Armstrong unanimously wins NL MVP
BBWAA • • sports
Key Points:
- Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong won the National League MVP Award unanimously, marking the fourth straight season with a unanimous NL MVP winner.
- Crow-Armstrong is the first Cubs player to win the MVP unanimously and the ninth overall from the team, with the last winner being Kris Bryant in 2016.
- This year marks the third time both the NL and AL MVP winners were unanimous in the same season, and for the first time since 1956, both MVP and Cy Young Award winners were unanimous.
- Shohei Ohtani, who finished second to Crow-Armstrong, has been first or second in six consecutive MVP votes, breaking the previous record shared with Barry Bonds and Mike Trout.
- The MVP voting involved two writers from each league city, using a points system that awards 14 points for first place down to one point for tenth place.
