Vladimir Guerrero has won Major League Baseball’s Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, with 61 out of 84 first place votes in a season where he helped the Texas Rangers reach the World Series.
Guerrero out-polled runner-up David Ortiz of Boston, also a Dominican hitter, who won the award five years in a row from 2003 to 2007.
Guerrero batted .306 with 25 home runs, 106 RBIs, and scoring 73 times in 129 games-played as a designated hitter.
He had struck out only 56 times in 523 plate appearances, also played 23 games as an outfielder and had overall batting totals of 30 homers, 115 runs batted in, and 83 runs scored with a .300 average.
The award has been handed out since 1973, but Guerrero, 35, became the first Texas Rangers player to win the honor since Rafael Palmeiro in 1999, according to AFP.
Guerrero out-polled runner-up David Ortiz of Boston, also a Dominican hitter, who won the award five years in a row from 2003 to 2007.
Guerrero batted .306 with 25 home runs, 106 RBIs, and scoring 73 times in 129 games-played as a designated hitter.
He had struck out only 56 times in 523 plate appearances, also played 23 games as an outfielder and had overall batting totals of 30 homers, 115 runs batted in, and 83 runs scored with a .300 average.
The award has been handed out since 1973, but Guerrero, 35, became the first Texas Rangers player to win the honor since Rafael Palmeiro in 1999, according to AFP.
