Big sticks
Mac, Sammy, Junior make Silver Slugger team
Posted: Saturday October 24, 1998 02:33 PM
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Obviously: Sammy Sosa (left) and Mark McGwire, who made the Silver Slugger team, combined to hit 136 homers on the year Matthew Stockman/Allsport |
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- Home run heroes Mark McGwire of
the St. Louis
Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the
Chicago Cubs were
among those chosen Wednesday to receive Silver Slugger awards.
The awards, instituted in 1980 by Hillerich and Bradsby, the company that
makes Louisville Slugger bats, are chosen by managers and coaches.
The selections are based on a combination of offensive statistics, such as
batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage of a player at
each position.
Managers and coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their teams.
American League winners were: First baseman Rafael
Palmeiro of Baltimore, second baseman Damion Easley
of Detroit, shortstop Alex
Rodriguez of Seattle, third baseman Dean Palmer of
Kansas City, catcher Ivan
Rodriguez of Texas, designated hitter Jose Canseco of
Toronto, and outfielders Ken Griffey
Jr. of Seattle, Albert Belle of
Chicago and Juan Gonzalez
of Texas.
In the National League, the selections were: First baseman McGwire, second
baseman Craig
Biggio of Houston, shortstop Barry Larkin of
Cincinnati, third baseman Vinny
Castilla of Colorado, catcher Mike Piazza of
New York, pitcher Tom Glavine of
Atlanta, and outfielders Sosa, Moises Alou of
Houston and Greg
Vaughn of San Diego.
Canseco, Palmer, Easley, Palmeiro and Vaughn are first-time award winners.
Larkin has won eight Silver Sluggers, and Griffey and Piazza have claimed
five apiece.
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