Ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2021.11.19 11:53
Shohei Ohtani (27, Japan) of the Major League Baseball LA Angels was selected as the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the American League with a full vote.
MLB Network announced on the 19th (Japan time) that Otani was elected to the American League MVP. In a vote of 30 people from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA), all of them voted first in Otani. Otani has a total of 420 points, which is a big difference from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (269 points) of the Toronto Blue Jays.
The American League’s full-vote MVP is the 11th in history and the first time in seven years since Mike Trout in 2014. Otani advanced to the major leagues in 2018 and was selected as the first MVP in the fourth year. It will be the first Japanese player MVP in 20 years since Ichiro in 2001.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. marked 48 home runs, but was not as good as Otani, who also played a cartoon-like role as a thrower. Otani marked 9 wins and 2 losses as a pitcher, an ERA of 3.18, and 46 home runs, 100 RBIs and 26 stolen bases as a batter this season. Although he did not have one win in the “double-digit home run / victory” for the first time in 103 years since Babe Ruth in 1918, he won the “Quintiple 100” with 100 innings-100 strikeouts-100 hits-100 RBIs-100 points. Achieved.
Prior to this, Otani was also selected as the Player of the Year Award for Players’ Choice Awards, which is selected by voting among players, and the Player of the Year for Baseball America.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryce Harper (29) was elected to the National League MVP. With a total of 348 points, including 17 first-place votes, he beat second-placed Juan Soto (Washington, 274 points). Harper, who marked a batting average of 30%, 9 home runs, 35 home runs and 84 RBIs this season, is the second MVP since 2015.
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