Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

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Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP)
Hank Aaron's MVP award, May 2017.jpg
The Most Valuable Player Award given to Hank Aaron in 1957
Sport Baseball
League Major League Baseball
Awarded forRegular season most valuable player of American League and National League
CountryUnited States, Canada
Presented by Baseball Writers' Association of America
History
First award1931
Most recent Shohei Ohtani (NL)
Aaron Judge (AL)

The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. The award has been presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) since 1931.

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History

Since 1931, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) has bestowed a most valuable player award to a player in the National League and a player in the American League. Before 1931, two similar awards were issued—the League Award was issued during 1922–1928 in the American League and during 1924–1929 in the National League, [1] and during 1911–1914, the Chalmers Award was issued to a player in each league. [2] Criteria and a list of winners for these two earlier awards are detailed in below sections.

MVP voting takes place before the postseason, but the results are not announced until after the World Series. The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938, reducing that number to two per league city in 1961. [3] The BBWAA does not offer a clear-cut definition of what "most valuable" means, instead leaving the judgment to the individual voters. [4] [5]

In 1944, the award was named after Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first Commissioner of Baseball, who served from 1920 until his death on November 25, 1944. [6] [7] Formally named the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award, that naming appeared on a plaque given to winning players. [8] Starting in 2020, Landis' name no longer appears on the MVP plaque [9] after the BBWAA received complaints from several former MVP winners about Landis' role against the integration of MLB. [10] [11]

First basemen, with 35 winners, have won the most MVPs among infielders, followed by second basemen (16), third basemen (15), and shortstops (15). Of the 25 pitchers who have won the award, 15 are right-handed while 10 are left-handed. Walter Johnson, Carl Hubbell, and Hal Newhouser are the only pitchers who have won multiple times, with Newhouser winning consecutively in 1944 and 1945. [12] [13]

Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, and Robin Yount have won at different positions, [12] while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions. [14] Rodriguez and Andre Dawson are the only players to win the award while on a last-place team, the 2003 Texas Rangers and 1987 Chicago Cubs, respectively. Barry Bonds has won the most often (seven times) and the most consecutively (four from 2001 to 2004). [15] Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win multiple times [16] – 10 players have won three times, and 19 have won twice. [17] Frank Robinson and Shohei Ohtani are the only players to win the award in both the American and National Leagues.

The award's only tie occurred in the National League in 1979, when Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell received an equal number of points. [12] [18] There have been 23 unanimous winners, who received all the first-place votes. [3] The New York Yankees have the most winning players with 24, followed by the St. Louis Cardinals with 21 winners. The award has never been presented to a member of the following three teams: Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, and Tampa Bay Rays.

In recent decades, pitchers have rarely won the award. When Shohei Ohtani won the AL award in 2021, he became the first pitcher in either league to be named the MVP since Clayton Kershaw in 2014, and the first in the American League since Justin Verlander in 2011. Ohtani also became the first two-way player to win the award [19] and in 2023, he became the first player in MLB history to win MVP by unanimous vote twice. [20] Since the creation of the Cy Young Award in 1956, he is the only pitcher to win an MVP award without winning a Cy Young in the same year (Don Newcombe, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, Willie Hernández, Roger Clemens, Dennis Eckersley, Justin Verlander, and Clayton Kershaw all won a Cy Young award in their MVP seasons). Ohtani is also the only MVP winner to have played most of his games as a designated hitter, a position that normally does not contribute on defense. In 2024, after winning his third career unanimously MVP award, Ohtani became the first MVP winner to have played exclusively as a designated hitter in a given season. To date, Ohtani is the only player to win both the MVP and the Edgar Martínez Award, an award usually given to the top-performing designated hitter in a season.

Ironically, there was no award given by either league in 1930, which meant that one of the single greatest performances ever went unheralded when Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs set the (still standing) MLB record for RBI with 191. He also batted .356 and set the NL record with 56 HRs, a record which stood for 68 years until Sammy Sosa (66) and Mark McGwire (70) both eclipsed him.

