Shohei Ohtani Is The Second MLB Player Ever To:Hit 8+ HR In Same Month He Started A Game As A PitcherHit 8+ HR, Steal 6+ Bases, Start 3+ Games As A Pitcher In Same Season

UPDATE!:

All MLB Players With 10+ Home Runs and 30+ Strikeouts On The Mound In A Season (Since 1900)

Babe Ruth, 1918      (11 HR, 40 K)
Babe Ruth, 1919      (29 HR, 30 K)
Shohei Ohtani, 2018  (22 HR, 63 K)
Shohei Ohtani, 2021  (10 HR, 30 K)

All MLB Players Who Have Started A Game On The Mound One Day And Hit A Home Run
The Next Day Twice In A Season (Since 1900)

Shohei Ohtani, 2021  (April 20-21, May 5-6)

10 home runs for Ohtani 😳

He's tied for the Major League lead 😤

(via @MLB)pic.twitter.com/K2pHJpGnGC

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 7, 2021

Shohei Ohtani is tied for the MLB-lead with 10 home runs, has struck out 35.7 percent of hitters on the mound, and has swiped six bases.

He is a literal unicorn.

— Brent Maguire (@bmags94) May 7, 2021

Shohei Ohtani has a 2.41 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 18.2 IP to go with 10 home runs (tied for MLB lead) and a 169 wRC+

— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) May 7, 2021

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All MLB Players With 3+ Pitching Starts, 8+ Home Runs, 6+ Stolen Bases In A Season (Since 1900)

Babe Ruth, 1918
Babe Ruth, 1919
Shohei Ohtani, 2018
Shohei Ohtani, 2021

All MLB Players With 8+ Home Runs In The Same Calendar Month In Which He Started A Game As A Pitcher

Babe Ruth, 1918
Babe Ruth, 1919
Babe Ruth, 1920
Babe Ruth, 1921
Shohei Ohtani, 2021

All MLB Players With 50+ Home Runs, 40+ Doubles, 10+ Triples, 120+ Runs, 130+ RBI In A Season

Babe Ruth, 1921

All MLB Players With 50+ Home Runs, 40+ Doubles, 10+ Triples, 120+ Runs In A Season

Babe Ruth, 1921

All MLB Players With 50+ Home Runs, 40+ Doubles, 10+ Triples, 130+ RBI In A Season

Babe Ruth, 1921

All MLB Players With 50+ Home Runs, 40+ Doubles, 10+ Triples In A Season

Babe Ruth, 1921

All MLB Players With 50+ Home Runs, 10+ Triples In A Season

Babe Ruth, 1921
Willie Mays, 1955

All MLB Players With 45+ Home Runs, 35+ Doubles, 10+ Triples In A Season

Babe Ruth, 1921
Lou Gehrig, 1927
Joe DiMaggio, 1937

In 2021, Ohtani (as a batter) is on pace for:

42 doubles, 12 triples, 54 home runs, 120 runs scored, 132 RBI

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Ohtani faced the Rays yesterday and put up a unique pitching line: 5 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 6 walks, 7 strikeouts.

According to Baseball Reference's Stathead, no pitcher since 1901 has had a 5-1-0-6-7 line. (I didn't even need to factor in Ohtani's one wild pitch.) Ohtani did not bat in the game (boooooooo!).

The last Angels pitcher to throw 5+ innings, give up one or no hits, hand out 6+ walks and strikeout out 7+ was Nolan Ryan, 42 years ago. Actually, the other five Angels pitchers to do that are all Nolan Ryan.

July 31, 1972       8.0-1-1-6-11 - 0-1 loss to Royals
September 28, 1974  9.0-0-0-8-15 - 4-0 win over Twins
April 10, 1976      7.0-1-2-6- 7 - 2-6 loss to Athletics
April 15, 1977      9.0-1-0-6- 8 - 7-0 win over Mariners
April 21, 1979      7.2-1-1-9-12 - 13-1 win over Athletics

This has been marinating in our minds. pic.twitter.com/fEwq4s51CY

— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) May 6, 2021

Shohei Ohtani used both hands independently to catch a hot line drive Wednesday night, but quickly apologized to the batter for making too much of a circus of the catch.https://t.co/7u3uVKryKV

— CBS 21 News (@CBS21NEWS) May 6, 2021

Shohei Ohtani will rob you of a base hit and then apologize for doing it too flashy because he actually can’t help it that he’s the best at everything. pic.twitter.com/3fr6PVBEyd

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) May 6, 2021

Shohei Ohtani just doubled on a grounder to short pic.twitter.com/tRQN88L4Pw

— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) May 4, 2021

As a hitter, Shohei Ohtani has a better wRC+ (161) than José Ramirez and more HR (9) than Mike Trout.

As a pitcher, he has a lower ERA (2.41) than Max Scherzer and a higher K-rate (35.7%) than Trevor Bauer.

As a runner, he has more stolen bases (6) than Byron Buxton.

— Brent Maguire (@bmags94) May 6, 2021

Shohei Ohtani, the pitcher, has allowed fewer hits (7) this season in 18.2 IP than he has hit home runs as a hitter (9).

— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) May 6, 2021

Batters are 1-for-38 against Shohei Ohtani this year in plate appearances that get to 2 strikes

Lowest opp BA in 2-strike counts (min 40 opp PA reaching 2 strikes):

Matt Barnes: .024 (1-41)
James Karinchak: .026 (1-39)
Shohei Ohtani: .026 (1-38)

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 6, 2021

They alluded to this on the Angels' broadcast and thought I'd look a little deeper -- here's the slash line against Shohei Ohtani in 35 PAs that have reached two strikes:

.031/.114/.031.

That's 25 strikeouts, 1 walk and 9 balls put in play, only one of which resulted in a hit.

— Alden Gonzalez (@Alden_Gonzalez) May 6, 2021

This season vs Shohei Ohtani’s splitter hitters are

0-for-27
22 SO
61.5 Whiff%#Angels

— Jared Tims (@Jared_Tims) May 6, 2021

Shocker: Shohei Ohtani’s pitch mix is one of the most dynamic in MLB.

•FB: 9th in velocity among SP (97 mph)
•SPL: Best whiff% of any pitch in MLB (per @_dadler)
•SL: 1st among SL in Horizontal Movement Above Avg (11.6)
•CB: Largest separation from FB (22.3 mph) of any FB/CB pic.twitter.com/VQFpvcVzjy

— Brent Maguire (@bmags94) April 29, 2021

Highest barrel rate, 2021 (min 50 batted balls):

Shohei Ohtani: 23.1%
Rafael Devers: 22.7%
Franmil Reyes: 22.2%
Byron Buxton: 22.2%
Pete Alonso: 21.7%
Bryce Harper: 21.3%
Mike Trout: 20.7%

* barrel rate = pct of batted balls that are barrels (optimal combo of launch angle & EV)

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 5, 2021

Notable Shohei Ohtani AL Ranks

HR — 1st
Starters K/9 (Min 10 IP) — 1st
Home-1B Sprint Speed — 8th
Pitches Over 100 MPH (SP) — 1st
Barrels/PA — 1stpic.twitter.com/mcQqoVMZnz

— Barstool Sportsbook (@BSSportsbook) May 4, 2021