Ohtani does something no other player has ever done

[jmowreader]

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-qualifies-for-league-leaders-as-pitcher-and-hitter

Major League Baseball has season leaderboards for hitting and pitching, both of which must be qualified for.

To qualify for the hitting leaderboards, you need 502 plate appearances - which is a bit over three PA per game if you played all 162 games.

Qualifying for the pitching leaderboards requires 162 innings of work, or one inning per game spread over the season.

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels has 663 PA and 162 innings of work. No player has ever qualified for both leaderboards in the same season.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. He is amazing.

Any chance you could include the important stats?

Like batting average, etc? It would take me forever to look it up.

[jmowreader]

3. Sure.

Batting: 666 PA (according to Baseball Reference), .273 BA, .875 OPS, 304 total bases, hit by pitch five times, 34 HR.

Pitching: 15 wins, 28 GS, 166 IP, gave up 124 hits and 14 HR, walked 44 men and struck out 219, hit two batters, didn’t intentionally walk anyone, 2.33 ERA.

Have you tried Baseball Reference - dot - com? Anyone who’s ever played MLB is in it.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. Dayum.

He is amazing.
Thank you!

[malthaussen]

13. Pretty good batting stats for a pitcher. :)

.875 OPS would look good on a middle infielder. I also tend to give a lot of weight to OPS+, and his 145 is outstanding.

And that only counts his contribution as a hitter. Throw in his pitching and, well, he's probably worth the 30 mil.

And when was the last time a pitcher was intentionally walked 14 times?

-- Mal

[malthaussen]

14. What happens when he's pitching and a reliever comes in?

Is he still allowed to be DH, or do they have to sub for him there, too? A question I bet they never thought would come up when they made the DH rules.

-- Mal

[Marcuse]

2. Stats

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ohtansh01.shtml

[HardPort]

4. ERA 2.33! BA .273! 34 HRs and 95 RBI!! A singularly amazing season.

They need a new award category for him. Enjoy him while you have him, Angels ...

[Jimbo S]

5. I will have to make a trip to Chicago sometime

just to see him and Trout play.

[jmowreader]

7. Why go to Chicago?

Both of them play for the Angels.

[Genki Hikari]

8. Maybe Chicago is more feasible for Jimbo to get to?

Just a thought.

Not everyone can travel to Los Angeles at the drop of a hat.

[jmowreader]

10. Then let's see what we can do for him

Let's first assume both players are still going to be Angels in 2023. I have the White Sox' 2023 schedule up, and there's only one Angels series at Guaranteed Rate Field next year: May 29-31.

If you'd like to go to Cleveland, the Angels play there May 12-14.

They play the Tigers July 25-27.

Kansas City may be a bit out of area for him, but the Angels are there June 16-18. Bring a car because Kauffman Stadium is the definition of "middle of nowhere."

They play the Twins September 22-24.

That's the nature of wanting to go to games against out-of-division teams: you get one shot a year.

[Jimbo S]

15. I live in Milwaukee

An NL team. Need to travel to an AL team. Comiskey is two hours from me. Mpls is five hours from me and I just got back from there four days ago.

[jmowreader]

16. Then you are going to just LOVE this!

The Angels will be playing interleague in Milwaukee from April 28 to April 30. Get good seats.

[Jimbo S]

17. If I'm available

The weekend of our anniversary.

[Nevilledog]

9. He's a joy to watch.

[True Dough]

11. He's the true MVP

even if the voters give it to Aaron Judge.