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Bobby Witt Jr

The five-tool shortstop on the wall for the Royals fan who watched it click.

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Bobby Witt Jr. 8x10 plaque

Career snapshot

Stats updated annually

Hitting: .293 AVG · 107 HR · 380 RBI · 707 hits

Accolades

★ 2024 AL Batting Title (.332)

★ 2024 AL MVP runner-up to Aaron Judge; 4th in 2025 MVP voting

★ 2× MLB hits leader (211 in 2024, 184 in 2025)

★ 2× Gold Glove (2024, 2025)

★ Multiple 30-30 seasons — one of only two shortstops in MLB history

★ 100 HR / 100 SB through his first four MLB seasons — joining Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry, Julio Rodríguez

★ Fastest sprint speed in MLB

★ 2× All-Star

The card collector's view

Witt's flagship prospect card is the 2020 Bowman Chrome Prospect Auto BCPA-BW — Refractor parallels in PSA 10 trade strongly through every MVP-vote cycle. His 2022 Topps Series 1 #215 is widely considered his official MLB rookie. The 2022 Bowman Chrome base RC and Topps Chrome Update parallels round out the heavily-collected tier. His father Bobby Witt's 1986 Topps Traded #126T is the family-history pickup for completionists.

About Bobby Witt Jr at FreshDCards

The 2nd overall pick in 2019 became something rare: a shortstop with light-tower power, top-of-the-scale speed, and elite-glove range, all in the same body. Bobby Witt Jr. finished runner-up to Aaron Judge in the 2024 AL MVP vote — winning the AL batting title at .332 — and fourth in 2025. He's one of only two shortstops in MLB history with multiple 30-30 seasons, and the fastest runner in baseball by sprint speed. The Royals signed him through 2030. They're going to need him.