Major League Baseball (MLB) recently announced individual and team awards for the 2024 season. Japanese star Shohei Ohtani won his third Designated Hitter (DH) Silver Slugger Award on Tuesday (November 11).Silver bat), the back-to-back winner of the Best Designated Hitter (DH) Award was confirmed on Thursday (14) (Edgar-Martínez-Preis), becoming the first Los Angeles Dodger player to win this award.
Shohei Ohtani played a total of 159 games this season, posting 54 home runs, 59 steals, and 130 RBIs, becoming the National League double champion. What’s even more crazy is that the unprecedented record of “54 bombs and 59 thieves” also made him the first member of the “50 bombers and 50 thieves” club.
According to the official MLB website, Ohtani Shohei is the second player in history to win the Best DH Award four years in a row, after retired Boston Red Sox slugger “Dad” Ortiz. Ortiz won the award five times from 2003 to 2007. In addition, Shohei Ohtani was again selected to the All-NBA first team this year for the fifth time in his career and won the Hank Aaron Award for the second consecutive year.Hank Aaron Prize), becoming the first player to receive this honor in both the American League and the National League.
In addition, Shohei Ohtani is also one of the favorite candidates for National League MVP this year. He is believed to have won American League MVP in 2021 and 2023 while with the Angels. At that time he won the award as a “two-handed player” with both shooting and hitting. This year, Shohei Ohtani is expected to become the first player in history to win the annual MVP as a DH.
｜Advanced Reading｜The MLB/Silver Slugger Awards are here! Shohei Otani won the award for the third time, tying for first place in Japan with Rōshin.
