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Marvin Julian Miller (April 14, 1917 – November 27, 2012) was an American labor union leader and baseball executive who served as the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982. Miller led MLBPA during three strikes and two lockouts. Under Miller's direction, the players' union was ...
“No legitimate union could ever agree to a salary cap,” Marvin Miller, the late trailblazing labor leader and first executive director of the MLBPA, told Sports Illustrated in 2011 ...
[1] [2] The award was created by the Major League Baseball Players' Association (MLBPA) and was presented to the inaugural winner – Mark McGwire – in 1997 as the "Man of the Year Award". [3] Three years later, [3] it was renamed in honor of Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the MLBPA. [4] The award forms part of the Players ...
After Miller retired, Ken Moffett became the new executive director in December 1982, but in November 1983 he was dismissed, and Marvin Miller was named interim director. Donald Fehr , who joined the MLBPA as general counsel in 1977, was named acting director in December 1983.
Miller became executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association in 1966. A year later, the St. Louis Cardinals drafted a catcher named Simmons out of Michigan, 10th overall. Both ...
Today’s guest columnist is Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. In the mid-1990s, I got my first taste of Major League Baseball on, and off, the field.
In 1998, a second non-dual award was added, Player of the Year. In addition, the Man of the Year award was renamed in honor of Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. In 1999, a special Player of the Decade award was given. In 2015, a third non-dual award was created.
The award was created by the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and was presented to the inaugural winner – Mark McGwire – in 1997 as the "Man of the Year Award". Three years later, it was renamed in honor of Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the MLBPA. In order to determine the winner, each MLB team nominates ...