Key

YearLinks to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball season
†Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a player [21] [22]
^Player is still active [a]
§Unanimous selection [b] [3]
Player(X)Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point
*Team won the league pennant
P Pitcher (RHP indicates right-handed; LHP indicates left-handed)
C Catcher
1B First baseman
2B Second baseman
3B Third baseman
SS Shortstop
OF Outfielder
DH Designated hitter

Chalmers Award (1911–1914)

Ty Cobb won the first American League Chalmers Award in 1911 and was at the center of the controversy over the previous season's award. Ty-Cobb-1913-NPC-detail-1.jpeg
Ty Cobb won the first American League Chalmers Award in 1911 and was at the center of the controversy over the previous season's award.

Before the 1910 season, Hugh Chalmers of Chalmers Automobile announced he would present a Chalmers Model 30 automobile to the player with the highest batting average in Major League Baseball at the end of the season. The 1910 race for best average in the American League was between the Detroit Tigers' widely disliked [3] [23] [24] Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Indians. On the last day of the season, Lajoie overtook Cobb's batting average with seven bunt hits against the St. Louis Browns. [25] American League President Ban Johnson said a recalculation showed that Cobb had won the race anyway, and Chalmers ended up awarding cars to both players. [3]

In the following season, Chalmers created the Chalmers Award. A committee of baseball writers was to convene after the season to determine the "most important and useful player to the club and the league". Since the award was not as effective at advertising as Chalmers had hoped, it was discontinued after 1914. [3]

YearAmerican League winnerTeamPositionNational League winnerTeamPositionRef
1911 Ty Cobb †§ Detroit Tigers OF Frank Schulte Chicago Cubs OF [26]
1912 Tris Speaker † Boston Red Sox OF Larry Doyle New York Giants 2B [27]
1913 Walter Johnson † Washington Senators RHP Jake Daubert Brooklyn Superbas 1B [28]
1914 Eddie Collins † Philadelphia Athletics 2B Johnny Evers † Boston Braves 2B [29]

League Awards (1922–1929)

Babe Ruth was ineligible for the award in his famous 1927 season by the rules of the American League award because he had previously won in 1923. Babe Ruth2.jpg
Babe Ruth was ineligible for the award in his famous 1927 season by the rules of the American League award because he had previously won in 1923.

In 1922, the American League created a new award to honor "the baseball player who is of the greatest all-around service to his club". [30] Winners, voted on by a committee of eight baseball writers chaired by James Crusinberry, [31] received a bronze medal and a cash prize. [32] Voters were required to select one player from each team, and player-coaches and prior award winners were ineligible. Famously, these criteria resulted in Babe Ruth winning only a single MVP award before it was dropped after 1928. The National League award, without these restrictions, lasted from 1924 to 1929. [3]

YearAmerican League winnerTeamPositionNational League winnerTeamPositionRef
1922 George Sisler † St. Louis Browns 1B——— [33]
1923 Babe Ruth †§ New York Yankees OF——— [34]
1924 Walter Johnson †(2) Washington Senators RHP Dazzy Vance † Brooklyn Robins RHP [35]
1925 Roger Peckinpaugh Washington SenatorsSS Rogers Hornsby † St. Louis Cardinals 2B [36]
1926 George Burns Cleveland Indians 1B Bob O'Farrell St. Louis CardinalsC [37]
1927 Lou Gehrig †New York Yankees1B Paul Waner † Pittsburgh Pirates OF [38]
1928 Mickey Cochrane † Philadelphia Athletics C Jim Bottomley †St. Louis Cardinals1B [39]
1929 ——— Rogers Hornsby †(2) Chicago Cubs 2B [40]

BBWAA Most Valuable Player (1931–present)

