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Silver Slugger Award. Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo holds Ryan Zimmerman's Silver Slugger Award. The Silver Slugger Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Baseball As A Business However, with the death of Hulbert, A.G. Spalding, his second-in-command, became president of the White Stockings, and ushered in what could arguably be called the true beginning of the game of modern baseball.972 Players Strike Still, the players had had enough, and in 1972, every major league baseball player went on strike, the first players strike in sports history. The owners retaliated, releasing or trading sixteen of the twenty-six player representatives with the Playerâs Association.