Following a month in which he led the National League in home runs, OPS, and slugging percentage, CJ Abrams was named National League Player of the Month for July on Monday. The announcement was made on MLB Network. This is Abrams’ first career Player of the Month award and the first National to win Player of the Month since Daylen Lile in September of 2025. He ranked among National League hitters in extra-base hits (3rd, 15), RBI (3rd, 23), batting average (3rd, .348), hits (T6th, 31) and on-base percentage (6th, .408).
Abrams, 25, hit .348 (31-for-89) with five doubles, 10 home runs, 23 RBI, 11 walks, six stolen bases, 17 runs scored, a .742 slugging percentage and a 1.149 OPS across 23 games in July. He hit safely in 19 of the 23 games and reached base safely in 21 of the 23.
Highlights of Abrams’ month include:
- Named the starting National League shortstop for the All-Star Game, his second career All-Star selection. He was the first Nationals player to start an All-Star Game since Bryce Harper in 2018.
- Hit safely in eight straight games from July 5-17.
- Homered in three straight games for the second time this year from July 19-21.
- Matched a career-high with a four-hit game at Colorado on July 22.
- Had two multi-homer games on July 21 at Colorado and July 26 vs. Arizona.
- Hit his 26th and 27th home runs on July 26, breaking the record for most homers in a season by a Nationals shortstop (2005-pres.).
- Named National League Player of the Week for the week of July 27 after going 15-for-26 (.577) with two doubles, six home runs, 12 RBI, a walk, two stolen bases and eight runs scored in six games from July 20-26. He hit safely in all six games and had multiple hits in five of the six.
- Reached base safely in 11 of the last 12 games in July.