Shohei Ohtani Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Wiki & More

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Shohei Ohtani was born on 05-07-1994 in Oshu, Iwate, Japan. He is a Japanese Baseball Player who plays for Los Angeles Angels, an American Professional Baseball Team.

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Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball player who is currently affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) team. His father Toru, was a corporate league baseball player and an employee at the local Mitsubishi plant.  He encouraged both Ohtani and his older brother Ryuta to play the games.  His mother was an athlete as well, a national-level badminton player during high school. He was studied at Hanamaki Higashi High School.

He was inspired by power-hitting left fielder Hideki Matsui team, who used to play for Tokyo’s Yomiuri Giants.  He was equally fascinated by pitching. he was throwing in the mid-90s and it took him only a year more to reach 99 mph only at the age of 16 years. He was a dynamic player. His rapid growth also facing hamstring injuries that bothered him internally. His pitching mechanics faced various issues. He could not keep himself in the strike zone as his delivery had become effortful and stiff at that time. The problems eventually finished when his body into his height fully grown up. He reached 6. 4” which is commendable for a basketball player.

He is equally strong at pitching and hitting and is often dubbed as Japan’s Babe Ruth. He attracts both domestic and international attention by the incredible speed of his fastball drew. Initially, in 2016, he would play the next five seasons for the Fighters and would lead them to the Pacific League Championship and Japan Series title. The young man has also won several personal accolades. He creates history by creating o record of throwing the fastest pitch by a Japanese pitcher and in NPB hi at 102.5 mph. He was a member of the bronze-winning Japanese team at the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 championship at the international level.

In 2012, he participated  in18U Baseball World Championship. He had an impressive record of 0-1 win-loss with 16 strikeouts, eight walks, five hits, five runs, and a 4.35 earned run average in total 10 1⁄3 innings pitched.He had planned to go to the US to play in the major leagues, subsequently, he received much interest from some of the biggest baseball clubs, including the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

In 2012, he made his decision of relocating to the US and playing there public. He was convinced by Nippon-Ham Fighters under the leadership of their general manager Masao Yamada took a huge risk by choosing him as their first draft pick to stay in Japan. The player debuted as a right fielder in the Fighters’ first game of the season at 18. He got an incredibly successful first year in MPB, gaining a record of 3-0 in 11. In the 2013 All-Star Game, he earned a Pacific League roster spot for the  His performance both as a batter and pitcher.

The sportsman continued to be both outfielder and pitcher. In, 2014, his salary had reached 100 million a year.The 2016 season was the best one in his career to date. In 2016, he played a vital role by winning the championship four games to two against Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He also became the runaway winner of the MVP award, by scoring 253 out of a total of 254 first-place votes.

In 2017, he appeared in 65 games and recorded a hitting average of 332 with eight home runs and 31 RBIs while pitching 3-2, 3.20 with 29 strikeouts. he had to undergo an operation for an ankle injury.In November he attended the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 as part of the Japanese national team in Japan and Taiwan.In the 2017 World Baseball Classic, he joined Japan’s 28-man roster but had to drop out after suffering an ankle injury.