The Major League Baseball Secretariat announced the MVPs of both major leagues on the 17th (Korean time). The main characters are Shohei Ohtani of the American League and Ronald Acuña Jr. of the National League.
Both players were honored with the award unanimously. In particular, Ohtani became the first player in Major League history to become the unanimous MVP twice.
Ha-seong Kim ranked 15th in the final with five National League MVP top 10 votes. Same 5 points as teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. However, the ranking of the votes received was different.
This is the third Korean player to win MVP voting. Choo Shin-soo won the vote in 2010 and 2013, and Ryu Hyun-jin won the vote in 2019 and 2020.
The highest ranked Korean player is Choo Shin-soo in 2013. At the time, he was ranked 12th for National League MVP. Ranked 14th in 2009. Additionally, Ryu Hyun-jin ranked 19th and 13th.
Ha-seong Kim recorded a batting average of 0.260, 17 home runs, 60 RBI, 84 runs, 140 hits, and an on-base percentage of 0.351 and an OPS of 0.749 in 152 games this season.
In particular, he appeared to have found a way to deal with his fastball, which was pointed out as a weakness after entering the major leagues. Accordingly, at one point in the season, OPS exceeded 0.800.
In addition, Ha-seong Kim boasted a water-tight defense regardless of whether he played second base, third base, or shortstop. For this, he won the Gold Glove in the utility category. This is the first Korean.
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