Major League Baseball announced today that Astros OF/DH Yordan Alvarez has been named American League Player of the Week for the week of June 1-7. Alvarez hit .476 (10×21) in six games last week, recording six runs, one double, two home runs, nine RBI and five walks while posting a 1.386 OPS.
Alvarez leads the Majors this season in OPS (1.080), slugging percentage (.650) and total bases (154). He also leads the American League in home runs (22) and RBI (48) and is tied for first in extra-base hits
(35). Additionally, Alvarez ranks second among AL players in batting average (.316), on-base percentage (.431) and hits (75), while ranking fourth in runs scored (45) and tied for fourth in walks (44).
This marks the fifth career AL Player of the Week Award for Alvarez and his second this season, having also earned the honor for March 30-April 5, the second week of the season. Alvarez has also won three AL Player of the Month Awards in his career, including for March/April earlier this season.
