Shohei Ohtani had won three straight MVP awards. On Thursday night, Pete Crow-Armstrong ended that run, winning the 2026 NL MVP with all 30 first-place votes. Ohtani finished second.
PCA hit 45 home runs with 41 stolen bases, only the seventh 40-40 season in MLB history. With 30+ doubles, he joined Ohtani (2024) and Alfonso Soriano (2006) as the only players with 45 homers, 40 steals and 30 doubles in a season.
His MLB-leading 10.6 fWAR was 3.6 wins ahead of the No. 2 player (Bobby Witt Jr., 7.0), the first gap of 3+ wins since Mickey Mantle over Duke Snider. Only Rogers Hornsby (11.0 in 1929) has a higher single-season WAR in Cubs history. He is the first unanimous MVP in Cubs history, and he also won the NL Platinum Glove.
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Stats: MLB.com / AP
Video: @MLB (2026 regular season)
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