The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) was first awarded the modern MVP after the 1931 season, adopting the format the National League used to distribute its league award. One writer in each city with a team filled out a ten-place ballot, with ten points for the recipient of a first-place vote, nine for a second-place vote, and so on. In 1938, the BBWAA raised the number of voters to three per city and gave 14 points for a first-place vote. The only significant change since then occurred in 1961 when the number of voters was reduced to two per league city. [3]

Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win three MVP awards. Jimmie Foxx 1937 cropped.jpg
Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win three MVP awards.
Hall of Famer and two-time MVP Hank Greenberg was the first player to win the award at two different fielding positions (1B and OF). Hank Greenberg 1937 cropped.jpg
Hall of Famer and two-time MVP Hank Greenberg was the first player to win the award at two different fielding positions (1B and OF).
Jim Konstanty, to date the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP, won it in 1950. Jim Konstanty.jpg
Jim Konstanty, to date the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP, won it in 1950.
Hall of Famer Willie Mays won the award in 1954 and 1965 with the same team in different cities. Willie Mays cropped.jpg
Hall of Famer Willie Mays won the award in 1954 and 1965 with the same team in different cities.
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is the first player to win the award in both leagues (NL in 1961 and AL in 1966). Frank Robinson 1961.jpg
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is the first player to win the award in both leagues (NL in 1961 and AL in 1966).
Barry Bonds' seven MVPs are the most for any individual player. BarryBonds1993.jpg
Barry Bonds' seven MVPs are the most for any individual player.
Alex Rodriguez won the award with two different teams at two different positions. Alex Rodriguez Talking.jpg
Alex Rodriguez won the award with two different teams at two different positions.
Albert Pujols won the award three times, at first base with the St. Louis Cardinals. DSC05863 Albert Pujols.jpg
Albert Pujols won the award three times, at first base with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Miguel Cabrera was the winner of back-to-back AL Awards from 2012 to 2013. Miguel Cabrera batting against Angels (2012-09-09).JPG
Miguel Cabrera was the winner of back-to-back AL Awards from 2012 to 2013.
Mike Trout won the award three times. Mike Trout 2018.jpg
Mike Trout won the award three times.
Shohei Ohtani is currently the only player to win the award three times by unanimous vote. Dodgers at Nationals (53677192000) (cropped).jpg
Shohei Ohtani is currently the only player to win the award three times by unanimous vote.
YearAmerican League winnerTeamPositionNational League winnerTeamPositionRef
1931 Lefty Grove † Philadelphia Athletics *LHP Frankie Frisch † St. Louis Cardinals*2B [41]
1932 Jimmie Foxx † Philadelphia Athletics 1B Chuck Klein † Philadelphia Phillies OF [42]
1933 Jimmie Foxx † (2)Philadelphia Athletics1B Carl Hubbell † New York Giants *LHP [43]
1934 Mickey Cochrane † (2) Detroit Tigers*C Dizzy Dean †St. Louis Cardinals*RHP [44]
1935 Hank Greenberg †§Detroit Tigers*1B Gabby Hartnett † Chicago Cubs*C [45]
1936 Lou Gehrig † (2) New York Yankees*1B Carl Hubbell †§ (2)New York Giants*LHP [46]
1937 Charlie Gehringer †Detroit Tigers2B Joe Medwick †St. Louis CardinalsOF [47]
