They were the most recognized faces of baseball worldwide. They took their teams to the Serie World and were unanimously chosen as the two best players in Major League Baseball. Aaron Judge achieved his second nomination to the Most Valuable Player of the American League y Shohei Ohtani he took the third MVP of his career, first with the shirt of the Dodgers.
With these recognitions, the captain of the New York Yankees He becomes the sixth player in the history of the Big Tent with more than one MVP in his account, while the Japanese adds this award to an extraordinary campaign in which he managed to win the Series World with Los Angeles Dodgers and he also made history as the first designated hitter to achieve the award in the old circuit.
Aaron Judge He surpassed his still teammate Juan Soto in the votes (New York Yankees) Yaya Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals). On the side of the National, Shohei Ohtani was imposed on Francisco Lindor (New York Mets) already Boiler Marte (Arizona Diamondbacks).
Years to remember
Judge won unanimously thanks to his season in which he left outstanding numbers, with a batting average of .322/on-base average of .458 and slugging .701, in addition to having 180 hits in 559 at-bats, scored 122 runs, had 36 doubles, 58 home runs, 144 RBIs and 133 walks in 158 games.
In his first MVP (2022 season), he Judge broke the record Roger Maris had home runs in the American Leaguereaching 62 full lengths and breaking the mark by one. This year, Judge was the leader in Big Leagues in home runs, RBIs, percentage of base yourselfpercentage of sluggingOPS (1,159), walks, times on base (322), decisive RBIs (24), RBIs to take the lead (32) and fWAR among position players (11.2), in addition to leading the young circuit in total bases ( 392) and extrabases (95).
Ohtani He also premiered with the Angelenos and achieved collective and individual success. He proved his worth in the old circuit by winning the MVP for the first time and is the second player in the history of the Seniors who receives the award in both Illnessjoining Frank Robinsonwho in 1961 won with Cincinnati Reds and in 1966 with Baltimore Orioles. The peculiarity is that Ohtani He did it in consecutive years (2023 and 2024), winning in 2021 and 2023 with Los Angeles Angels in the National League. All of these appointments were achieved unanimously.
In a year in which he did not pitch while recovering from surgery, the Japanese superstar served entirely as a designated hitter and wrote a historic chapter in baseball by being the first player in the history of the Big Leagues in the 50-50 group, with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases: he recorded 54 home runs and had 59 steals. Furthermore, he stayed close to the Triple Corona, but Luis Arraez surpassed him with his .318 batting average and Shohei he stayed at .310, with .390 reaching bases, .646 slugging and an OPS of 1.036. Ohtani also led the National League with his 134 visits to the cash register, his 54 home runs and his 130 RBIs.
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