Shohei Ohtani did one thing MLB hasn’t seen in nearly 100 years

Shohei Ohtani continues to set data in essentially the most excellent of the way.

Within the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, Ohtani was as soon as once more unimaginable each on the mound as a beginning pitcher and on the plate because the DH. He struck out 13 batters via 5 innings as a pitcher, then went 3-5 with an RBI as a hitter.

With these 13 strikeouts on Wednesday, Ohtani joined some very elite firm.

Ohtani is doing one thing that the MLB hasn’t seen in nearly 100 years. If we prolong it to the Fashionable Period (since 1900), solely 4 gamers earlier than Ohtani completed this feat: Ruth, Smoky Joe Wooden, Crimson Ruffing and Walter Johnson. Ohtani hasn’t even performed his full sixth season but within the MLB and he’s completed this feat, in comparison with Ruth, who knocked his five hundredth profession hit throughout his seventh season (in response to Baseball Reference). Ohtani additionally solely pitched in ten video games in his rookie yr in 2018.

A participant that really dominates each on the mound and as a hitter. As of Could 4, 2023, Ohtani is first within the MLB in strikeouts, whereas additionally being within the high 20 in batting common to this point. I imply, these are issues that you just weren’t even capable of do in MLB The Present till lately. The idea of a participant hanging out over 500 gamers and likewise hitting 100 homers appears unattainable.

If you would like one other stat that exemplifies Ohtani’s dominance and effectivity:

Simply an unimaginable participant, who defies logic with each absurd stat that comes out about him.

Like these are his eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth strikeout from yesterday and none of those look very enjoyable to try to hit. Baseball is extraordinarily arduous.

I hope Ohtani continues to do loopy issues that make us tweet the Tungsten Arm O’Doyle tweet ceaselessly, as a result of we might not see one other participant like him in a very long time.