Shohei Ohtani became the fourth Japanese-born player to win Rookie of the Year, as the Los Angeles Angels' two-way sensation beat New York Yankees duo Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres to the American League award.
Ohtani joins Hideo Nomo (1995), Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001) as Japanese players to be honored after his debut year in Major League Baseball.
The Angels had high hopes both for Ohtani's bat and his pitching arm, and the 24-year-old lived up to the hype in his first season with the Angels, hitting .