KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Major League Baseball tonight announced its First and Second All-MLB Teams. Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. was named First Team All-MLB at shortstop for the second consecutive season.
Major League Baseball introduced the All-MLB Team Awards in 2019 to give a more comprehensive honor that covered the full breadth of a season, complementing the All-Star Game selections that are awarded just past the season’s halfway point. Voters were asked only to consider performance during the regular season when casting their ballots. Fans accounted for 50% of the voting for the All-MLB Team, with a panel of experts taking the other 50%.
Witt Jr. has already been recognized this offseason with a Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, a Rawlings Gold Glove Award and was named the Silver Slugger Award winner among American League shortstops.
Witt Jr. led the Majors this season in hits (184) for the second consecutive year, becoming the first player to accomplish that feat (excluding 2020) since Whit Merrifield did so for the Royals from 2018-19. Witt Jr. also led the Majors with 47 doubles in 2025.
Among Major League shortstops, Witt Jr. ranked 1st in hits, doubles, extra-base hits (76) and stolen bases (38), 2nd in slugging percentage (.501) and OPS (.852), 3rd in runs (99) and 4th in RBI (88).
On defense, Witt Jr. tied for the Major League lead among all players in 2025 with 24 Outs Above Average, according to Baseball Savant. He made 153 starts at shortstop and ranked 4th at the position in assists (382). Among American League shortstops, his 10 errors in 578 chances were 2nd fewest at the position (min. 125 starts).
Witt Jr. is the first player in Major League history to record at least 20 home runs and 30 steals in each of his first four seasons. He’s one of four players ever to record at least 100 HR and 100 steals through four seasons, joining Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry and Julio Rodríguez.
Through four big league seasons, Witt Jr., 25, is a two-time All-Star, a two-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, a Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winner, a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner, a Major League batting champion and now has twice been named First Team All-MLB at shortstop.