Tomoya Mori was named the Pacific League hitting MVP for August of 2019 on Wednesday afternoon. This is the first time he has won a player of the month award.
“I wanted to [win this award at least once] in my professional baseball career. I'm glad that it will be in August," Mori said.
In August, Mori led the Pacific League in hits (40), RBIs (30), HRs (10) and Slugging average (.736). He was also third in on-base percentage with (.447), making an OPS of 1.183.
Recently, the Lions have moved Mori up to being third in the lineup while bumping Shuta Tonosaki down to as low as 6th in the batting order, giving the former a chance to plate more runs when Shogo Akiyama is on base.
Mori didn't have the highest batting average (.377), as that belonged to Masataka Yoshida of Orix (.407). He even made a statement about how he thought Yoshida was deserving of this award.
This is the third time a Lions player has won a monthly award in 2019. Hotaka Yamakawa and Akiyama were the winners for March/April and May, respectively.
All monthly MVP award winners for August were first time recipients.
Other winners:
David Buchanan (Swallows): (3-0), 33 IP, 22 K, 1.64 ERA
Ryoma Nishikawa (Carp): .365/.421/.513, 42 H, 4 HR, 12 RBI
Alan Busenitz (Eagles): (1-0), 11 Hlds, 13 IP, 9 K, 0.00 ERA.
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