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In 2022, MLB permanently allowed both leagues to use the DH. That year also saw the introduction of the Utility Player Award. Home run record-holder Barry Bonds [11] won 12 Silver Slugger Awards, the most of any player, [5] [12] and won the award in five consecutive seasons twice: from 1990 to 1994, and again from 2000 to 2004.
David Justice was the first player to win the Silver Slugger Award at outfield in both leagues. Gary Sheffield went six seasons between NL Silver Slugger Awards at outfield (1996–2003), the longest such gap. Ryan Braun is the most recent of three players to win five consecutive NL Silver Slugger Awards at outfield (2008–2012).
McGwire won two American League Silver Sluggers for the Oakland Athletics in 1992 and 1996, and the National League Silver Slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998. [15] Murray won two American League Silver Sluggers for the Baltimore Orioles in 1983 and 1984, and the National League Silver Slugger for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1990. [16]
The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league [1] and plated with sterling silver. [3] Only National League pitchers ever received a Silver Slugger Award; [4] from the Silver Slugger Award's inception until 2019, and in 2021, a designated hitter generally took the place of ...
The Silver Slugger was first awarded in 1980 and is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats. [2] The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league [1] and plated with sterling silver. [3] In 2022, Major League Baseball began awarding a Silver ...
An award was given instead to the best designated hitter in the National League. The first NL Silver Slugger Award for designated hitter was given to Marcell Ozuna. Beginning in 2022, the pitcher Silver Slugger Award was retired after MLB announced the full-time implementation of the universal DH rule in both leagues.
Washington Nationals (2010–2022) Career highlights and awards; 3× All-Star (2012, 2016, 2017) World Series champion ; World Series MVP (2019) All-MLB First Team (2019) Silver Slugger Award (2012) NL wins leader (2019) NL strikeout leader (2014) Golden Spikes Award (2009) Dick Howser Trophy (2009)
1.8 American League Silver Slugger Award. 1.9 Edgar Martínez Award. 1.10 Roberto Clemente Award. 1.11 MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards"