Shohei Ohtani Wins Silver Slugger Award
DODGERS SHOHEI OHTANI WINS SILVER SLUGGER
LOS ANGELE**S –** Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani has won the Louisville Silver Slugger Award for the second straight season as a member of the Dodgers.
Ohtani, 31, wins his fourth career Silver Slugger (2021, 23-25) after he finished this season with a .282 batting average, 55 homers and 102 RBI. He broke the Dodgers’ record for homers in a season, passing his mark from 2024 of 54. He set a new franchise record with 146 runs scored and he led the National League in slugging percentage (.622), OPS (1.014), total bases (380) and runs. He won the National League Player of the Month honor in May (sixth of his career) after finishing the month of May hitting .309 (34-for-110) with 15 homers, 27 RBI, five doubles, a triple, 17 walks, 31 runs scored, a .398 on-base percentage and a .782 slugging percentage in 27 games. He earned his fifth All-Star nod after clubbing 32 homers and driving in 60 in 95 games prior to the All-Star break and with his fourth Silver Slugger honor, he is now one of four players to win the award four or more times as a designated hitter, joining David Ortiz (7), Edgar Martinez (4) and Paul Molitor (4).
The Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award is the top offensive honor in Major League Baseball. A vote of MLB managers and coaches decides the Silver Slugger Award winners. They cast ballots for the players they determine to be the best offensive producers at each position in their respective league. Each team receives four votes: the manager and three coaches of their choice. Votes are based on a combination of offensive statistics including OBP, OPS, OPS+, home runs, hits, RBI and batting average as well as the managers’ and coaches’ general impressions of a player’s overall offensive value. The accounting firm of Deming, Malone, Livesay & Ostroff verifies the tabulation of ballots.
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