On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series, beating the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium.
For Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts, Wednesday marked his third career World Series title, and his second since being traded to Los Angeles ahead of the 2020 season.
His first World Series win, of course, came in 2018 as a member of the Boston Red Sox, as his former team beat his current team in five games en route to the franchise’s fourth World Series win since 2004.
16 months later, Boston traded the 2018 American League MVP to the Dodgers for outfielder Alex Verdugo, catcher Connor Wong and infield prospect Jeter Downs. Los Angeles also paid half of the remaining $96 million owed to starting pitcher David Price, who was also traded to the Dodgers as part of the deal.
Betts went on to win the World Series in his first season with Los Angeles, beating the Tampa Bay Rays in a 2020 Fall Classic played under strict COVID restrictions.
Betts was drafted by Boston in the 5th round of the 2011 MLB Draft, spending six seasons with the big league club from 2014 to 2019.
In 794 games for Boston, he batted .301 with 139 home runs, 470 RBI and 126 stolen bases.
In addition to his MVP Award, Betts won four Gold Gloves, three Silver Slugger Awards, and was an All-Star four times.
Since joining the Dodgers in 2020, Betts has finished second in National League MVP voting twice (2020, 2023), made the All-Star Game four times, and won two more Gold Gloves and three more Silver Slugger Awards.
Since trading Betts to Los Angeles, the Red Sox have finished in last place three times (2020, 2022, 2023), and have a 353-355 record, good for a winning percentage of .498.