If Shohei Ohtani isn't the greatest baseball player of all time, then he's certainly doing a fantastic impersonation.
On Friday against Arizona, the former AL MVP—and perhaps future 2023 MVP—put a bow on one of the greatest offensive months in MLB history.
Final offensive numbers for the @Angels' Shohei Ohtani in June 2023:
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) July 1, 2023
25 extra-base hits
21 walks
15 home runs
He's the first player in MLB history to have at least 25 extra-base hits, 20 walks and 15 home runs in a single month. pic.twitter.com/zQexqWlixn
He hit his 15th home run of the month (and 30th of the season) against the Diamondbacks, a 493-foot bomb that is the longest in the majors this season.
4️⃣9️⃣3️⃣ feet for No. 30!
— MLB (@MLB) July 1, 2023
Shohei Ohtani is UNREAL! pic.twitter.com/W7TxBembrj
Ohtani had batting splits of .396/.952/1.444 in June. He entered the month batting .269 and rose his batting average to .310 in the span of 27 games.
While his bat took center stage, Ohtani memorably became the first player from the American League since 1963 to strike out 10 batters as a pitcher while also hitting two home runs in the same game when he did so on June 27 against the White Sox.
Ohtani pitched 30.1 innings in five June starts and had a 3.26 ERA with 37 strikeouts. He allowed 26 hits altogether, one more than he had extra-base hits by himself in June.
He's putting up numbers that are simply hard to be believed. Thankfully, we're around to witness his unparalleled stretch.
We'll probably never see another player do what Ohtani did in June. Unless, of course, he goes out and does it again in July.
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