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CAREER TRANSACTIONS 2019 Angels
◆ ◆ Dec. 10, 2017...Signed by Angels as international free agent.
◆ ◆ Oct. 25, 2012...Selected by Nippon-Ham Fighters in first round of 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ ◆ Shohei Ohtani.
◆ ◆ Father, Toru, played baseball for a semipro team sponsored by the local Mitsubishi plant in Ōshū, Japan...Mother,
Kayoko, was a competitive badminton player.
◆ ◆ In Dec. 2017, a limited edition Ohtani baseball card sold 17,323 copies in 24 hours, setting a new Topps Now record.
◆ ◆ Featured in a segment on “60 Minutes” on CBS in 2017.
◆ ◆ Was on 28-man roster for Japan’s team at 2017 World Baseball Classic, but withdrew due to an ankle injury.
◆ ◆ Played for Japanese National Team in 2015 Premier 12...During start against eventual champion South Korea,
carried a no-hitter into 7th inning...Named All-Star starting pitcher for the event.
◆ ◆ Following 2014 season, selected to Japanese national team, Samurai Japan, and participated in All-Star Series
against a team of Major League All-Stars...Was starting pitcher Nov. 18, 2014 at Sapporo Dome, opposing Angels
RHP Matt Shoemaker, who started for MLB.
◆ ◆ Wore jersey number 11 with Fighters, previously worn by Yu Darvish.
◆ ◆ Attended Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate Prefecture...Participated in National High School Baseball
Championship in 2011 and National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in 2012.
◆ ◆ Favorite hitter is Hideki Matsui and favorite pitcher is Yu Darvish.
◆ ◆ “Sho” from his given name comes from a soaring image of the military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-
1189), who is associated with the Ōshū and Hiraizumi areas, while “hei” comes from a reading of the first kanji
character used in the name “Hiraizumi.”
CAREER FIELDING
POS PCT G PO A E TC DP
P 1.000 10 1 6 0 7 1
ohtani’s batting career highs
ohtani
SEASON GAME
AVG .285 — 2018 H 4 — 2 times; last, 9/5/18 at TEX
H 93 — 2018 HR 2 — 2 times; last, 9/5/18 at TEX
R 59 — 2018 R 4 — 9/5/18 at TEX
2B 21 — 2018 2B 2 — 2 times; last, 7/21/18 at TOR
HR 22 — 2018 RBI 3 — 9 times; last, 9/5/18 at TEX
RBI 61 — 2018 SB 1 — 10 times; 9/5/18 at TEX
SB 10 — 2018 Hit Streak 8 — Aug. 30 - Sept. 10, 2018
ohtani’s pitching career highs

SEASON GAME
Wins 4 — 2018 SO 12 — 4/8/18 vs. OAK
Losses 2 — 2018 IP 7.2 — 5/20/18 vs. TB
ERA 3.31 — 2018 R & ER 4 — 4/24/18 at HOU
IP 51.2 — 2018 BB 5 — 4/24/18 at HOU
SO 63 — 2018 H 6 — 3 times; last, 5/20/18 vs. TB

IPPEI MIZUHARA

Ippei Mizuhara is in his second season with the Angels as an interpreter.
Born in Konai, Japan, he grew up in Diamond Bar, CA, attending Diamond
Bar High School and graduating from the University of California -
Riverside in 2007. Mizuhara served as an interpreter for Hideki Okajima
during Yankees Spring Training in 2012 before joining the Nippon-Ham
Fighters in 2013 to translate for English-speaking players. In his five
seasons with the Fighters, he worked with several players to also appear
in the Majors, including: Jeremy Hermida, Chris Martin, Micah Hoffpauir,
Anthony Bass and Luis Mendoza. Ippei and his wife, Naomi, were married
on July 17, 2018 and reside in Tokyo in the offseason.

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