Angels’ Ohtani passes Babe Ruth for most strikeouts among players with 100+ homers

Baseball
Published 10.05.2023
Angels’ Ohtani passes Babe Ruth for most strikeouts among players with 100+ homers

Shohei Ohtani reached a powerful milestone in Tuesday’s recreation towards the Houston Astros, surpassing Babe Ruth for essentially the most profession pitching strikeouts amongst gamers with a minimum of 100 profession residence runs.

It is the most recent landmark for the six-year MLB veteran because the Los Angeles Angels star continues to make his case as one of many best dual-threats of all time.

Over 600 video games, all with the Angels, Ohtani is slashing .269/.355/.531 with 134 residence runs and 364 RBIs, whereas additionally racking up a 32-14 document and a 2.92 ERA as a pitcher.

After dominating Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, Ohtani signed with the Angels in 2017. He gained AL Rookie of the Year in 2018 earlier than breaking out in 2021 — that season, he gained AL MVP and a Silver Slugger award.

In 2022, Ohtani completed fourth in AL Cy Young voting. He hit a house run towards all three of the pitchers who completed forward of him.

Ohtani signed a one-year, $30 million cope with the Angels final October, however with the crew’s incapacity to construct a contender round their celebrity, the 28-year-old may very well be transferring on after this season.

Ohtani continues to be 580 residence runs behind Ruth (714).

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