KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Bobby Witt Jr. continues to add to his growing list of accolades.
Major League Baseball announced that the star Kansas City Royals shortstop was named First Team All-MLB for a second consecutive season.
Witt Jr., 25, led all of baseball with 184 hits, a second consecutive season accomplishing that feat. He became the first player to do so since Whit Merrifield, also of the Royals, was tops in hits from 2018-19.
Witt Jr. also led the majors with 47 doubles last season.
Kansas City Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. watches his sacrifice fly to score one run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)(Charlie Riedel | AP)
Among all shortstops, Bobby Witt Jr. ranked in the following categories:
hits-firstdoubles-firstextra base hits (76)-firststolen bases (38)-firstslugging percentage (.501)-secondOPS (.852)-secondruns (99)-thirdRBI (88)-fourth
According to the Royals, Witt Jr. is the first player in major league history to record at least 20 home runs and 30 steals in each of his first four seasons. He is also one of four players ever to record at least 100 home runs and 100 steals through four seasons (Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry and Julio Rodríguez).
Defensively, Bobby Witt Jr. tied for the major league lead among all players in 2025 with 24 Outs Above Average, according to Baseball Savant. The shortstop started 153 games at the position and made just 10 errors.
Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., top, throws to first base past Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr., bottom, to complete a double play in the fourth inning during a baseball game Saturday Sept. 20, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)(Ed Zurga | AP)
He has already been recognized this offseason with a Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, a Rawlings Gold Glove Award and was named the Silver Slugger Award winner among American League shortstops.
With just four MLB seasons under his belt, Witt Jr. is putting together quite the resume: a two-time All-Star, a two-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, a Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winner, a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner, a Major League batting champion and now has twice been named First Team All-MLB at shortstop.
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