The best start to a season in Joey Gallo’s career now has official validation after the Texas Rangers outfielder was selected as the American League Player of the Week.
The outfielder batted an AL-leading .478 (11 for 23) with four homers, seven extra-base hits, a league-high 11 RBIs and eight runs scored over six games last week as the Rangers went 5-1.
His 1.174 slugging percentage also led the league.
Gallo’s biggest game came Sunday in an 11-10 win over the Houston Astros. He drove in five runs with a triple, a groundout, a bloop single and the first sacrifice fly of his career.