Special Report

Greatest Baseball Player the Year You Were Born

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2017
> Player: Joey Votto
> Position, team: First base, Cincinnati Reds
> Statistics: .320 batting avg., 100 RBIs, 36 home runs

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2018
> Player: Mookie Betts
> Position, team: Right field, Boston Red Sox
> Statistics: .346 batting avg., 80 RBIs, 32 home runs

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2019
> Player: Alex Bregman
> Position, team: Third base, Houston Astros
> Statistics: .296 batting avg., 112 RBIs, 41 home runs

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2020
> Player: Mookie Betts
> Position, team: Right field, Los Angeles Dodgers
> Statistics: .292 batting avg., 39 RBIs, 16 home runs

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2021
> Player: Zack Wheeler
> Position, team: Pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
> Statistics: 2.78 ERA, 14-10 record, 247 strikeouts

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