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Shohei Ohtani Pitches & Bats In Same Game For First Time (Strikes Out 7, Throws 100+ Nine Times, Hits 451-Foot Home Run)

Shohei Ohtani throwing a baseball 101mph followed by Shohei Ohtani hitting a baseball 115 mph. pic.twitter.com/C7jNE11qHH

— Gabe (@PIayoffTanaka) April 5, 2021

Shohei Ohtani is my favourite player in baseball right now.

On Sunday night, he pitched and batted for the first time in his major league career, and is the first pitcher to bat second in a lineup in more than 118 years (Jack Dunleavy, Cardinals, September 7, 1903). Only two pitchers have hit for themselves in a DH-game since Ken Brett did it twice in 1976: Andy Sonnanstine (2009, lineup card mistake) and Madison Bumgarner (2016, interleague start).