1938 Jimmie Foxx † (3) Boston Red Sox 1B Ernie Lombardi † Cincinnati Reds C [48]
1939 Joe DiMaggio †New York Yankees*OF Bucky Walters Cincinnati Reds*RHP [49]
1940 Hank Greenberg † (2)Detroit Tigers*OF Frank McCormick Cincinnati Reds*1B [50]
1941 Joe DiMaggio † (2)New York Yankees*OF Dolph Camilli Brooklyn Dodgers *1B [51]
1942 Joe Gordon †New York Yankees*2B Mort Cooper St. Louis Cardinals*RHP [52]
1943 Spud Chandler New York Yankees*RHP Stan Musial †St. Louis Cardinals*OF [53]
1944 Hal Newhouser †Detroit TigersLHP Marty Marion St. Louis Cardinals*SS [54]
1945 Hal Newhouser † (2)Detroit Tigers*LHP Phil Cavarretta Chicago Cubs*1B [55]
1946 Ted Williams †Boston Red Sox*OF Stan Musial † (2)St. Louis Cardinals*1B [56]
1947 Joe DiMaggio † (3)New York Yankees*OF Bob Elliott Boston Braves 3B [57]
1948 Lou Boudreau † Cleveland Indians*SS Stan Musial † (3)St. Louis CardinalsOF [58]
1949 Ted Williams † (2)Boston Red SoxOF Jackie Robinson †Broolyn Dodgers*2B [59]
1950 Phil Rizzuto †New York Yankees*SS Jim Konstanty Philadelphia Phillies*RHP [60]
1951 Yogi Berra †New York Yankees*C Roy Campanella †Brooklyn DodgersC [61]
1952 Bobby Shantz Philadelphia Athletics LHP Hank Sauer Chicago CubsOF [62]
1953 Al Rosen §Cleveland Indians3B Roy Campanella † (2)Brooklyn Dodgers*C [63]
1954 Yogi Berra † (2)New York YankeesC Willie Mays †New York Giants*OF [64]
1955 Yogi Berra † (3)New York Yankees*C Roy Campanella † (3)Brooklyn Dodgers*C [65]
1956 Mickey Mantle †§New York Yankees*OF Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers*RHP [66]
1957 Mickey Mantle † (2)New York Yankees*OF Hank Aaron † Milwaukee Braves *OF [67]
1958 Jackie Jensen Boston Red SoxOF Ernie Banks †Chicago CubsSS [68]
1959 Nellie Fox † Chicago White Sox*2B Ernie Banks † (2)Chicago CubsSS [69]
1960 Roger Maris New York Yankees*OF Dick Groat Pittsburgh Pirates*SS [70]
1961 Roger Maris (2)New York Yankees*OF Frank Robinson †Cincinnati Reds*OF [71]
1962 Mickey Mantle † (3)New York Yankees*OF Maury Wills Los Angeles Dodgers SS [72]
1963 Elston Howard New York Yankees*C Sandy Koufax †Los Angeles Dodgers*LHP [73]
1964 Brooks Robinson † Baltimore Orioles 3B Ken Boyer St. Louis Cardinals*3B [74]
1965 Zoilo Versalles Minnesota Twins*SS Willie Mays † (2) San Francisco Giants OF [75]
1966 Frank Robinson †§ (2)Baltimore Orioles*OF Roberto Clemente †Pittsburgh PiratesOF [76]
1967 Carl Yastrzemski †Boston Red Sox*OF Orlando Cepeda †§St. Louis Cardinals*1B [77]
1968 Denny McLain §Detroit Tigers*RHP Bob Gibson †St. Louis Cardinals*RHP [78]
1969 Harmon Killebrew †Minnesota Twins3B Willie McCovey †San Francisco Giants1B [79]
1970 Boog Powell Baltimore Orioles*1B Johnny Bench †Cincinnati Reds*C [80]
1971 Vida Blue Oakland Athletics LHP Joe Torre † [c] St. Louis Cardinals3B [81]
1972 Dick Allen †Chicago White Sox1B Johnny Bench † (2)Cincinnati Reds*C [82]
1973 Reggie Jackson †§Oakland Athletics*OF Pete Rose Cincinnati RedsOF [83]
1974 Jeff Burroughs Texas Rangers OF Steve Garvey Los Angeles Dodgers*1B [84]
1975 Fred Lynn Boston Red Sox*OF Joe Morgan †Cincinnati Reds*2B [85]
1976 Thurman Munson New York Yankees*C Joe Morgan † (2)Cincinnati Reds*2B [86]
1977 Rod Carew †Minnesota Twins1B George Foster Cincinnati RedsOF [87]
1978 Jim Rice †Boston Red SoxOF Dave Parker †Pittsburgh PiratesOF [88]
1979 Don Baylor California Angels LF/DH [89] Keith Hernandez [d] St. Louis Cardinals1B [18]
Willie Stargell † [d] Pittsburgh Pirates*1B
1980 George Brett † Kansas City Royals*3B Mike Schmidt †§Philadelphia Phillies*3B [90]
1981 Rollie Fingers † Milwaukee Brewers RHP Mike Schmidt † (2)Philadelphia Phillies3B [91]
