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Shohei Ohtani started his Dodgers career with a World Series title and his first NL MVP last year, and he followed that up by going back-to-back in both, winning another World Series and capping off his 2025 season by winning another NL MVP.
Don Mattingly announces the 2025 NL MVP …
— MLB (@MLB) November 14, 2025
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FULL INTERVIEW: Shohei Ohtani is all smiles with Mamiko and Decoy after winning his 4th MVP award! pic.twitter.com/wz7lgcFqiZ
— MLB (@MLB) November 14, 2025
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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 14, 2025
Notably, he captured all 30 first-place votes yet again, giving him four unanimous wins in all four of his MVP Awards, two of which came in 2021 and 2023 with the Angels. Since the MVP Awards were handed out in their current format back in 1931, there have only been 24 unanimously selected, and Shohei now has four of those, including being the only player to have done so more than once.
As you may have figured out, Shohei has also now won three MVP awards in a row. Only one other player has done that: Barry Bonds, who won four in a row from 2001-04. Bonds is also the only other player with more than three, pacing the all-time list with seven. Ohtani has now finished first or second in the past five MVP elections, tying the record shared by Bonds and former teammate Mike Trout.
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In 2025, Ohtani resumed being a two-way player, but he likely would’ve won again even just considering what he did as a DH. He led the National League in runs (146), SLG (.622), OPS (1.014) wOBA (.418), wRC+ (171), total bases (380), WPA (5.89), and WAR (7.5). He also finished second in home runs (55), second in OBP (.392), third in triples (9), fifth in hits (172), sixth in RBI (102), 13th in batting average (.282), 13th in baserunning runs, and was still 18th in steals (20) to round off his impressive resume.
On the mound, he began a slow ramp up in June, and by the end of the season he looked as good as ever before, not giving up a run over his final 17.1 innings of the season. He made 14 starts in total to throw 47 innings, posting a stellar 2.87 ERA, 1.90 FIP, 2.45 xFIP, 2.45 xERA, and 2.67 SIERA. He ran the second-highest strikeout rate of his career (33.0%) and the lowest walk rate of his career (4.8%), posting a 1.5 R/9 WAR and a 1.9 FIP WAR to put him close to a 10-WAR season.
Shohei Ohtani, living legend. pic.twitter.com/SdM36jAXUq
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 14, 2025
Ohtani is the second Dodger to win MVP unanimously — the first was also himself — and is the 13th different player in franchise history to win the award. He joins first baseman Jake Daubert (1913), pitcher Dazzy Vance (1924), first baseman Dolph Camilli (1941), second baseman Jackie Robinson (1949), catcher Roy Campanella (1951, 1953, 1955), pitcher Don Newcombe (1956), shortstop Maury Wills (1962), pitcher Sandy Koufax (1963), first baseman Steve Garvey (1974), outfielder Kirk Gibson (1988), pitcher Clayton Kershaw (2014), and outfielder Cody Bellinger (2019) as franchise winners. Ohtani and Campanella (who has three) are the only two to win multiple MVPs with the Dodgers.
In all, three Dodgers received MVP votes on the ballot, with Freddie Freeman finishing 13th and Will Smith finishing 20th to join Ohtani.
What a season. What a player.
Appreciate it while he’s around.
4 MVPs. 1 Shohei Ohtani. 🦄
— MLB (@MLB) November 14, 2025
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