Ranking the 5 biggest Silver Slugger snubs in Seattle Mariners history

The Seattle Mariners will hopefully receive at least one Silver Slugger award in 2025, but it's always possible that some will get snubbed. And if that happens, it won't be for the first time.

Here are the top five Silver Slugger snubs in Mariners history.

Ranking the biggest Silver Slugger snubs in Mariners history, from 5 to 1

5. Robinson Cano, 2016

Canó lost the Silver Slugger this year, with the second base award instead going to Jose Altuve. While Altuve did have a better OPS (.928 to .882), Canó was clearly the superior power hitter. He hit 39 home runs, whereas Altuve hit just 24 long balls. Sure, Altuve hit more doubles and triples, but Canó still had a higher slugging percentage (.533 to .531). Brian Dozier was also in contention for this award, as he hit 42 home runs and drove in 99 runs. Ultimately, the award going to Altuve over Canó or Dozier feels like a recognition of his high average and OBP, but he was not the better slugger.

This was not the only time Canó was robbed in favor of Altuve. In 2014, he hit seven more home runs, had a higher slugging percentage and higher OPS (he led all second-basemen in OPS that year), but once again, Altuve got the hardware.

4. Ken Griffey, 1992

Griffey finished second among AL outfielders in OPS in 1992, with a rate of .896, and his .535 slugging led all AL outfielders. However, he only hit 27 home runs, partially due to him only playing 142 games. He was passed over in favor of Juan Gonzalez (43 home runs, .833 OPS) and Joe Carter (34 home runs, .807 OPS). Looking back, it feels like Griffey should have won the award over Carter.

3. Jay Buhner, 1994

Buhner lost the Silver Slugger to right fielder Kirby Puckett, which feels like a snub. Buhner hit one more home run (21 to 20), and also had a higher OBP, SLG, and OPS than Puckett. Puckett did produce more runs, with a whopping 112 RBI in just 108 games, compared to Buhner's 68 RBI. It feels like the voters looked at the RBI totals and voted based purely on that stat.

2. Edgar Martínez, 1998

Martínez was the best DH in baseball this year, at least according to OPS. He paced the league with a .994 OPS, and also led all DHs in slugging and OBP. Yet the voters chose Jose Canseco, who hit just .237 but crushed 46 long balls.

1. Edgar Martínez, 1996

This one just feels impossible. Martinez led all DHs with a 1.059 OPS, also hitting 26 home runs and 52 doubles. There were other strong candidates as well, including the Yankees' Cecil Fielder, who hit 39 home runs and Oakland's Geronimo Berroa, who hit 36 home runs. But bafflingly, the award went to Paul Moliter, who had hit just nine home runs and had an .858 OPS.