1982 Robin Yount †Milwaukee Brewers*SS Dale Murphy Atlanta Braves OF [92]
1983 Cal Ripken Jr. †Baltimore Orioles*SS Dale Murphy (2)Atlanta BravesOF [93]
1984 Willie Hernández Detroit Tigers*LHP Ryne Sandberg †Chicago Cubs2B [94]
1985 Don Mattingly New York Yankees1B Willie McGee St. Louis Cardinals*OF [95]
1986 Roger Clemens Boston Red Sox*RHP Mike Schmidt † (3)Philadelphia Phillies3B [96]
1987 George Bell Toronto Blue Jays OF Andre Dawson †Chicago CubsOF [97]
1988 Jose Canseco §Oakland Athletics*OF Kirk Gibson Los Angeles Dodgers*OF [98]
1989 Robin Yount † (2)Milwaukee BrewersOF Kevin Mitchell San Francisco Giants*OF [99]
1990 Rickey Henderson †Oakland Athletics*OF Barry Bonds Pittsburgh PiratesOF [100]
1991 Cal Ripken Jr. † (2)Baltimore OriolesSS Terry Pendleton Atlanta Braves*3B [101]
1992 Dennis Eckersley †Oakland AthleticsRHP Barry Bonds (2)Pittsburgh PiratesOF [102]
1993 Frank Thomas †§Chicago White Sox1B Barry Bonds (3)San Francisco GiantsOF [103]
1994 Frank Thomas † (2)Chicago White Sox1B Jeff Bagwell †§ Houston Astros 1B [104]
1995 Mo Vaughn Boston Red Sox1B Barry Larkin †Cincinnati RedsSS [105]
1996 Juan González Texas RangersOF Ken Caminiti § San Diego Padres 3B [106]
1997 Ken Griffey Jr. †§ Seattle Mariners OF Larry Walker † Colorado Rockies OF [107]
1998 Juan González (2)Texas RangersOF Sammy Sosa Chicago CubsOF [108]
1999 Iván Rodríguez †Texas RangersC Chipper Jones †Atlanta Braves*3B [109]
2000 Jason Giambi Oakland Athletics1B Jeff Kent San Francisco Giants2B [110]
2001 Ichiro Suzuki Seattle MarinersOF Barry Bonds (4)San Francisco GiantsOF [111] [112]
2002 Miguel Tejada Oakland AthleticsSS Barry Bonds § (5)San Francisco Giants*OF [113]
2003 Alex Rodriguez Texas RangersSS Barry Bonds (6)San Francisco GiantsOF [114]
2004 Vladimir Guerrero † Anaheim Angels OF Barry Bonds (7)San Francisco GiantsOF [115]
2005 Alex Rodriguez (2)New York Yankees3B Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals1B [116]
2006 Justin Morneau Minnesota Twins1B Ryan Howard Philadelphia Phillies1B [117]
2007 Alex Rodriguez (3)New York Yankees3B Jimmy Rollins Philadelphia PhilliesSS [118]
2008 Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox2B Albert Pujols (2)St. Louis Cardinals1B [119]
2009 Joe Mauer †Minnesota TwinsC Albert Pujols § (3)St. Louis Cardinals1B [112] [120]
2010 Josh Hamilton Texas Rangers*OF Joey Votto Cincinnati Reds1B [121] [122]
2011 Justin Verlander ^Detroit TigersRHP Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers OF [123] [124]
2012 Miguel Cabrera Detroit Tigers*3B Buster Posey San Francisco Giants*C [125] [126]
2013 Miguel Cabrera (2)Detroit Tigers3B Andrew McCutchen ^Pittsburgh PiratesOF [127] [128]
2014 Mike Trout ^§ Los Angeles Angels OF Clayton Kershaw ^Los Angeles DodgersLHP [129] [130]
2015 Josh Donaldson Toronto Blue Jays3B Bryce Harper ^§ Washington Nationals OF [131] [132]
2016 Mike Trout ^ (2)Los Angeles AngelsOF Kris Bryant ^Chicago Cubs*3B/OF [133]
2017 Jose Altuve ^ Houston Astros*2B Giancarlo Stanton ^ Miami Marlins OF [134]
2018 Mookie Betts ^Boston Red Sox*OF Christian Yelich ^Milwaukee BrewersOF [135]
2019 Mike Trout ^ (3)Los Angeles AngelsOF Cody Bellinger ^Los Angeles DodgersOF [136]
2020 José Abreu ^Chicago White Sox1B Freddie Freeman ^Atlanta Braves1B [137]
2021 Shohei Ohtani ^§Los Angeles AngelsRHP/DH Bryce Harper ^ (2)Philadelphia PhilliesOF [138]
2022 Aaron Judge ^New York YankeesOF Paul Goldschmidt ^St. Louis Cardinals1B [139]
2023 Shohei Ohtani ^§(2)Los Angeles AngelsRHP/DH Ronald Acuña Jr. ^§Atlanta BravesOF [140]
2024 Aaron Judge ^§(2)New York Yankees*OF Shohei Ohtani ^§(3)Los Angeles Dodgers*DH [141]

