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The best season foreboding in history, Otani's "56 Home Run-254K Face"
LA Angels' Shohei Ohtani starts against the Chicago White Sox on the 28th (Korea Standard Time) and pitches in the top of the seventh inning. AP Yonhap News Agency
Ohtani is leaving the batter's box looking at the ball after hitting a solo home run to right-center in the bottom of the first inning. AP Yonhap News Agency
'It can be recorded as the best month in major league history.'
When Shohei Ohtani of the LA Angels won seven games of the season with two home runs he hit in a home game against the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium on the 28th (Korea Standard Time), MLB.com commented.
Otani struck out 10 in 6⅓ innings and allowed four hits and one run. Ohtani, who finished the first inning with two strikeouts, hit a solo home run in the right-center in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning and fired the first winning shot of the 4-2 victory.
Otani, who went down the mound after one out in the seventh inning due to a broken nail in his right middle finger, also clinched the game with a powerful force that exploded a left-center solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning. He did everything by himself, drumming and jangguing.
After the game, White Sox third baseman Jake Berger said, "He threw more than 100 pitches and hit another home run even after being replaced. "I couldn't believe it even when I saw it with my own eyes," he said, not hiding his surprise.
Ohtani, who had three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored in three at-bats at bat, also made history on the day.
First of all, Otani marked a batting average of 0.303 (93 hits in 306 at-bats), 28 home runs, 64 RBIs, 55 runs, 0.386 on-base percentage, 0.654 slugging percentage, OPS 1.040, 200 hits, and 47 long shots. Pitchers recorded 7 wins and 3 losses, a 3.02 ERA, 127 strikeouts, WHIP 1.04, and a batting average of 0.180. He seems to be monopolizing his personal title.
He ranks first in both leagues in seven categories, including home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage, OPS, Ruta, slugging percentage, and hitting percentage, fifth in the American League (AL) batting average, sixth in hits, ninth in multiple wins, ninth in ERA, second in strikeouts, and seventh in WHIP. It is not unreasonable to say that he confirmed the AL MVP even before the end of the first half.
Otani is turning the base after hitting a wedge solo home run in the seventh inning. USATODAY Yonhap News Agency
It was Otani's fourth home run of the season and his ninth career in the game he took the mound. However, it was the first time he hit two home runs. The multi-homer game is the third of the season and the 15th of the individual's total.
It is also the sixth time since 1900 that a pitcher has struck out more than 10 on the mound and hit two home runs at bat. The most recent case was recorded by Arizona Diamondbacks Jack Greinke against the San Diego Padres on April 3, 2019. At that time, Greinke became a winning pitcher with six hits, 10 strikeouts and three runs in six innings, and hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning and a solo home run in the sixth inning.
In terms of AL, it is the first time in 60 years since Pedro Ramos of Cleveland Indians on August 1, 1963. At the time, Ramos' opponent happened to be the Angels. He started and won the game with 11 hits and 5 runs in 8⅓ innings, and threw solo shots in the 3rd and 6th innings, respectively.
Otani's performance this month is spectacular, as commented by MLB.com . He played in 24 games as a batter with a batting average of 0.383, 13 home runs, 26 RBIs, and an OPS of 1.388. As a pitcher, he pitched 30⅓ innings in five starts, recording a 3.26 ERA and 37 strikeouts.
MLB.com said, "Fans who filled Angel Stadium shouted MVP throughout the game. July hasn't come yet, but it's really hard to see a player playing the season like Otani,' he said. In other words, it is not the best month of all time, but the best season, but it must be an unrivaled season in that there is virtually no precedent for active pitching and hitting.
1918 (11 home runs, 61 RBIs, 13 wins, 7 losses, 2.22 40K) before the era of live ballBabe Ruth is the only case of pitching and hitting in 1919 (29 home runs, 113 RBIs, 9 wins, 5 losses, and 2.97 30K), but it is hard to compare with current Otani when looking at figures such as home runs, pitching innings, and strikeouts.
Since 1920, when the live ball era began, the best record in the baseball reference WAR (bWAR) is 14.1 by Ruth in 1923. Ruth only played as a batter that year. He played in 152 games with a batting average of 0.393 (205 hits in 522 at-bats), 41 home runs, 130 RBIs, 151 runs, 170 walks, 0.545 on-base percentage, 0.764, OPS 1.309, and 399 hits. He was the top player in all eight attacks. 토토
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, who hit 62 home runs last year, the most in an AL season, marked bWAR 10.6.
The Angels marked 44 wins and 37 losses as of this day, playing exactly half of the season. Otani, who marked bWAR 6.1, has 56 home runs, 128 RBIs, and 254 strikeouts.