Shohei Ohtani started his Dodgers career with a World Series title and his first NL MVP, and he followed that up by going back-to-back in both, winning another World Series and capping his 2025 season by winning another NL MVP.
Don Mattingley announces the NL MVP 2025…
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It is striking that he captured all 30 first-place votes 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 came into their current form in 1931, only 24 have been unanimously selected, and Shohei now has four, including being the only player to do so more than once.
As you might have thought, Shohei has now also won three MVP awards in a row. Only one other player has done that: Barry Bondswho won four times in a row from 2001 to 2004. Bonds is also the only other player with more than three and is on the all-time list with seven. Ohtani has now finished first or second in the past five MVP votings, tying the record held by Bonds and Trout.
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In 2025, Ohtani resumed his role as a two-way player, but he probably would have won again even seeing 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 18th in steals (20) to round out his impressive resume.
On the mound, he began a slow rise in June, and by the end of the season he looked as good as he ever had, not giving up a run over his final 17.1 innings of the season. He made a total of 14 starts and threw 47 innings, with a stellar 2.87 ERA, 1.90 FIP, 2.45 xFIP, 2.45 xERA and 2.67 SIERA. He had 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, putting 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 himself – and is the 13th different player in franchise history to win the award. He joins the first baseman Jake Daubert (1913), pitcher Brave Vance (1924), first baseman Dolf Camilli (1941), second baseman Jackie Robinson (1949), catcher Roy Campanella (1951, 1953 and 1955), pitcher Don Newcombe (1956), short stop 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). Ohtani and Campanella are the only two to win multiple MVPs with the Dodgers.
A total of three Dodgers received MVP votes in the voting, with Freddie Vrijman finished 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. 🦄
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