Shohei Ohtani joins Babe Ruth with all-time MLB pitching record dating back to 1900

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It seems that (almost) everything has already been said when it comes to Shohei Ohtani and their gigantic numbers in their passage through Major League Baseball (MLB); however, the star of Los Angeles Angels always something to talk about.

He did so in the second game of his series as an outsider against St. Louis Cardinalswhere the Japanese star made his fifth start of the season, and despite only being there for five innings, signed his best performance of the year.

Ohtani threw 97 pitches in his outing, and while he allowed five hits, two home runs and four runs, he handed a walk and registered 13 strikeoutsthe best number in his MLB career.

Ohtani joins Babe Ruth with all-time pitching record

Thanks to this performance, the Asian became the fifth player in major league historyspecifically since 1900, the modern era of baseball, which he achieves in his career 500 strikeouts as a pitcher and 500 hits as a batter.

In this way, Ohtani joins MLB legends such as Smoky Joe Wood, Red Ruffing, Walter Johnson y Babe Ruth. The most curious thing about this is that he was not told of the Angels’ triumph, giving it to Ryan Tepera.