Wins by team

TeamsAwardsYears
New York Yankees 241923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1941–1943, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954–1957, 1960–1963, 1976, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2022, 2024
St. Louis Cardinals 211925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1942–1944, 1946, 1948, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1979, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers 151913, 1924, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1988, 2014, 2019, 2024
New York/San Francisco Giants 141912, 1933, 1936, 1954, 1965, 1969, 1989, 1993, 2000–2004, 2012
Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics 131914, 1928, 1931–1933, 1952, 1971, 1973, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002
Cincinnati Reds 121938–1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975–1977, 1995, 2010
Detroit Tigers 1911, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2011–2013
Boston Red Sox 1912, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1995, 2008, 2018
Chicago Cubs 111911, 1929, 1935, 1945, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1984, 1987, 1998, 2016
Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves 91914, 1947, 1957, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2020, 2023
Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins 81913, 1924, 1925, 1965, 1969, 1977, 2006, 2009
Pittsburgh Pirates 1927, 1960, 1966, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1992, 2013
Philadelphia Phillies 1932, 1950, 1980, 1981, 1986, 2006, 2007, 2021
California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels 71979, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023
Baltimore Orioles/St. Louis Browns 61922, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1983, 1991
Texas Rangers 1974, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2010
Milwaukee Brewers 51981, 1982, 1989, 2011, 2018
Chicago White Sox 1959, 1972, 1993, 1994, 2020
Cleveland Indians / Guardians 31926, 1948, 1953
Seattle Mariners 21997, 2001
Toronto Blue Jays 1987, 2015
Houston Astros 1994, 2017
Kansas City Royals 11980
San Diego Padres 1996
Colorado Rockies 1997
Washington Nationals 2015
Miami Marlins 2017
Arizona Diamondbacks 0none
New York Mets none
Tampa Bay Rays none

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shohei Ohtani</span> Japanese baseball player (born 1994)

Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter (DH) for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Because of his elite contributions as a hitter and as a pitcher, a rarity as a two-way player, Ohtani's prime seasons have been considered among the greatest in baseball history, with some comparing them favorably to the early career of Babe Ruth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting</span> Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2021 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2016. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players. The results were announced on January 26, 2021, with no players receiving enough votes to be inducted.

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