All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals has been voted the National League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for May, and All-Star outfielder Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has been named the American League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for May.
Goldschmidt earned his third career NL Player of the Month Award, most recently winning in July 2019, and is St. Louis’ third consecutive monthly award winner, following Nolan Arenado in April and Tyler O’Neill last September. The Cardinals are the first Club with three consecutive winners since the 2011-12 Texas Rangers when Adrián Beltré won in September 2011 and Josh Hamilton won both April-May 2012, and the first National
League Club since the 2006 Philadelphia Phillies with Chase Utley (July) and Ryan Howard (August-September). Addition, they are the first Club since the 1976 Detroit Tigers to have three different recipients receive Player of the Month in three consecutive months (April
– Willie Horton; May – Ron LeFlore; June – Mark Fidrych). Judge similarly claimed his third career AL Player of the Month Award, last doing so in September 2017, and is the Yankees’ first winner since his All-Star teammate DJ LeMahieu in June 2019.
Paul Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals
· Batted .404 (42-for-104) with 20 runs scored, 13 doubles, 10 home runs, 33 RBI, 14 walks and an
.817 slugging percentage over 27 games played.
· The six-time All-Star joined Hall of Famer Stan Musial (September 1953) as the only players in Cardinals history to bat .400-or-better with at least 10 home runs in any calendar month.
· Established a new franchise record for May with 23 extra-base hits, surpassing the previous mark of 22 shared by Musial in 1954 and Albert Pujols in 2003. His 42 hits in May were the most by a Cardinal since Vince Coleman (44) in 1988.
· Enters play today in the midst of a 24-game hitting streak dating back to May 7th, tied for the 11th-longest in franchise history. Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby holds the Club record with a hit in 33 consecutive games in 1922.
Aaron Judge, New York Yankees (@thejudge44)
· Posted slash line of .311/.378/.699 with 25 runs, 32 hits, four doubles, 12 home runs, 25 RBI and two stolen bases across 27 games.
· Recorded a trio of multi-homer games during the month of May (May 1st, May 17th, May 23rd).
· The three-time All-Star hit .310-or-better with at least 12 home runs in a calendar month for the second time in his career (also September 2017). The last Yankees player other than Judge to accomplish the feat was Mark Teixeira in May 2009.
· Enters action today pacing the Majors in home runs (19) and slugging percentage (.659), while his 40 runs scored, 1.033 OPS and 122 total bases all rank second.
Others receiving votes for NL Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet included All-Star outfielder Mookie Betts (.342, 10 2B, 12 HR, 27 RBI) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso (.315, 34 H, 9 HR, 30 RBI) of the New York Mets.
Others receiving votes for AL Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet included last month’s winner and All-Star José Ramírez (18 R, 13 XBH, 23 RBI, 19 BB) of the Cleveland Guardians, and All-Stars Rafael Devers (.381, 13 2B, 8 HR, 17 RBI) and J.D. Martinez (.406, 23 R, 9 2B, 15 RBI) of the Boston Red Sox.
