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Shohei Ohtani Aaron Judge Are Baseball S Historic Mvps

Bonisiwe Shabane
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shohei ohtani aaron judge are baseball s historic mvps

Shohei Ohtani doesn't have anyone but Barry Bonds to chase. Ohtani won his fourth Most Valuable Player award Nov. 13 when balloting from the Baseball Writers’ Assn. was announced. It is his second National League honor with the Los Angeles Dodgers after winning a pair of American League MVPs down the freeway with the Angels – the first player to win multiple MVPs... Ohtani’s fourth MVP broke a tie with 10 players who were three-time MVPs, and moved him behind only Bonds, whose seven NL MVPs are most in Major League Baseball history.

Meanwhile, Aaron Judge powered his way into the Gang of Three. Judge won his third American League MVP, prevailing in a tight battle over record-setting Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh.. Judge hit 53 home runs and won his first career batting title, leading the majors with a .331 mark. Raleigh hit 60 home runs, a record for both a catcher and switch-hitter, and drove in 125. They are the giants of the sport. Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are the two best players in baseball.

It was confirmed Thursday night with the announcement that each one is their league’s Most Valuable Player. It was the same story last year. And for the past five years they have been the best in the game. Poor Bobby Witt Jr. and Cal Raleigh. Last year, Witt had one of the greatest seasons ever by a shortstop.

He finished a distant second in MVP voting to Judge, who grabbed all 30 first-place votes. Raleigh had the greatest season ever by a catcher—a switch hitter who hit 60 home runs and drove in 125 runs (leading the league in both) while catching more innings than anybody else in... And yet, he, too, finished second to Judge, though he did grab 13 first-place votes. Judge is just that good, an unprecedented batting champion with 53 home runs. So is Ohtani, who won his fourth MVP, all of them unanimously. Nobody else has more than one unanimous MVP.

They are the two biggest reasons why baseball is enjoying a renaissance of interest—and two of a kind unlike anything we’ve seen before. Judge and Ohtani have won seven of the past 10 MVP Awards. In those seven award-winning seasons they received 195 of 210 first-place votes (93%). Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani watches his home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball’s World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge is congratulated after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, June 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File) New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sept. 20, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File) Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani celebrates his home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball’s World Series, Monday, Oct.

27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) Seattle Mariners designated hitter Cal Raleigh hits a solo home run against the San Diego Padres during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the National League honor on Thursday and New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge earned the American League accolade for the...

Ohtani won the MVP for the third straight year, his second in the NL with the Los Angeles Dodgers after two in the AL with the Los Angeles Angels. All four have been unanimous. Judge became the Yankees' fourth three-time winner, edging Seattle’s Cal Raleigh with 17 first-place votes to 13 for the switch-hitting catcher. The vote was the closest for an MVP since the Angels’ Mike Trout topped Houston’s Alex Bregman by 17-13 in 2019. Ohtani became just the second player to win at least four MVP awards, trailing only seven by Barry Bonds. The 31-year-old Ohtani is the first to win in each league twice after getting the AL honor in 2021 and 2023.

He signed with the crosstown Dodgers the following offseason and won NL MVP in 2024 during his first season in Chavez Ravine. He’s also won the World Series in both his seasons with the Dodgers. Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is once again adding well-deserved hardware to his growing collection and further securing his reputation as a generational talent. The Japanese pitcher-slugger was again unanimously voted the National League’s Most Valuable Player on Thursday, the second year in a row he has been named the league’s best player. New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge took home honors in the American League for a second consecutive year. Ohtani, sitting next to his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, and their dog, Decoy, when his name was announced on MLB Network, gave a lil smooch to his pup to celebrate the occasion.

Don Mattingly announces the 2025 NL MVP ...Shohei Ohtani 🦄 https://t.co/nwLtgGmuyo pic.twitter.com/OHiWH0rqVI The 31-year-old is now the first player in Major League Baseball history to win the award twice in both leagues. The five-time All-Star was named the AL MVP in 2021 and 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels before leaving for the cross-town Dodgers after signing a reported $700 million contract. Shohei Ohtani spoke with Tom Verducci after the Los Angeles Dodgers' Game 3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. The MLB Most Valuable Player Awards for the 2025 season are official, and while one league had a tight race, it wasn’t close in the other. After winning his second World Series in as many years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani also has back-to-back NL MVP Awards under his belt after a unanimous vote from the Baseball Writers'...

The two-way Japanese superstar was named the 2025 NL MVP, giving him four over his MLB career. He won his first two in the American League with the Los Angeles Angels. In fact, he has won an MVP Award in each of the last three seasons, having won the 2023 award in his final year as an Angels star. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani wins fourth MLB MVP award while New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge bags a third. While Shohei Ohtani had his greatness reconfirmed, Cal Raleigh learned not even the greatest season by a catcher in Major League Baseball history could stop Aaron Judge from adding another Most Valuable Player (MVP)...

Minutes after Ohtani secured his third consecutive MVP award and fourth in the last five years – leaving him just three shy of Barry Bonds for the most in MLB history – Judge was... Ohtani and Judge became the first duo to win the Most Valuable Player Award in the same back-to-back seasons. The New York Yankees outfielder secured 17 of a possible 30 first-place votes and 355 points. The Seattle Mariners catcher claimed the other 13 first-place votes and finished with 335 points.

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