Cubs News: Arrieta wins his first Silver Slugger award

by Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor - Thu Nov 10 19:55:44 GMT-04:00 2016

Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta has won his first Silver Slugger award on Thursday night.

In 2016, Arrieta batted .262 with two doubles, a triple, two homers and seven RBIs. In the postseason, he had a homer (NLDS) and three RBIs in five at-bats. Arrieta is the first Cubs pitcher to win the Silver Slugger Award since Carlos Zambrano in 2009.

He joins Anthony Rizzo with Silver Slugger awards this season for the Cubs. They are the first Cubs players to win the award since Aramis Ramirez in 2011.

.@JArrieta34 takes home his first #SilverSlugger Award! #PitchersWhoRake pic.twitter.com/SlCnlm7eSo
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) November 10, 2016

Who remembers @JArrieta34's three-run bomb in the NLDS? The @Cubs righty captures his first career @sluggernation #SilverSlugger Award! pic.twitter.com/IRID7JObuR
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 10, 2016