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50 Most Influential: No. 48 — Tony Clark


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Executive Director

Major League Baseball Players Association

CHANGE FROM 2013: NEWCOMER

Clark was unanimously voted in as executive director of the MLB Players Association a year ago to lead a union that has enjoyed labor peace for more than two decades. The MLB collective-bargaining agreement expires in December 2016 and time will tell if Clark and new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred will be able to keep that streak going.

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