Since 1975, left fielders and right fielders are tied for the most MVP awards, with 16.

	POSITION	MVP	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Left Fielder	16	323,992	971,786	137,755	257,527	48,996	6,477	31,258	127,930	99,034	8,869	192,806	25,336	9,733	1,092,100	413,251	86,731	4,368	8,043	7,413	20,207	.265	.336	.425	.761	139044	10,546.8	.334	105	6,815
2	Right Fielder	16	294,594	924,214	131,350	246,281	47,637	5,842	33,248	129,228	94,447	8,289	188,906	18,666	8,530	1,037,888	405,346	86,727	3,070	7,868	8,065	20,150	.266	.337	.439	.776	136289	14,068.7	.339	108	10,436
3	First Baseman	14	290,943	922,154	125,835	247,246	48,941	3,441	36,080	140,116	106,243	8,473	179,660	7,574	4,212	1,047,616	411,309	88,462	1,902	8,844	11,165	22,947	.268	.346	.446	.792	143035	19,752.9	.345	113	16,105.8
4	Third Baseman	12	286,528	916,032	120,337	239,430	46,910	4,433	28,896	121,587	88,460	8,053	171,702	11,535	6,048	1,025,373	381,894	80,239	4,639	8,189	6,732	22,158	.261	.329	.417	.746	125096	4,328.2	.327	101	775.1
5	Center Fielder	11	272,761	887,631	130,208	234,191	42,308	7,975	23,161	100,310	82,690	7,823	175,002	35,592	12,798	991,342	361,932	73,444	6,868	6,330	4,985	15,088	.264	.330	.408	.738	119054	2,297.8	.325	99	-1,220.5
6	Shortstop	7	268,212	877,604	112,493	227,151	41,213	6,183	16,534	91,663	69,888	6,704	145,845	21,159	8,703	971,684	330,332	63,930	10,858	6,630	4,772	18,808	.259	.316	.376	.693	102079	-12,395.4	.306	87	-15,796.3
7	Pitcher	6	307,979	214,247	12,289	30,157	4,564	364	947	11,737	8,524	623	81,398	266	193	247,908	38,290	5,875	23,867	647	2	2,756	.141	.175	.179	.354	-2922	-32,071	.163	-9	-32,945.3
8	Second Baseman	6	289,121	928,009	124,716	244,110	44,859	6,295	18,209	98,106	83,186	8,776	151,515	23,470	9,487	1,036,891	356,186	69,363	9,633	7,287	4,490	19,120	.263	.327	.384	.711	116517	-5,649.7	.315	93	-9,253.3
9	Catcher	4	291,970	872,002	96,933	215,935	41,620	2,591	24,374	109,508	80,165	8,871	171,158	4,629	3,476	975,023	335,859	68,585	6,572	7,413	7,061	23,669	.248	.315	.385	.700	104333	-10,410.9	.309	88	-13,751
10	Designated Hitter	4	108,864	353,746	47,311	92,402	17,483	1,129	14,912	54,198	40,578	3,319	74,135	2,600	1,439	401,516	156,879	33,524	494	3,379	3,527	9,080	.261	.340	.443	.783	53900	6,715.8	.342	111	5,324.7

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Goodman

33

Schwarber

RBI Leaders

85

Abrams

84

Stewart

82

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.328

Arraez

.324

Alvarez

.322

Lopez

Hit Leaders

139

Lopez

136

Arraez

129

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

77

Olson

76

Alvarez

OBP Leaders

.438

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.397

Wood

SLG Leaders

.641

Alvarez

.567

Rice

.560

García

SB Leaders

39

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

13

Gray

12

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

185

Misiorowski

174

Cease

168

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.58

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.08

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.87

Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

11.34

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.61

Misiorowski

6.35

Schlittler

6.10

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

20

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

21

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,924.5

Ohtani

1,655

Wood

1,550.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,333.6

Ohtani

1,229

Wood

1,161

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

66-44

66-46

62-48

61-49

61-50

60-51

Worst Record ATS

42-70

43-68

49-62

50-61

51-60

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	66	45	.595
Phillies	58	53	.523	8.0
Marlins	57	55	.509	9.5
Nationals	55	57	.491	11.5
Mets	47	65	.420	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	69	41	.627
Cubs	63	48	.568	6.5
Pirates	56	56	.500	14.0
Cardinals	54	57	.486	15.5
Reds	52	58	.473	17.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	42	.622
Diamondbacks	59	52	.532	10.0
Padres	57	54	.514	12.0
Giants	47	64	.423	22.0
Rockies	44	67	.396	25.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	65	45	.591
Yankees	62	49	.559	3.5
Red Sox	59	51	.536	6.0
Orioles	54	57	.486	11.5
Blue Jays	52	59	.468	13.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	58	52	.527
Twins	56	56	.500	3.0
Guardians	56	56	.500	3.0
Tigers	53	58	.477	5.5
Royals	46	66	.411	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	57	55	.509
Rangers	55	56	.495	1.5
Mariners	54	58	.482	3.0
Athletics	45	66	.405	11.5
Angels	42	69	.378	14.5