May 6, 2021

Shohei Ohtani Is The Second MLB Player Ever To:
Hit 8+ HR In Same Month He Started A Game As A Pitcher
Hit 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)

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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

3 comments:

PK said...

He’s a friggin dynamo!

allan said...

I wish he would bat every time he pitches.

Also, he needs to come in for the ninth and get a save at some point this year!

Zenslinger said...

He's been jaw dropping, and my jaw managed to drop further reading all this.

I am so pumped he's realizing his potential.