Every Player To Win Mvp And World Series Mvp In The Same Season

The Dodgers are looking to repetition arsenic World Series champs successful 2025, and if successful, Shohei Ohtani will person a chance to subordinate a prime group of players successful MLB history.

Throughout MLB history, only 5 players person ever won their league's respective MVP grant and gone connected to triumph nan World Series MVP successful nan aforesaid year. Ohtani is nan runaway favourite to triumph nan National League MVP this play for nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a row. If he tin execute astatine his accustomed prolific level, he could very good beryllium named World Series MVP.

Last year, Ohtani missed retired connected nan grant aft a lackluster showing successful nan Fall Classic against nan Yankees. Plagued by a enarthrosis injury, he had conscionable 2 hits successful nan five-game bid and didn't grounds a location tally aliases RBI. Freddie Freeman was named World Series MVP successful '24 aft he launched 4 location runs and had 12 RBIs.

Should Ohtani declare nan grant arsenic his ain successful '25, he'd beryllium conscionable nan sixth subordinate ever to triumph some nan regular-season MVP and World Series MVP successful nan aforesaid year. Even much impressive, he would go conscionable nan 2nd subordinate to triumph each 3 of regular-season MVP, LCS MVP and World Series MVP.

Let's return a look astatine nan esteemed institution he'd beryllium joining:

Sandy Koufax won nan Cy Young, NL MVP and World Series MVP successful 1963, erstwhile he had a 1.88 ERA pinch 306 strikeouts during nan regular season. He past sounded 2 complete games successful nan World Series, which lasted conscionable 4 games successful total.

In 1966, Frank Robinson was named MVP of nan American League aft launching 49 location runs and 122 RBIs. He was prolific successful nan Orioles' World Series win, too, logging a 1.232 OPS successful a expanse of nan Dodgers.

Reggie Jackson won nan lone MVP grant of his profession successful 1973, erstwhile he led MLB pinch 32 location runs and 117 RBIs. He won nan first of his 2 World Series MVPs that aforesaid year, erstwhile he had 9 hits and 6 RBIs successful a seven-game bid against nan Mets.

The only subordinate successful MLB history to triumph nan trifecta of nan regular-season MVP, League Championship Series MVP and World Series MVP is Willie Stargell, who did truthful for nan Pirates successful 1979. That season, astatine nan property of 39, Stargell deed 32 location runs successful nan regular play and had 3 location runs and 7 RBIs successful a seven-game bid against nan Orioles. Pittsburgh, carried by Stargell's outstanding play, was capable to erase a 3–1 shortage successful nan series.

Mike Schmidt was named NL MVP and World Series MVP for nan Phillies successful 1980. That year, he had 48 location runs and 121 RBIs pinch an OPS of 1.004 successful nan regular season, and followed it up pinch 8 hits including 2 location runs successful a six-game bid against nan Royals.

Ohtani won nan NLCS MVP aft nan Dodgers swept nan Brewers successful 4 games. He capped disconnected nan bid pinch a sensational Game 4 performance successful which he deed 3 location runs and sounded six innings pinch 10 strikeouts. The historical capacity saw him gain nan bid MVP grant and now he'll beryllium looking to complete nan Triple Crown of MVPs.

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