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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, Yankees' Aaron Judge Had Most-Viewed StatMuse Pages of 2024

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge won NL MVP and AL MVP in 2024, breaking records and making history amid the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees' stellar seasons.
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Oct 30, 2024; New York, New York, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates after beating the New York Yankees in game four to win the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium.
Oct 30, 2024; New York, New York, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates after beating the New York Yankees in game four to win the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images

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Two players defined the 2024 MLB season more than anyone else: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge.

Ohtani, who earned MVP honors for the third time, helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series. Judge won his second AL MVP and guided the New York Yankees to the American League pennant.

Both superstar sluggers broke records, seemingly multiple times a week, so it makes sense that they were two of the most popular players in baseball.

According to StatMuse Baseball, Judge had the most-viewed individual StatMuse MLB page of the calendar year. Ohtani, meanwhile, came in second.

Juan Soto, Elly De La Cruz and Barry Bonds finished No. 3, 4 and 5, respectively.

While StatMuse isn't quite as universal as Baseball Reference, its allows for much easier access to specific records, exclusive groups and overlapping statistics.

Judge hit .322 with 58 home runs, 144 RBI, 133 walks, an 1.159 OPS and 10.8 WAR across 158 games this season. He led MLB in all those categories except batting average, finishing 10 points behind Bobby Witt Jr. for the AL batting title – and thus, the Triple Crown as well.

As for Ohtani, he hit .310 with 54 home runs, 130 RBI, 59 stolen bases, a 1.036 OPS and a 9.2 WAR, and that's without playing a single inning in the field. He notched the first 50-50 season in league history, all en route to his first World Series ring.

Heading into 2025, it remains to be seen if Judge and Ohtani will post record-breaking numbers again. But as two of the game's highest-paid stars, they are sure to be among StatMuse's most-searched MLB players for a long time.

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Sam Connon is a staff writer covering baseball for “Fastball on SI.’’ He previously covered UCLA Athletics for On SI’s All Bruins site, and is a UCLA graduate, with his work there as a sports columnist receiving awards from the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon also wrote for On SI’s New England Patriots site, Patriots Country, and he was on the Patriots and Boston Red Sox beats at Prime Time Sports Talk. Sam lives in Boston.

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