Xander Bogaerts
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Rankings
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Records
Bogaerts holds the Red Sox franchise record for most games played at shortstop. He is the first Red Sox player to earn multiple Silver Slugger Awards at the position and the first AL shortstop to win consecutive Silver Sluggers since Derek Jeter. In 2021, an elementary school in his hometown of San Nicolas, Aruba, was renamed Scol Basico Xander Bogaerts in his honor. He was inducted into the Knights Order of Orange-Nassau in 2011, a rare national honor for a teenage athlete.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Knights Order of Orange-Nassau
Inducted by the Governor of Aruba after winning gold medal in Baseball World Cup with Netherlands.
Scol Basico Xander Bogaerts
Elementary school in San Nicolas, Aruba, renamed in his honor.
Rankings & Lists
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Magazine Covers
TIME
June 4, 2016
American Voices 2017: Baseball's Newest Caribbean Star
Records & Feats
Most games played at shortstop in Boston Red Sox history
Bogaerts set the franchise record for games played at shortstop, surpassing previous marks held by Hall of Famers.
First Red Sox shortstop with multiple Silver Slugger Awards
He won five Silver Slugger Awards, more than any other shortstop in Red Sox history.
First AL shortstop to win consecutive Silver Slugger Awards since Derek Jeter
Bogaerts won Silver Slugger Awards in 2015 and 2016, a feat not achieved by an AL shortstop since Jeter's run from 2006 to 2009.