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Shohei Ohtani not lives in the identical Most Valuable Player neighborhood as Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, former teammates Mike Trout and Albert Pujols and a handful of different all-time Major League Baseball greats.
Ohtani was revealed Thursday because the unanimous selection for the National League’s Most Valuable Player award. Not solely did the Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger/pitcher win an MVP for the third yr in a row, it marks his fourth award in 5 seasons.
The 31-year-old Japan native wants simply three extra to catch Barry Bonds.
Ohtani earned his newest honor after piling up a career-high 55 homers and a league-high 146 runs, .622 slugging proportion and 1.014 OPS in 158 video games. He additionally returned to the mound after taking 18 months off and cast a 1-1 report with a 2.87 ERA in 14 begins. He registered 62 strikeouts versus simply 9 walks over 47 innings.
‘It was a terrific yr,’ Ohtani mentioned on MLB Network by way of translator. ‘Like I mentioned, I’m grateful to my teammates, the teaching employees…however not solely them. The followers have been those who actually rooted us on and supported us.’
Ohtani added eight dwelling runs in 17 postseason video games whereas main the Dodgers to their second consecutive World Series title, although his playoff exploits didn’t issue into the voting carried out by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Ohtani obtained all 30 first-place votes – two for every workforce within the NL.
Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, who produced a league-high 56 homers and 132 RBIs whereas taking part in in all 162 video games, completed second within the balloting. He was adopted by New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto (43 homers, 38 stolen bases), Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo (.290 common, 20 homers, 27 steals) and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner (league-leading .304 common with 36 steals).
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