Mookie Betts was elected the American League MVP, marking the 11th time a Red Sox player was honored. The others were Ted Williams in 1946 and 1949, Jimmie Foxx in 1938, Jackie Jensen in 1958, Carl Yastrzemski in 1967, Fred Lynn in 1975, Jim Rice in 1978, Roger Clemens in…
Blake Snell is the second Tampa Bay Rays pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. David Price won the award in 2012. Snell’s 180 2/3 innings pitched were the fewest for a Cy Young Award-winning starting pitcher in a full season. Verlander, who won the award in 2011, became the…
Bob Melvin is the eighth manager to win the Manager of the Year award three or more times. He won in the AL with the Athletics in 2012 and in the NL with the Diamondbacks in 2007. Bobby Cox and Tony La Russa share the record with four victories apiece….
Shohei Ohtani is the third Angels player to win the American League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award. The others were Tim Salmon in 1993 and Mike Trout in 2012. Ohtani pitched in 10 games and was a designated hitter in 82 games. The only other full-time DH to…
