4 Angels Silver Slugger winners who should be in the Hall of Fame

Last year, FanSided announced the winners of the Louisville Silver Slugger Award and this year is no different. While the Los Angeles Angels likely won’t have a Silver Slugger winner this year, it’s worth taking a look at some past winners who are deserving of a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Some of these names are obvious while some have a bit more of a fringe case for enshrinement in Cooperstown, but let’s dive into four Angels who took home some silver and deserve to have their faces depicted in bronze someday.

4 Angels who won the Silver Slugger and should be in the Hall of Fame

Mike Trout

This one is inevitable. While Trout may not be the same player he was at his peak, he has won nine Silver Slugger Awards in his career. That is tied for the third-most of any MLB player ever which is pretty remarkable.

Trout could retire after this season and still be assured of a place in Cooperstown which speaks to just how good he was at his peak. Most guys need to put up solid numbers their whole career to be worthy of the Hall of Fame but Trout was the best in the sport for nearly a decade. 

Shohei Ohtani

While Ohtani will unfortunately not be remembered the most for his days with the Angels, he did win two Silver Sluggers while he was with the Halos in 2021 and 2023. Something tells us he won’t have an Angels cap on in his Hall of Fame plaque, but the Angels will always be the team he got his start with before going to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Troy Glaus

Okay, Troy Glaus will probably never get elected to the Hall of Fame, if the committee was comprised solely of Angels fans, he’d probably have a good shot. He hit .254/.358/.489 with 320 home runs and 950 runs batted in across his 13-year career. Seven of those seasons came with the Halos and he made four All-Star Games in his career.

Glaus was also a hero in the 2002 World Series, so he should be a Hall of Famer in the hearts of Angels fans, but he may not quite have the numbers to make it.

Torii Hunter

Another, more borderline Hall of Fame candidate is Torii Hunter. Hunter has appeared on the ballot a number of times and while he’s dangerously close to being removed from the ballot, his numbers warrant serious consideration.

Hunter hit .277/.331/.461 in his career with 353 homers and 1,391 runs batted in. He was an elite defender so that combination of power hitting, defense, and speed truly was special. Hunter may not quite make it, but he was a popular figure amongst Angels fans, so he’s another one who would make it if the city of Anaheim got to choose. 

The Angels will certainly boast at least a couple future Hall of Famers who also won Silver Slugger Awards. It’s an impressive accomplishment to win a Silver Slugger and all of the greats of the last forty-something years have done it so it’s nice that the Halos get to be associated with its storied history. 

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