Mookie Betts

Markus Lynn Mookie Betts born October 7 1992 is an American professional baseball outfielder shortstop and second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball MLB He is an eighttime AllStar a seventime Silver Slugger Award winner a sixtime Gold Glove Award recipient a threetime 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 Betts also runs a podcast on Bleacher Report called On Base Betts was drafted by the Red Sox in 2011 and made his MLB debut in the 2014 season splitting time between second base and the outfield He became the Red Sox center fielder in 2014 before moving to right field in 2016 After six seasons with Boston he was traded to the Dodgers in 2020 and later signed a 12year 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 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 He has won the 2020 and 2024 World Series in his tenure with Los Angeles Betts is often regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and of all time Outside of baseball Betts is also a professional tenpin bowler for the Professional Bowlers Association PBA He bowled a perfect game in the World Series of Bowling in 2017 Description above from the Wikipedia article Shohei Ohtani licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia