In a game against the Tampa Bay Rays in June, he became the first Japanese-born player to hit for the cycle in MLB history. On May 7, 2019, Ohtani played in his first game since undergoing Tommy John surgery, batting as a designated hitter against the Detroit Tigers. He won the American League Rookie of the Year title on November 12. He became the second-fastest Angels rookie to reach 20 home runs, and he joined Babe Ruth as the only MLB player with 10 pitching appearances and 20 homers in a season. 361 on-base percentage, 22 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 10 stolen bases in his first MLB season. Ohtani had an 0–1 win-loss record with 16 strikeouts, eight walks, five hits, five runs, and a 4.35 earned run average in 10⅓ innings pitched during the 2012 18U Baseball World Championship. He pitched a 160 km/h (99 mph) fastball as an 18-year-old high school pitcher during the Japanese national high school baseball championship tournament, also known as Summer Koshien. Shohei Ohtani went to Hanamaki Higashi High School in the Iwate Prefecture of Japan. Meanwhile, his father was an amateur baseball player who played in the Japanese Industrial League. His mother played badminton at the national level in high school. Ohtani was born to Kayoko and Toru Otani on Jin Ōshū, Iwate, Japan to Kayoko and Toru Otani. Shohei Ohtani’s Early Life and Background. Shohei is nicknamed “Shotime” and his love for the sport is so immense that in Japan he is known as "yakyū shōnen"-a kid who lives, eats, and breathes baseball.
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He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball 's (NPB) Pacific League. Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter, pitcher, and outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball.
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