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Freddie Freeman, Jose Abreu Named 2020 Hank Aaron Award Winners

A pair of first basemen won MLB's 2020 Hank Aaron Awards on Tuesday. Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves took home the National League honor, and Chicago White Sox slugger earned the nod in the American League.

Both players were also named the Most Valuable Player of their respective leagues. It's the fourth time since the award's creation in 1999 that both MVPs also won the Hank Aaron Award, which is given to the leagues' top offensive players, per Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com.

Abreu becomes the first Cuban-born player and first White Sox player to win the award, while Freeman is the second Braves player to do so after Andruw Jones in 2005.