KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Louisville Slugger this morning announced American League finalists for the 2025 Silver Slugger Awards, including four Royals: catcher Salvador Perez, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia, who is a finalist for the Silver Slugger Utility Award.
The Royals are one of three American League teams with four finalists, along with the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays. The winners will be announced on Friday, Nov. 7.
Finalists and winners are determined by a vote of American League Managers and coaches who cast ballots for players at each position in their league. Each AL team receives four votes; the Manager and three coaches of the team’s choice. Votes are based on a combination of offensive statistics including OPS, OPS+, home runs, RBI, batting average, total bases and runs, as well as the Managers’ and coaches’ general impressions of a player’s overall offensive value.
Perez is one of three finalists among American League catchers, joining Seattle’s Cal Raleigh and the Athletics Shea Langeliers. Pasquantino joins Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Athletics Nick Kurtz as finalists among AL first basemen. Witt Jr. is one of three finalists among AL shortstops, along with Toronto’s Bo Bichette and Houston’s Jeremy Peña. Garcia is one of three AL players up for the Utility Award, along with Detroit’s Zach McKinstry and New York’s Ben Rice.
Perez, 35, recorded 30 home runs and 100 RBI in 155 games in 2025. The 30 home runs were the 2nd-highest total of his career, and it marked his second straight season with at least 100 RBI. He was the second catcher (min. 50% games at the position) to record 100 RBI in his age-35 season (or older), joining Carlton Fisk, who had 107 RBI at age 37 in 1985.
Among AL catchers in 2025 (min. 50% games played at the position), he ranked 1st in doubles (35), 2nd in hits (141), extra-base hits (65) and RBI and 3rd in HR.
Salvy has been a finalist for a Silver Slugger Award in 11 of the last 12 seasons since 2014, with the only exception being 2019, when he missed the entire season due to injury. He’s a five-time Silver Slugger winner, the most in Royals history, and is one of nine catchers to win at least five Silver Slugger Awards.
Pasquantino is a Silver Slugger finalist for the first time after setting career highs across the board in 2025, while ranking among the AL leaders at first base in extra-base hits (66, 1st), RBI (113, 1st), hits (164, 2nd), doubles (33, 2nd) and HR (32, 2nd).
His 113 RBI ranked 3rd among all AL players, trailing only Raleigh (125) and Aaron Judge (114). In 64 games after the All-Star break, Pasquantino had 57 RBI, most in the American League. For the season, he led Major League Baseball with 32 go-ahead RBI, ahead of Judge (31).
Witt Jr. is a finalist for the third straight season and won his first Silver Slugger Award last year. In 2025, he led the Majors in hits (184) for the second consecutive season, becoming the first player to accomplish that feat (excluding 2020) since Whit Merrifield did it for the Royals from 2018-19. Witt Jr. also led the Majors with 47 doubles this season.
Witt Jr. recorded at least 1 hit in 127 games, 10 more than Shohei Ohtani and Elly De La Cruz (117) for the most in the Majors. He had the longest hit streak in the Majors in 2025 (22 games) and had hit streaks of 18 and 14 games.
Among AL shortstops, Witt Jr. ranked 1st in hits, doubles, extra-base hits (76), triples (6), runs (99), stolen bases (38), slugging percentage (.501) and OPS (.852), and he ranked 3rd in HR (23) and RBI (88).
Witt Jr. was one of two players in the Majors in 2025 to record at least 75 extra-base hits and 30 stolen bases, along with Corbin Carroll. He became the first player in Major League history this season to record at least 20 HR and 30 stolen bases in each of his first four seasons.
Garcia, 25, is a finalist for the Utility Award, which recognizes the top offensive performer who plays multiple positions, a category that was created in 2022.