Shohei Ohtani was once again named the National League MVP, taking home the award unanimously in voting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA).
It’s the fourth time in his career Ohtani has been named MVP, with two in the American League while playing for the Los Angeles Angels and now twice with the Dodgers in the NL.
All four of Ohtani’s victories have been by a unanimous vote, and he is the only player to have won MVP unanimously more than once. Ohtani also became the first player to win the MVP Award twice in both the AL and NL.
Frank Thomas and Ohtani are the only players to win MVP in both leagues.
In addition, Ohtani joined Barry Bonds as the only players to win the MVP Award in three consecutive seasons. Ohtani is now second all-time with four MVP awards (2021, 2023-2025), trailing Bonds (1990, 1992-1993, 2001-2004) who owns seven MVP awards.
Furthermore, prior to Ohtani, no player in any of the big North American professional sports leagues — MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL — had won MVP and a championship in each of his first two seasons with a team.
Ohtani and Joe Morgan (1975-1976) are the only players in MLB history who won MVP and the World Series in back-to-back seasons. Overall, Ohtani is the fourth player to win an MVP and World Series in the same season multiple times, joining Joe DiMaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Mickey Mantle (1956, 1962) and Morgan.
Ohtani has finished first or second in his past five MVP elections, which ties the record shared by Bonds and Mike Trout.
The 31-year-old became the first Dodger to win back-to-back MVPs and joined Roy Campanella as the only players in franchise history to win the award multiple times.
Ohtani is one of 13 Dodgers to ever win MVP, joining Cody Bellinger (2019), Clayton Kershaw (2014), Kirk Gibson (1988), Steve Garvey (1974), Sandy Koufax (1963), Maury Wills (1962), Don Newcombe (1956), Roy Campanella (1951, 1953, 1955), Jackie Robinson (1949), Dolph Camilli (1941), Dazzy Vance (1924) and Jake Daubert (1913).
The Dodgers have rostered the MVP on 16 different occasions, which is third most all-time by a franchise. They trail only the New York Yankees (25) and St. Louis Cardinals (21).
Shohei Ohtani stats from 2025 MVP season
The Japan native finished his second season with the Dodgers batting .282/.392/.622 with 55 home runs and 102 RBI.
Ohtani broke the Dodgers’ franchise record for most homers in a season, passing his mark from 2024 of 54. He set a new franchise record with 146 runs scored and led the NL in slugging percentage (.622), on-base plus slugging (1.014), total bases (380) and runs.
He won the NL Player of the Month honor in May (sixth of his career) after hitting .309/.398/.782 with five doubles, one triple, 15 home runs, 27 RBI, 17 walks and 31 runs scored.
On the mound, Ohtani made 14 starts, going 1-1 with a 2.87 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 47 innings. He posted a 145 ERA+ with a 1.04 WHIP and finished the season tossing 16.2 scoreless innings with 20 strikeouts against eight hits and four walks.
Ohtani finished another historic campaign by tying the franchise record with eight postseason homers in a single postseason, joining Corey Seager when he accomplished the feat in 2020.
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