkin and ramírez batted .342 in 1989 and 2009 respectively) and on-base percentage (larkin and ramírez with .410 in 1996 and 2009 respectively), along with rich aurilia, who leads in slugging percentage (.572, 2001). aurilla is also tied with story as the national league leader in home runs (aurilla and story hit 37 in 2001 and 2018 respectively). though he has never played in the national league, rodriguez' 40 or more home runs in six of his seven winning seasons at shortstop are greater than any total hit by a national league winner at third base.
list of silver slugger award winners at shortstop