Milwaukee's William Contreras Wins World Series MVP with .381 Average, 10 ABS Overturns
Contreras batted .381 and won 10 of 13 Automated Ball-Strike appeals as Milwaukee captured its first World Series title.
- On Wednesday, Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras won the World Series MVP, leading his team to their first championship victory in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Contreras batted.381 throughout the Fall Classic while guiding Milwaukee's pitching staff and winning 10 of 13 Automated Ball-Strike appeals.
- He joins Gene Tenace and Johnny Bench as the eighth catcher to win the award, securing the honor after hitting an RBI double in Wednesday's clinching 4-1 victory.
- Following the victory, FOX Sports' Kevin Burkhardt announced the MVP selection; reliever Aaron Ashby said, "This team's not what it is without this guy."
- Despite his historic performance, speculation regarding the 28-year-old's status with the Milwaukee Brewers has already emerged, with rumors about his future in Major League Baseball.
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The 28-year-old recipient shone both in attack and in defense in this resounding triumph of the Brewers in the Autumn Classic against the Rays of Tampa Bay for a 4-1 global. "I am very proud, I don't know what to say," said a excited Contreras in receiving the award after Milwaukee's decisive triumph, this Wednesday, by 4x1. "I have no words to say what I'm sorry for, just thank my colleagues. I love this game," he reached to say on the stage of…
The receiver of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the third Venezuelan player to receive that distinction.
Brewers catcher Contreras named World Series MVP
Contreras, who became the third Venezuelan to earn World Series MVP honors, hit .382 with four runs-batted-in as the Brewers beat the Rays four games to one in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven championship series. That included a run-scoring double in the sixth inning of the Brewers' 4-1 game-five victory, which clinched the first World Series title in Milwaukee's history. The 28-year-old also caught four Rays stealing, two of them in game …
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