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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).
Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez remains baseball's most anonymous star and dares not leave home without his credit card. He is the Billy Williams of his day, a little recognized performer, lost on a team that hasn't had a lot of success, toiling in relative obscurity, putting up big numbers nonetheless.. - By Jim Bianchine in Baseball Digest (December 1995, 'Mariners' Edgar Martinez: An Unsung Batting Champion', Page 38).