Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Angels’ two-way star Shohei Ohtani was named the American League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Monday, snatching 25 of 30 first place votes.
New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar earned the other five votes, finishing in second place.
Ohtani, 24, is the third Angels player to earn the award, joining Tim Salmon (1993) and Mike Trout (2012), and the fourth Japanese-born player to receive the title in the majors, following Hideo Nomo (1995), Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001).
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