Bobby Witt Jr. finished second in MVP voting to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, the unanimous winner. Witt finished second on all 30 ballots, making it just the second time one player received all the first-place votes and the runner-up got all the second-place votes, the other time occurring last year with Ronald Acuna Jr. winning and Mookie Betts finishing second.
Witt became the first Royals hitter to win a batting title since George Brett in 1990, leading the big leagues with a .332 clip. He led the American League in hits (211), was second in runs scored (125), doubles (45), triples (11), and total bases (374), ninth in home runs (32), tied for fourth in RBI (109), and eighth in stolen bases (31), and he was second in the league in WAR according to both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.