Phillies’ Utley wins fourth straight Silver Slugger Award

POSTED: November 12, 2009

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Phillies second baseman Chase Utley won his fourth straight National League Silver Slugger Award on Thursday.

He is the first NL second baseman to win the award in four consecutive seasons since Ryne Sandberg won it in 5 straight years (1988-92). In Phillies history, only Mike Schmidt (six) has won more Silver Slugger Awards than Utley. Schmidt also holds the club record for consecutive awards, winning five straight from 1980 to '84.

Utley led all NL second basemen this season in several offensive categories, including runs scored (112), on-base percentage (.399), slugging percentage (.510) and extra-base hits (63). He was tied for the NL lead among second basemen in home runs (31) and was second in walks with a career-high 88.

He also was 23-for-23 in stolen bases, becoming the 10th Phillie ever to have 20 or more home runs and stolen bases in the same season.

Comments

Posted 07:55 PM, 11/12/2009

akefer

'Chase Utley, you are the man!' Congrats Chase, a well deserved award.

Posted 08:08 PM, 11/12/2009

Neal Obstat

Chase Utley, you are the man!

Posted 08:45 PM, 11/12/2009

fman727

Best 2nd baseman of all time.. Joe morgan has nothing on Utley

Posted 08:53 PM, 11/12/2009

Bill R4

If only some other members of the team, other than Utley and Lee showed up against the Yankees, we might have had a parade. I thought going in that this team wouldn't be intimidated by the pinstripes but they were.

Posted 10:44 PM, 11/12/2009

savetheNE

Congrats Utley..you truly are the epitome of what a great baseball should be...all hustle, you let your playing do the talking to the media...if you ask him he would rather trade all four of his silver sluggers in for one gold glove