Braves All-Star catcher Brian McCann was well aware of the impressive season Cubs rookie Geovany Soto produced. Still, he was confident that his statistics were as impressive as any other National League catcher.
Fortunately for McCann, the Major League coaches and managers who voted on this year’s Louisville Silver Slugger Awards agreed.
McCann picked up his second career Silver Slugger Award on Thursday. He led all National League catchers with a .301 batting average, .523 slugging percentage and .896 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage).
His 23 homers were only matched by Soto.
Although he has played just three full seasons in the Majors, McCann has already earned three All-Star selections and won two Silver Slugger Awards, with his first coming in 2006, when he established career highs in batting average (.
333) and homers (24).