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Key FactsYordan Alvarez becomes first full-time DH to win AL MVP
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- According to STATS Perform, no regular position player had previously won MVP in a 162-game season with fewer than 95 games on defense.
- He led the AL and MLB with a .316 batting average, .601 slugging percentage and .432 on-base percentage.
- Alvarez won both the AL and MLB batting titles with 42 home runs.
- After injuries limited him to 48 games in 2025, he appeared in 158 of the Astros' 162 games in 2026 and logged a career-high 692 plate appearances.
“It’s funny, because he doesn’t know he is Yordan Alvarez.”— Former teammate Mauricio Dubón said this about Alvarez’s humble, unassuming nature.
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