New York Yankees’ outfielder Aaron Judge won his second American League MVP Award, sweeping all 30 votes.
Judge, who also won this award in 2022, is the 17th multiple winner in the American League. This marks the 22nd time that a Yankees player has been honored, the most MVP Awards overall for one club in BBWAA voting dating to 1931. The St. Louis Cardinals are second with 18, the most in the National League. Judge joins three-time winners DiMaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Berra (1951, 1954-55) and Mantle (1956-57, 1962); fellow two-time winners Maris (1960-61) and Rodriguez (2005, 2007) as well as Lou Gehrig (1936), Joe Gordon (1942), Spud Chandler (1943), Phil Rizzuto (1950), Elston Howard (1963), Thurman Munson (1976) and Don Mattingly (1985).
Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. finished second, taking all 30 second-place votes. It is the first time in AL MVP voting that the winner received all the first-place votes and the runner-up got all the second-place votes. This has happened only once before in BBWAA MVP balloting. That was last year in the National League with winner Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves receiving all 30 first-place votes and runner-up Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers getting all 30 second-place votes.
Judge’s victory is the 14th for a center fielder in the AL.
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