Shohei Ohtani was named the winner of the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, which is given annually to the top DH in baseball since the position was implemented in the American League in 1973.
There are plenty of Major League Baseball players who were born to hit, and when the designated hitter was adopted by the American League in 1973, it made and saved plenty of careers.
Since the American League’s implementation of the Designated Hitter Rule in 1973, American League teams have featured a number of great hitters at the non-fielding lineup position. Can you name each franchise’s most frequent DH by number of games played?