Mookie Betts

Mookie Betts
Betts with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 50
Outfielder / Second baseman / Shortstop
Born: (1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 (age 32)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 29, 2014, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
(through 2024 season)
Batting average.294
Hits1,615
Home runs271
Runs batted in831
Stolen bases188
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  United States
World Baseball Classic
Silver medal – second place 2023 Miami Team

Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts (born October 7, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder and shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox. He is an eight-time All-Star, a seven-time Silver Slugger Award winner, a six-time Gold Glove Award recipient, a three-time World Series champion, and was named the Most Valuable Player in the American League in 2018. He is also second in Wins Above Replacement (WAR) among active position players, behind Mike Trout.[1]

Betts was drafted by the Red Sox in 2011, and made his MLB debut in the 2014 season,[2] splitting time between second base and the outfield. He became the Red Sox center fielder in 2014, before moving to right field in 2016.[3] After six seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Dodgers in 2020 and later signed a 12-year, $365 million extension with the team through the 2032 season.

As a relatively short natural second baseman with a high contact rate and a high level of production when pulling the ball, Betts has been compared to former Red Sox teammate Dustin Pedroia.[4][5] In 2018, Betts became the first player in MLB history to win the Most Valuable Player, Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, batting title, and World Series all in the same season.[6] He has won the 2020 and 2024 World Series in his tenure with Los Angeles.

Outside of baseball, Betts is also a professional ten-pin bowler for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He bowled a perfect game in the World Series of Bowling in 2017.[7]

  1. ^ "Active Leaders & Records for WAR Position Players". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mookie Betts Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Mookie Betts » Statistics » Batting » Fielding". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "Mookie Betts Is Dustin Pedroia All Over Again". Fangraphs.com. April 7, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "Major League Leaderboards » 2015 » Batters » Zone Contact". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Mookie Betts Makes History By Winning 2018 AL MVP Award To Cap Remarkable Season". NESN.com. November 15, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018. Mookie Betts is the first player to win all of these in the same season: World Series, MVP, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, batting title.
  7. ^ Wiseman, Lucas (October 29, 2018). "PBA Member Mookie Betts Is A World Series Champion". www.flobowling.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

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