Mookie Betts
Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts (born October 7, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder and second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the United States national team. He previously played for the Boston Red Sox. In 2018, while with the Red Sox, he 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.
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Betts with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 50 | |||||||||||||||
| Right fielder / Second baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: October 7, 1992 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 29, 2014, for the Boston Red Sox | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .294 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 1,485 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 252 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 756 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 172 | ||||||||||||||
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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. 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.
Outside of baseball, Betts is also a professional ten-pin bowler for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He bowled a perfect game in the World Series of Bowling in 2017.