Every SF Giants pitcher who won a Silver Slugger Award in franchise history

The winners of the Silver Slugger Award, presented by the bat company Louisville Slugger, will be announced on November 17 in an exclusive partnership with FanSided. While the SF Giants only have one nominee in first baseman Rafael Devers, it’s worth taking a trip down memory lane to see which pitchers won the Silver Slugger in Giants history.

Pitchers winning awards for their hitting prowess is now a distinct relic of the past ever since the universal DH was implemented. The Giants had some pitchers who knew how to swing the bat in their history so let’s take a look at every pitcher who won a Silver Slugger while in San Francisco.

Every SF Giants pitcher who won a Silver Slugger

Don Robinson (1989, 1990)

In the late 1980s, Don Robinson was traded to the Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a pretty solid pitcher for San Francisco but could also do some damage at the plate.

1989 was the year the Giants made it to the World Series and he hit .185/.195/.309 with three home runs and seven runs batted in. He followed that up the next year by hitting .143 with two homers and seven runs batted in which was enough to take home the Silver Slugger in consecutive years. He had one with the Pirates as well and ended his career with three of them.

It didn’t take all that much to win the Silver Slugger for a pitcher so as long as you hit a couple homers that was probably good enough to get it done.

Mark Portugal (1994)

While Mark Portugal only spent a year and a half with the Giants, he had the best offensive year of his career in 1994. He hit .354/.360/.500 with five doubles, a triple, and eight runs batted in across 54 plate appearances.

He was not able to match that production in 1995 as he hit .103 in 17 games with San Francisco but he caught lighting in a bottle in 1994 which was good enough for a Silver Slugger.

Madison Bumgarner (2014, 2015)

Bumgarner was probably the most feared pitcher both on the mound and at the plate in 2014 and 2015 which is pretty impressive. He was so good offensively that there was even chatter he might participate in a Home Run Derby.

In 2014 and 2015 combined, he hit .252/.280/.469 with nine home runs and 24 runs batted in. It seemed like he was swinging for the fences most times he went up to the plate and if he got a hold of one he could hit it a long way so he was more than deserving of his consecutive Silver Slugger wins.

There will likely never be another NL pitcher to win a Silver Slugger unless MLB gets rid of the DH in the National League someday which seems unlikely. At least Giants pitchers had some solid offensive seasons while they were still eligible to win it.

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