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Let’s round up select category leaders for the month of May in the major leagues and full-season minor leagues.

MVP machines Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are at it again. The duo is on a different plane of production this decade. Judge led all major league hitters in May with a .798 slugging percentage and 1.251 OPS, while Ohtani led with 15 home runs, 21 extra-base hits and 31 runs scored.

On the minor league side, Rockies prospect Ryan Ritter had the month of a lifetime. The Triple-A Albuquerque shortstop batted .381/.445/.918 with a minor league-leading 12 home runs, 89 total bases and a 1.363 OPS.

To qualify for rate categories, major league batters must have 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Minor leaguers require 2.7 PAs per team game.

Batting Average

MLB
.410 Freddie Freeman (LAD)

Minors
.412 Carlos Gutierrez, Low-A San Jose (SF)

Home Runs

MLB
15 Shohei Ohtani (LAD)

Minors
12 Ryan Ritter, Triple-A Albuquerque (COL); Shay Whitcomb, Triple-A Sugar Land (HOU)

Runs Batted In

MLB
33 Rafael Devers (BOS)

Minors
33 Jac Caglianone, Double-A Northwest Arkansas/Triple-A Omaha (KC)

On-Base Percentage

MLB
.484 Will Smith (LAD)

Minors
.524 Carlos Gutierrez, Low-A San Jose (SF)

Slugging

MLB
.798 Aaron Judge (NYY)

Minors
.918 Ryan Ritter, Triple-A Albuquerque (COL)

OPS

MLB
1.251 Aaron Judge (NYY)

Minors
1.363 Ryan Ritter, Triple-A Albuquerque (COL)

Hits

MLB
43 Freddie Freeman (LAD)

Minors
43 Eduardo Quintero, Low-A Rancho Cucamonga (LAD)

Runs

MLB
31 Shohei Ohtani (LAD)

Minors
28 Cole Young, Triple-A Tacoma (SEA)

Doubles

MLB
12 Seiya Suzuki (CHC)

Minors
13 Cooper Ingle, Double-A Akron (CLE)

Stolen Bases

MLB
16 Chandler Simpson (TB)

Minors
22 Tommy Hawke, Low-A Lynchburg (CLE)

Extra-Base Hits

MLB
21 Shohei Ohtani (LAD)

Minors
25 Ryan Ritter, Triple-A Albuquerque (COL)

Total Bases

MLB
86 Shohei Ohtani (LAD)

Minors
89 Ryan Ritter, Triple-A Albuquerque (COL)

Walks

MLB
22 Rafael Devers (BOS); Marcell Ozuna (ATL)

Minors
26 Myles Naylor, Low-A Stockton (ATH); Jared Sprague-Lott, Low-A Stockton (ATH)

Strikeouts

MLB
40 Michael Toglia (COL)

Minors
45 Chris Newell, Double-A Tulsa (LAD)

Now, we move on to pitching categories.

Tigers ace and reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal led all major league pitchers with a 59 strikeouts, a 0.59 WHIP and .415 opponent OPS in May. He finished with 41 innings, one off the monthly lead set by Framber Valdez. Skubal went 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA in six starts.

To qualify for rate categories, major league pitchers must have one inning per team game. Minor leaguers require 0.8 innings per team game.