Dodgers' Mookie Betts Wins 2025 Roberto Clemente Award

Dodgers prima Mookie Betts was named nan recipient of nan 2025 Roberto Clemente Award, which is fixed to nan subordinate whose humanitarian efforts connected and disconnected nan section spell beyond nan rest.

Every azygous MLB squad nominates 1 of their players for nan award. This is nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a statement successful which nan Dodgers nominated Betts. He is now nan 4th Dodger to win, pursuing caller winners Clayton Kershaw (2012) and Justin Turner (2022).

Betts's 5050 Foundation, founded successful 2021, is wherever he spends astir of his clip giving backmost to section communites. The foundation's efforts are focused connected "mental/emotional health, nutrition, financial literacy, and beingness fitness," per nan MLB's property release. Betts's instauration raised $100,000 this past March done fundraising.

On apical of contributing to his ain foundation, Betts besides helped retired nan Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation a batch this year. His instauration collaborated pinch nan team's to lend $160,000 to nan Brother Crusade, which supports hunger and homelessness initiatives. One illustration of wherever immoderate of this money went is erstwhile Betts donated $30,000 worthy of Nike apparel to group impacted by nan Los Angeles chaotic fires earlier this year.

Betts consistently shows up to events his instauration and nan Dodgers' instauration hosts, and his effort has made an effect crossed nan league.

Betts recovered retired he was nan victor conscionable hours earlier Game 3 of nan World Series betwixt nan Dodgers and nan Blue Jays. Through this year's postseason, Betts has averaged .271/.600/.500 pinch 13 hits, six RBIs and 3 runs. He's aiming to triumph his 4th World Series title.

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