Reward for the Record

MLB Award Breakdown

Josh Montagne, Copy Editor|December 21, 2021

Rookie of the Year:

National League (NL): Jonathan India had 143 hits, 244 total bases and a league leading 23 hit by pitches, according to mlb.com.

American League (AL): Randy Arozarena had 243 total bases, a .459 slugging percentage and was a gold glove finalist, according to baseball-reference.com.

Manager of the Year:

NL: Gabe Kapler led the San Francisco Giants to a major league high, 107 wins. The Giants had a .660 winning percentage. They finished in first place in the NL West division, according to baseball-reference.com.

AL: Kevin Cash won his second consecutive Manager of the Year Award. The Tampa Bay Rays manager led the team to 100 wins, a .617 winning percentage and an AL East division title, according to mlb.com.

American League Cy Young Award Winner Robbie Ray in the middle of his wind-up. (Photo by Jeff Marquis; commons.wikimedia.org)

Cy Young Award:

NL: Corbin Burnes in his fourth season in the majors earned 11 wins. He had a 2.43 ERA, had 234 strikeouts and only gave up seven home runs, according to mlb.com.

AL: Robbie Ray in his second season with the Toronto Blue Jays earned 13 wins with an average of only 2.89 runs allowed. He had a major league-leading 2.84 ERA, a major league-leading 193.1 innings pitched and an AL leading 248 strikeouts, according to baseball-reference.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder Bryce Harper batting. (Photo by All-Pro Reels; commons.wikimedia.org)
Shohei Ohtani is pitching for the Los Angeles Angels during a game against the Seattle Mariners in 2018. (Photo by hj_west; flickr.com)

MVP:

NL: Bryce Harper, a former MVP now in his third season in Philadelphia, had a .309 batting average with a league-leading .615 slugging percentage and a league-leading 1.044 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS), according to mlb.com.

AL: Shohei Ohtani won the AL MVP award unanimously, according to bbwaa.org,. The pitcher/hitter combo hit 46 home runs, had 100 RBIs, scored 103 runs and had an impressive .965 OPS. Ohtani pitched 156 strikeouts in 130.1 innings, a strikeout per 9 innings rate of 10.8, according to baseball-reference.com.