Cal Raleigh delivered the greatest offensive season by a catcher in MLB history, but it wasn’t enough to earn the league’s top honor.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge was named American League MVP on Thursday, narrowly beating out the Seattle Mariners catcher to earn the honor for the third time.

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani unanimously won his second straight National League MVP, and his fourth MVP Award overall.

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Judge earned 17 first-place votes and 13 second-place votes to earn 355 total points, while Raleigh took the other 13 first-place votes and 17 second-place votes to finish a close second with 335. According to the BBWAA, this is the closest MVP race since 2019, when Mike Trout beat Alex Bregman by the same margin.

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