KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Bobby Witt Jr. continues to add to his growing list of accolades.

Major League Baseball announced that the star Kansas City Royals shortstop was named First Team All-MLB for a second consecutive season.

Witt Jr., 25, led all of baseball with 184 hits, a second consecutive season accomplishing that feat. He became the first player to do so since Whit Merrifield, also of the Royals, was tops in hits from 2018-19.

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Witt Jr. also led the majors with 47 doubles last season.

Among all shortstops, Bobby Witt Jr. ranked in the following categories:

hits- first

doubles- first

extra base hits (76)- first

stolen bases (38)- first

slugging percentage (.501)- second

OPS (.852)- second

runs (99)- third

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