The Orioles today announced that Manny Machado has been voted the winner of the 2016 Louis M. Hatter Most Valuable Oriole Award by members of the local media who cover the team on a regular basis. He will be recognized for his accomplishments in an on-field ceremony prior to Sunday's regular season finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Machado enters play today batting .300/.350/.546 (181-for-604) with 39 doubles, one triple, 36 home runs, 93 RBI, and 103 runs scored, having already set career-highs in home runs and RBI. He has registered eight game-winning RBI and hit five game-winning home runs this season. Machado ranks tied for sixth in Major League Baseball with 76 extra-base hits and tied for ninth with 39 doubles. Among American League hitters, he ranks fifth in hits, tied for eighth in home runs, tied for ninth in multi-hit games (52), and 11th in batting average. He was named the American League Player of the Month for April, batting .344 (33-for-96) with 10 doubles, seven home runs, 16 RBI, and 20 runs scored over 23 games which also included a career-high 16-game hitting streak from April 4-23, the first Oriole to hit safely in the club's first 16 games of a season. Machado was elected as the starting American League third baseman in the 2016 All-Star Game, his third career All-Star selection (also, 2013 and 2015).
