Shohei Ohtani retains doing issues no baseball participant has ever finished.
The Dodgers celebrity unanimously gained the Nationwide League’s Most Helpful Participant award Thursday, turning into the primary full-time designated hitter to take residence the {hardware}.
In his first season with the Dodgers, Ohtani grew to become the primary large leaguer to have 50 residence runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season. Ohtani’s 54 homers had been prime within the NL and his 59 stolen bases ranked second in all of MLB.
Shohei was additionally second within the NL with a .310 batting common, and he lead the league in on-base share, slugging share and OPS. In different phrases, he was one of the best hitter by far.
It is the third MVP award for Ohtani, who was twice named AL MVP when he was enjoying throughout city with the Angels.
Distinction is, Ohtani was pitching and hitting again then … and this yr he was restricted to being a DH as he recovered from low season surgical procedure on his pitching elbow.
Simply goes to indicate how dominant Ohtani was within the batter’s field in 2024 … and the way a lot of a difference-maker he was for the Dodgers, who completed with one of the best report in MLB and in the end gained the World Sequence.
With the win, Ohtani joins Corridor of Famer Frank Robinson as the one gamers to earn MVP in each the AL and NL. He is additionally the primary participant to win the award unanimously thrice.
