ashi ▁I sh ii ▁beat ▁him ▁out ▁for ▁Series ▁M VP ▁hon ors , ▁though . ▁ ▁W ada ▁continued ▁his ▁d azz ling ▁pace ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁batt ing ▁. 3 2 2 , ▁though ▁his ▁ 2 7 ▁hom ers ▁were ▁his ▁lowest ▁total ▁in ▁four ▁years . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁fourth ▁straight ▁All - Star ▁cont ing ent . ▁He ▁ed ged ▁Jul io ▁Z ule ta ▁(. 3 1 9 ) ▁and ▁M ats un aka ▁(. 3 1 5 ) ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁Pacific ▁League ▁batt ing ▁title ▁won ▁by ▁a ▁right - hand ed ▁h itter ▁since ▁H ats uh iko ▁T su ji ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁He ▁was ▁fourth ▁in ▁sl ug ging , ▁third ▁in ▁O B P , ▁tied ▁for ▁third ▁in ▁runs ▁( 8 0 ), ▁first ▁in ▁hits ▁( 1 5 3 ), ▁second ▁in ▁doubles ▁( 3 2 ). ▁ ▁W ada ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁winning ▁Japanese ▁club ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁World ▁Baseball ▁Classic ▁and ▁went ▁ 0 ▁of ▁ 2 ▁with ▁one ▁strike out ▁in ▁two ▁games ▁as ▁the ▁backup ▁left ▁fiel der ▁to ▁H itos hi ▁Tam ura . ▁W ada ▁hit ▁. 2 9 8 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁finished ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁PL ▁with ▁ 9 5 ▁R BI , ▁second ▁to ▁Fernando ▁Seg u ign ol ▁with ▁ 3 4 ▁doubles , ▁e ighth ▁with ▁ 1 4 4 ▁hits ,