The Edgar Martinez Award, which is given to the most active designated hitter this season in the major leagues, was announced, and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels won it for the second year in a row.
It will be the first time Ohtani has won a major individual award this off-season.
The Edgar Martinez Award, which is the best designated hitter award in the major leagues, is decided by the votes of the reporters in charge of each team.
Major League Baseball announced the Edgar Martinez Award for this season on the 28th, and Angels Shohei Otani won the award.
In this season, which is his fifth year in the major leagues, Otani participated as a designated hitter except when he pitched as a pitcher, scoring a batting average of 20%, 7 minutes and 3 minutes, 34 home runs, and 95 RBIs.
This is the second year in a row that he won the award, following last season when he hit 46 home runs, holding down Alvarez of the Astros who won the World Series this year.
He is the sixth player in major league history to win the Edgar Martinez Award two years in a row, following David Ortiz, who won the award four years in a row with the Red Sox in 2007.
After the end of this season, Otani was selected as a finalist for major individual awards such as MVP = best player, but he missed all the awards, and this was his first award.
What is the Edgar Martinez Prize?
The "Edgar Martinez Award" is an award given to the most active designated hitter in the season, and began as the "Best Designated Hitter Award" in 1973 when the designated hitter system was introduced in the American League.
When Edgar Martinez of the Mariners, who had won this award five times, the most at the time, retired in 2004, the name was changed to the "Edgar Martinez Award" in honor of his achievements.
David Ortiz, who played an active part in the Red Sox, has won the most awards in history eight times, and has won the award for four consecutive years since 2004.
Braves player Marcel Osuna won the Edgar Martinez Award for the first time as a National League player the day before the special designated hitter system was introduced to the National League due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
From this season, the designated hitter system was officially introduced in the National League, but this award is supposed to be won by one person through both leagues, and Ohtani, who belongs to the Angels of the American League, has won for the second consecutive year. won the award.