Throughout the summer and fall, the American League MVP race was the biggest debate in baseball.

On one side was Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh, who shattered the MLB single-season home run record for a catcher and became just the seventh player in the sport’s history to reach the 60-homer club.

On the other side was New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, who hit .331 with 53 home runs to become just third player in MLB history to win a batting title and hit 50-plus homers in the same season.

Both had sensational campaigns, but Judge ultimately took home the prize on Thursday night.

Judge received 17 of 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America panel , which includes two voters from each AL city. Raleigh finished as the runner-up with the other

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