LEFTHANDED BASEBALL

The Best Lefthanded Batters and Lefthanded Pitchers in Baseball

The 2024 Major League Baseball Season

The 2024 MLB Regular Season has come to an end
and two lefthanded batters and two lefthanded pitchers stand out above the rest.

Among Lefthanded Batters in 2024,

Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers is likely to win the NL MVP Award,

Ohtani had 197 hits, 134 runs scored, 54 home runs, 130 RBI, and a .310 batting average, and stole 59 bases.

Juan Soto of the Yankees had an MVP caliber season, but will likely finish behind Aaron Judge

Soto had 166 hits, 128 runs scored, 41 home runs, 109 RBI, and a .288 batting average, along with 129 walks.

Although the votes are not counted until a few weeks after the World Series is over

Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers is the likely winner of the American League Cy Young Award

Skubal won 18 games, lost 4, with a 2.39 ERA, with 228 strikeouts in 192 innings pitched.

Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves is the likely winner of the National League Cy Young Award

Sale won 18 games, lost 4, with a 2.38 ERA, with 225 strikeouts in 177 innings pitched.

The last time lefthanded pitchers won both the NL and the AL Cy Young Awards was in 2002,

when Randy Johnson of the Dbacks won the NL award and Barry Zito of the Athletics won the AL award.

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