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#pounditThursday, March 28, 2024

Mookie Betts accomplishes extremely rare feat during incredible season

Mookie Betts

Mookie Betts was named AL MVP on Thursday, capping an incredible season for the Boston Red Sox outfielder.

Betts won essentially the highest individual and team honors of a season by taking home the league MVP award weeks after his team won the World Series. On top of that, Betts also won a Gold Glove award for his stellar defense, as well as a Silver Slugger award for being the best hitting player at his position.

According to Chris Cotillo, Betts joins Mike Schmidt (in 1980) as the only players to win those three awards and the World Series in the same season.

Betts led the AL in runs (129), batting average (.346) and slugging percentage (.640), all of which were career-high marks. His 47 doubles, 32 homers, 30 stolen bases, 81 walks and 1.078 were also the best marks of his career.

What drove Betts to achieve the excellent season? He says his goal is to be the best right fielder ever.

He’s off to a great start in his career, though he has a long way to go to match the likes of Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Frank Robinson, and of course Babe Ruth.

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