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SHOHEI OHTANI
BORN: JULY 5, 1994 OPENING DAY AGE: 25
BIRTHPLACE: ŌSHŪ, JAPAN RESIDES: ŌSHŪ, JAPAN
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 2 YEARS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED AS INTERNATIONAL FREE AGENT, DEC. 9, 2017

RHP/DH HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 210 BATS: L THROWS: R

OHTANI’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2013— Nippon-Ham 3-0 4 .23 13 11 0 0 0 0 61 .2 57 30 29 4 8 33 0 46 2 0 -
2014— Nippon-Ham 11-4 2 .61 24 24 3 0 2 0 155 .1 125 50 45 7 4 57 0 179 6 1 -
2015— Nippon-Ham H15-5 2 .24H 22 22 5H 0 3H 0 160 .2 100 40 40 7 3 46 0 196 9 0 -
2016— Nippon-Ham 10-4 1 .86H 21 20 4 0 1 0 140 89 33 29 4 8 45 0 174 6 0 -
2017— Nippon-Ham 3-2 3 .20 5 5 1 0 1 0 25 .1 13 9 9 2 0 19 0 29 1 0 -
2018— LAA 4-2 3 .31 10 10 0 0 0 0 51 .2 38 19 19 6 1 22 0 63 5 0 .203
2019— LAA DID NOT PITCH
MAJOR TOTALS 4-2 3.31 10 10 0 0 0 0 51.2 38 19 19 6 1 22 0 63 5 0 .203
JAPAN TOTALS 42-15 2.52 85 82 13 0 7 0 543 384 162 152 24 23 200 0 624 24 1 -
H led or tied for league lead
OHTANI’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD ohtani
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2013— Nippon-Ham .238 77 189 14 45 15 1 3 20 0 2 1 12 0 64 4 1 3 .376 .284 1
2014— Nippon-Ham .274 87 212 32 58 17 1 10 31 0 1 0 21 0 48 1 0 4 .505 .338 1
2015— Nippon-Ham .202 70 109 15 22 4 0 5 17 0 2 0 8 1 43 1 0 1 .376 .252 1
2016— Nippon-Ham .322 104 323 65 104 18 1 22 67 0 4 1 54 2 98 7 2 7 .588 .416 1
2017— Nippon-Ham .332 65 202 24 67 16 1 8 31 0 3 2 24 0 63 0 1 0 .540 .403 0
2018— LAA .285 104 326 59 93 21 2 22 61 0 1 2 37 2 102 10 4 2 .564 .361 0
2019— LAA .286 106 384 51 110 20 5 18 62 0 4 2 33 1 110 12 3 6 .505 .343 0
MAJOR TOTALS .286 220 710 110 203 41 7 40 123 0 5 4 70 3 212 22 7 8 .532 .351 0
JAPAN TOTALS .286 403 1035 150 296 70 4 48 166 0 12 4 119 3 316 13 4 15 .500 .358 4
Disabling Injuries: 2019 — Right elbow UCL injury; disabled March 28 (retro to March 25) - May 7
2018 — Right elbow UCL sprain; disabled June 8 (retro to June 7) - July 3
2019 SEASON
◆ Spent second season with the Angels serving as the Club’s
primary DH...Surpassed rookie offensive totals in games, hits, Did you know?
triples, RBI and stolen bases...Led the Club with 12 steals.
◆ Joined Hideki Matsui and Tadahito Iguchi as the only Japanese Shohei Ohtanio is the first Halo in
natives to tally multiple 15 home run seasons in the Majors. franchise history with 15 home runs
◆ On June 13th, became the 7th player (8th occurrence) in
franchise history to hit for the cycle…First Halo to turn the trick and 10 stolen bases in each of first
since Mike Trout, May 21, 2013 vs. Seattle…First Japanese- two seasons and became just the 13th
born player in Major League history to hit for the cycle…Had player in A.L. history to turn the trick.
never hit for the cycle in career (including NPB)...Joined Hall
of Famer George Sisler (5 wins, 2 cycles) as the only players in
the modern era (since 1900) to win multiple games as a pitcher
and also hit for the cycle in career.
◆ Missed the first 34 games of the season while recovering from Tommy John surgery...Activated from the I.L.
May 7th .
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

◆ 2018 American League Rookie of the Year (BBWAA).
◆ Named MLB Rookie of the Year by Baseball America and A.L. Rookie of the Year by Baseball Digest .
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