[2] The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3feet (91cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league[1] and plated with sterling silver.
[5][6] In the American League, Iván Rodríguez has won the most Silver Sluggers, with six consecutive wins from 1994 to 1999, and a seventh when he tied with Víctor Martínez in 2004.
Piazza holds several Major League records for catchers in a Silver Slugger-winning season; most were set in 1997.
That season, he had an on-base percentage of .431, and had 124 runs batted in (a total he matched in 1999) to lead the award-winning catchers in those statistical categories.
[12] Javy López holds the Major League record among winners for slugging percentage (.687); these were set in 2003.