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Shohei Ohtani Major League Baseball player, batter and pitcher, currently the only player capable of performing in both positions and highlighting became the Most Valuable Player of the American League of the 2021 season, an award granted by the Baseball Writer’s Association Of America.
The Oshu, Japan-born, became the second player after Mike Trout to win the trophy unanimously by receiving 30 first-place votes, which allowed him to overcome Vladimir Guerrero Jr and Marcus Semien, both sluggers, in the competition. of the Toronto Blue Jays.
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MVP numbers
Although his team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim did not qualify for the postseason, the Japanese prodigy left numbers worthy of the award that could not be debated.
Batting
The Asian, appeared 537 times in the batter’s box and connected 138 hits, with 46 homers and 100 RBIs, serving as designated hitter. Statistics accompany 26 stolen bases in 36 attempts and by those numbers the Silver Slugger won.
Pitcher:
Another of Ohtani’s remarkable facets is his talent in pitching, in the season he opened a total of 23 games and set a record of 9 wins by 2 losses in 183.2 innings of work, in which he faced a total of 533 batters, he conceded 98 hits and struck out 156.
It should be noted that Shohei becomes the second Japanese player to obtain such a distinction, after Ichiro Susuki in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners.
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