Cal Raleigh Loses Al Mvp Voting Aaron Judge Wins Award For The Third T

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 18, 2025, 5:36 AM

cal raleigh loses al mvp voting aaron judge wins award for the third t

Shohei Ohtani's fourth MVP award was announced Thursday, but the race was effectively decided in September or even earlier. The same can't be said for the American League's edition of the award. New York Yankees star Aaron Judge had to sweat out the vote totals all the way until Thursday's announcement, when he narrowly won his third AL MVP award over Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh. Ohtani and Judge became the first pair of players to win back-to-back MVP awards together, earning the award in 2024 and 2025. Here's a closer look at the vote totals in both the AL and NL. MORE: Full list of winners, finalists for 2025 MLB Awards

In the most anticipated award race of the 2025 season, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh finished second in voting for the 2025 American League MVP award Thursday, falling to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge. Raleigh's historic season for the Mariners, which helped the club reach Game 7 of the ALCS, wasn’t enough to earn him the prestigious award over Judge, who took home his second straight AL MVP... Of the 30 ballots submitted by the BBWAA, Judge received 17 votes for first place—barely eking out Raleigh, who took home 13 first-place votes. It was the closest vote for MVP in either league since Angels star Mike Trout received 17 first-place votes to win the 2019 AL MVP over Astros slugger Alex Bregman (13 votes). Here’s a closer look at the voting for the top-five 2025 AL MVP finishers: Raleigh led the American League with 60 home runs and 125 RBIs; he also scored 110 runs on the season for Seattle.

No catcher in MLB history has hit more homers in a single season than Raleigh, but Judge’s otherworldly bWAR (9.7) and OPS (1.144) was too much for Raleigh to overcome in the eyes of... Cal Raleigh has won the first hardware battle. The Mariners catcher won the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge major league player of the year award on Friday, beating out Yankees slugger Aaron Judge as the two await their AL MVP fate. Raleigh won 12 of 24 first-place votes and garnered 56 points from a panel of writers, broadcasters, executives, managers and former players, with Judge — last year’s winner — getting eight first-place votes and... Both players are preparing for the American League Division Series beginning this weekend on the heels of historic regular season campaigns. Raleigh became the seventh player to hit 60 home runs, demolishing the mark for catchers and switch-hitters, leading the AL with 125 RBIs to guide Seattle to the AL West title and the No.

2 seed. The New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge won the the American League MVP, as announced on the MLB Network. Judge had 17 first place votes and 13 second place votes to Raleigh’s 13 first place votes and 17 second place votes, totalling 355 for Judge and 335 for Raleigh. Here's the results ... Julio Rodriuez finished sixth in MVP voting. pic.twitter.com/ISvA86PyRg

Judge led the American League in batting average (.331) and runs (137). He also finished the season with 53 home runs and 114 RBIs. For the second straight season, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player. Judge beat out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez for the award, the BBWAA announced Thursday night. As the voting results show, it was a close race between Judge and Raleigh: This is Judge's second straight MVP and the third of his career (he also won in 2022).

He is the 13th player with three MVPs. Only Barry Bonds (seven) and Shohei Ohtani (four), who won this year's National League MVP, have more. Judge is the fourth Yankee with three MVPs, joining Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Yogi Berra (1951, 1954-55), and Mickey Mantle (1956-57, 1962). He joins Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers superstar who won National League MVP. Judge slashed .331/.457/.688 this season and led baseball in batting average by 20 points, on-base percentage by 58 points, and slugging percentage by 66 points. His 53 home runs were second in the AL behind Raleigh's 60.

Judge's 9.7 WAR was 1.7 wins better than the next best player, per Baseball Reference's calculations. Nov 13, 2025, 4:57 PM | Updated: 8:44 pm In most years, Cal Raleigh would have been a runaway winner for the American League Most Valuable Player award. After all, the Seattle Mariners slugger is coming off arguably the greatest season by a catcher in major league history. But unfortunately for Raleigh, he was the odd man out in a razor-tight MVP race that featured two players with historic seasons. New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was announced as the 2025 AL MVP by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Thursday evening after receiving 17 of the 30 first-place votes for a total...

Raleigh was the runner-up, receiving the other 13 first-place votes for a total of 335 points. TORONTO, ONTARIO - OCTOBER 20: Cal Raleigh #29 of the Seattle Mariners hits a solo home run during the fifth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays in game seven of the American League Championship... Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh finished as the runner-up to New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge for the American League Most Valuable Player award, announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Thursday. Raleigh narrowly lost out on the award to Judge, with Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez finishing third. Judge received 17 first-place votes, with Raleigh getting 13 as the two players split the vote total from the 30-person panel of BBWAA writers. Raleigh would have become just the third Mariner to win the award, joining Ken Griffey Jr.

in 1997 and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001. Judge won his third AL MVP award overall and second straight. Raleigh led all MLB with 60 home runs, and the AL with 125 RBI. He set records for most home runs by a catcher, by a switch-hitter, and by a Mariner, and became the first non-Yankee to hit 60 home runs in American League history.

Cal Raleigh Loses Al Mvp Voting Aaron Judge Wins Award For The Third T

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