Brewers' Yelich wins second consecutive Silver Slugger award

Published Nov. 7, 2019 10:23 p.m. ET

Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich won his second straight Silver Slugger award as one of the top three offensive outfielders in the National League selected in a vote by the league's coaches and managers.

This is the third Silver Slugger award for Yelich.

Despite missing the last 18 games with a broken kneecap, Yelich hit a career-high 44 home runs, scored 100 runs and drove in 97 runs this season.

He won his second consecutive batting title after hitting .329, while also leading the NL with a .429 on-base percentage and .671 slugging percentage.