Shohei Ohtani retains doing issues no baseball participant has ever executed.

The Dodgers celebrity unanimously gained the Nationwide League’s Most Invaluable Participant award Thursday, turning into the primary full-time designated hitter to take dwelling the {hardware}.

In his first season with the Dodgers, Ohtani turned the primary large leaguer to have 50 dwelling runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season. Ohtani’s 54 homers have been prime within the NL and his 59 stolen bases ranked second in all of MLB.

Shohei was additionally second within the NL with a .310 batting common, and he lead the league in on-base share, slugging share and OPS. In different phrases, he was the most effective hitter by far.

It is the third MVP award for Ohtani, who was twice named AL MVP when he was enjoying throughout city with the Angels.

Distinction is, Ohtani was pitching and hitting again then … and this yr he was restricted to being a DH as he recovered from low season surgical procedure on his pitching elbow.

Simply goes to indicate how dominant Ohtani was within the batter’s field in 2024 … and the way a lot of a difference-maker he was for the Dodgers, who completed with the most effective file in MLB and in the end gained the World Sequence.