(Newss4usonline) – Mookie Betts is having some kind of season. The Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder is playing at an MVP level as the Dodgers lead the National League West and are headed to the postseason yet again.
Now, Betts is getting accolades for the way he has been playing, especially for the month of August.
The Dodgers All-Star was selected by Major League Baseball as the National League Player of the Month. And justifiably so. This is the first Player of the Month award that Betts has won since 2016 when he was a member of the Boston Red Sox.
It’s hard to believe that Betts has just won two of these honors when you look at his well-decorated and distinguished career. During the month of August, Betts simply went on a hitting tear, where he batted .455. He went 51-for-112 with 11 home runs and 30 runs driven in.
Not only that, but Betts also stole three bases and produced a slugging percentage of .839. Betts’ incredible month didn’t stop there. He also added 10 doubles, walked 12 times and scored 35 runs, and got on base at a .516 percentage clip. Betts did all of this in just 28 games.
Of those 28 games, Betts managed to reach base safely in 27 of those contests. Betts didn’t just put up eye-popping numbers, he dominated. He went on a 15-game hitting streak and led MLB in batting average, home runs, slugging, on-base percentage, hits (51), extra-base hits (21) and total bases (94).
Just how crazy of a month did Betts have? Well, he is just the third player in MLB history to hit .450 or better, collect 50 hits or more, and collect 10 home runs in a calendar month. Only Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig pulled this trick off.
Betts also had multi-hit games in 19 of the 28 games he played in August.
Lead Photo Caption: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts at the plate against the Miami Marlins. Photo by Melinda Meijer for News4usonline
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