[시사포커스 / 이근우 기자] Shohei Ohtani (27, Los Angeles Angels) has been named the best player of the year by Major League Baseball players.
The Major League Baseball Players’ Union (MLBPA) announced on the 29th (Korean time) that Ohtani was selected as the Player of the Year at the ‘2021 Players’ Choice Awards’ chosen by MLB players.
Ohtani, who was also named in the American League’s Best Fielder, became the first Japanese player in MLB history to be ‘Player of the Year’ and the second best fielder in MLB history after Ichiro Suzuki in 2004.
Ohtani, who started out as a pitcher this season, posted an ERA of 3.18 in 23 games, 130ⓓ innings, 9 wins, 2 losses as a pitcher. As a batter, he also performed like a cartoon with a batting average of 0.257 46 homers, 100 RBIs, 26 stolen bases, and 103 runs as a batter in 155 games.
In particular, he became the first player in MLB history to score 100 innings, 100 strikeouts, 100 hits, 100 RBIs, and 100 runs. Unfortunately, Babe Ruth’s 10-10 home run in 1918 was missed by just one win.
Previously, he was awarded Player of the Year by the American baseball magazine ‘Bayball America (BA)’, and the Historic Achievement Award, a special award given to players with special achievements, was also awarded to Derek Jeter and Bean Sculley in 2014. I got it after 7 years.
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