Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies named National League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for June; Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees named American League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for June
First baseman Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies has been voted the National League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for June, and outfielder Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has been named the American League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for June. Following their wins in May, it is the first time in MLB history that the same players were named the AL and NL Player of the Month in back-to-back months. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.
Overall, it is the 11th instance of a player winning back-to-back awards in the AL and the first since Shohei Ohtani last June and July; and the 10th instance in the NL, marking the first since Andrew McCutchen won in June and July 2012. This is Harper’s fourth career honor after also winning twice as a member of the Washington Nationals in April 2016 and May 2015 in his first NL MVP season. Judge’s eight career monthly honors are now tied for third-most in Major League history with Hall of Famer Frank Thomas, trailing only Barry Bonds (13 awards) and Alex Rodriguez (10 awards). Judge also won in May 2023; May, July and September/October 2022 in his AL MVP season; and June and September 2017. He has now won each of the Yankees’ last six Player of the Month awards.
Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies (@bryceharper3)
• The 31-year-old hit .374 (34-for-91) with seven homers, 16 RBI, 10 doubles, 13 walks, 20 runs scored, a stolen base, a .714 slugging percentage and a .452 on-base percentage in 23 games.
• The Nevada native led the NL in slugging, OPS (1.116) and extra-base hits (17); ranked second in batting average; third in on-base percentage and total bases (65); tied for third in hits and doubles; and tied for sixth in homers and runs scored.
• The 2015 and 2021 NL MVP finished his month on a 12-game hitting streak dating back to June 15th, which marks the fourth-longest of his career and his longest since he hit safely in 14 consecutive games from September 4-18, 2021. Overall, he reached base safely in 22 of his 23 games in June and has reached safely in 66 of his 76 games this year.
• The 2012 NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year slugged two solo home runs on June 19th against San Diego, marking his 27th career multi-homer game and his second of 2024 (also: 4/2 vs. CIN).
• The eight-time All-Star and 2024 leading vote-getter in the NL earned his starting spot at first base for the All-Star Game after recording 10 multi-hit games in June, including a four-hit game on June 22nd against Arizona; two three-hit games; and seven two-hit games. His four-hit game marked his first since May 22, 2022 and Harper now has 10 career games with at least four hits.
• The first overall pick of the 2010 MLB Draft drove home five runs on June 24th at Detroit, marking the slugger’s seventh career game with at least five RBI and second of the year after he drove home a career-high six runs on April 2nd against the Reds. He has nine games with at least three RBI this season, which mark the second-most in Baseball behind Judge, Marcell Ozuna and Juan Soto, who have all recorded 10 such games. Harper’s four games this year with at least four RBI are tied for the most in the Majors with Teoscar Hernández and Ozuna.
Aaron Judge, New York Yankees (@thejudge44)
• The 32-year-old hit .409 (36-for-88) with 11 homers, 37 RBI, five doubles, a triple, 16 walks, 25 runs scored, three stolen bases, an .864 slugging percentage and a .514 on-base percentage in 25 games.
• The California native led the Majors in batting average, RBI, on-base percentage, slugging, OPS (1.378) and total bases (76); tied for second in extra-base hits (17); ranked third in homers; tied for fourth in runs scored; and fifth in hits (36).
• The 2022 AL MVP’s 37 RBI marked the most in a single month by a Yankee since Don Mattingly drove home 40 runs in September/October 1985. They were the most in the Majors since Cody Bellinger also drove home 37 runs in March/April to open his 2019 NL MVP campaign.
• The 2017 AL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year was named the Player of the Week on June 10th after a big week, which included driving home five runs on June 5th at Minnesota. He also drove
home five runs on June 25th at the Mets, marking his ninth career game with at least five RBI. Overall, he had multiple RBI in 12 of his 25 games last month and has 28 such games this season, with the Yankees going 23-5 when Judge records at least two RBI. Since his debut in 2016, the Yankees are 145-24 (.858) when their captain drives home at least two runs.
• The six-time All-Star and 2024 leading vote-getter in the AL earned his starting spot in the outfield for the All-Star Game after reaching in a single-season career-high 37 consecutive games from May 2nd through June 12th, boasting a .525 on-base percentage over the stretch. The streak trails only a career-long 45-game stretch which lasted from August 29, 2022 to April 12, 2023.
• The 32nd overall pick of the 2013 MLB Draft clubbed his 36th career multi-homer game on June 8th against the Dodgers. His 36 career multi-homer games are the most in the Majors since his debut in 2016 and are the fourth-most in Yankees’ history, trailing Hall of Famers Babe Ruth (68 G); Mickey Mantle (46 G); and Lou Gehrig (43 G).
Others receiving votes for NL Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet included designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (.293, 12 HR, 24 RBI, 4 2B, 20 BB, 26 R, 3 SB, .697 SLG, .413 OBP) of the Los Angeles Dodgers; shortstop CJ Abrams (.373, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 10 2B, 1 3B, 11 BB, 18 R, 6 SB, .663 SLG, .464 OBP) of the Washington Nationals; second baseman Ketel Marte (.341, 7 HR, 20 RBI, 6 2B, 15 BB, 20 R, 2 SB, .637 SLG, .431 OBP) of the Arizona Diamondbacks; second baseman Jonathan India (.380, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 13 2B, 10 BB, 19 R, 3 SB, .587 SLG, .454 OBP) of the Cincinnati Reds; and outfielder Bryan Reynolds (.330, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 7 2B, 2 3B, 6 BB, 15 R, 1 SB, .604 SLG, .388 OBP) of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Shortstop Gunnar Henderson (.342, 8 HR, 17 RBI, 11 2B, 17 BB, 31 R, 6 SB, .649 SLG, .432 OBP) of the Baltimore Orioles was the only player besides Judge to receive votes for AL Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet.