Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani leads the field of 2021 Silver Slugger winners in Major League Baseball. 

The awards, which are voted on by MLB managers and coaches, are given to the best offensive player at each position in each league. 

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays, Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals and Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres are among the other notable winners. 

2021 Silver Slugger Winners

Catcher: Salvador Perez (Kansas City Royals); Buster Posey (San Francisco Giants)

First base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays); Freddie Freeman (Atlanta Braves)

Second base: Marcus Semien (Toronto Blue Jays); Ozzie Albies (Atlanta Braves)

Third base: Rafael Devers (Boston Red Sox); Austin Riley (Atlanta Braves)

Shortstop: Xander Bogaerts (Boston Red Sox); Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego Padres)

Outfield: Cedric Mullins (Baltimore Orioles), Teoscar Hernandez (Toronto Blue Jays), Aaron Judge (New York Yankees); Juan Soto (Washington Nationals), Nick Castellanos (Cincinnati Reds), Bryce Harper (Philadelphia Phillies)

Designated hitter: Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Angels)

Pitcher: Max Fried (Atlanta Braves)

Ohtani was the biggest story in baseball all season for his dominance on the mound and at the plate. He posted a .257/.372/.592 slash line with 46 homers and 100 RBI in 155 games. 

MLB already bestowed the 27-year-old with the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award, which has only been given out 16 times since its inception in 1998. The last people to receive it were iconic Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully and former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter in 2014.

The managers and coaches around the league added to Ohtani's trophy collection by naming him the Silver Slugger winner as a designated hitter. 

Per Codify Baseball, Ohtani became the fifth player in MLB history to hit at least 46 homers and steal 26 bases in a single season. He joined Barry Bonds in 1993 (46 homers, 29 steals), Larry Walker in 1997 (49 homers, 33 steals), Jose Canseco in 1998 (46 homers, 29 steals) and Alfonso Soriano in 2006 (46 homers, 41 steals). 

From that group, Bonds and Walker won MVP awards. Ohtani could join them when the AL MVP award is given out Nov. 18. 

Guerrero, who is competing against Ohtani for AL MVP honors, also received a Silver Slugger for his breakout 2021. The Blue Jays superstar set an MLB record for most homers by a player in his age-22 or younger season:

He ranked in the top five among AL players in nine major offensive categories:

Even though the Blue Jays came up short in their quest to make the playoffs, their future is extremely bright thanks to a young core led by Guerrero. His ability with the bat should earn him many more Silver Slugger trophies in the future. 

As great as Guerrero's 2021 was, the crown of best overall hitter in MLB belongs to Soto. The Nationals superstar, who also won the Silver Slugger award last year, also played this season at age 22. He got off to a slow start, at least in the power department, with a .270/.395/.387 slash line through May 31. 

After that, though, Soto posted a .329/.489/.589 slash line over his final 111 games. The Dominican Republic native led MLB in on-base percentage for the second consecutive season. His .465 mark was the highest by a player in a 162-game campaign since Chipper Jones in 2008 (.470). 

Soto also led the league in walks (145) and had the best walk-to-strikeout ratio in MLB (1.56). The Nationals had a rough season, finishing last in the NL East with a 65-97 record. They also traded Trea Turner and Max Scherzer to the Los Angeles Dodgers in July. 

As the Nationals enter a rebuilding phase, Soto is going to be the driving force behind everything they do. He keeps getting better at the plate and is arguably the most impactful hitter in MLB.