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Shohei Ohtani (大谷 翔平, Ōtani Shōhei, [oːtaɲi ɕoːheː]; born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Shohei Ohtani: Beyond the Dream is a sports documentary film about Shohei Ohtani and his beginnings in rural Japan to his success with the Los Angeles Angels. The film premiered on November 17, 2023, on ESPN+ in the US and will stream on Disney+ internationally.
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Baseball America Major League Player of the Year: Shohei Ohtani, 2021, 2023 Baseball America Rookie of the Year Award: Hideo Nomo, 1995; Shohei Ohtani, 2018 Baseball America All-Rookie Team: Yu Darvish, 2012 SP; Masahiro Tanaka, 2014 SP; Kenta
- Franchise History
- Players of Note
- "Japan's Team" and Allegations of Corruption
- Controversies
- Mascots
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Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club
The team began in 1934 as The Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club(大日本東京野球倶楽部, Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu), a team of all-stars organized by media mogul Matsutarō Shōriki that toured the United States and matched up against an American all-star team that included Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Charlie Gehringer. While prior Japanese all-star contingents had disbanded, Shōriki went pro with this group, playing in an independent league. In 1935, the team traveled to the United States and...
Tokyo Kyojin
In 1936, with the formation of the Japanese Baseball League, the team changed its name to the Tokyo Kyojin, often called the Tokyo Giants in non-Japanese sources. It won eight league championships under that name from 1936 to 1943, including six championships in a row from 1938 to 1943. Russian-born pitcher Victor Starffin, nicknamed "the blue-eyed Japanese", starred for the team until 1944. One of the league's premier pitchers, he won two MVP awards and a Best Nine award, and won at least 26...
Yomiuri Giants
In 1947 the team became the Yomiuri Giants, winning the final JBL championship in 1949 (again under player-manager Haruyasu Nakajima). From 1938 to 1987 the Giants played at Korakuen Stadium, moving to their current home the Tokyo Domein 1988. In 1950, the Giants were one of the founding members of Nippon Professional Baseball, joining the Central League. Slugger Noboru Aota starred for the Giants from 1948 to 1952, winning the home run championship twice, and hitting a home run in the 1951 J...
Retired numbers
1. 1 Sadaharu Oh(王貞治) 2. 3 Shigeo Nagashima(長嶋 茂雄) 3. 4 Toshio Kurosawa(黒沢 俊夫) 4. 14 Eiji Sawamura(沢村 栄治) 5. 16 Tetsuharu Kawakami(川上 哲治) 6. 34 Masaichi Kaneda(金田 正一)
Due to the Yomiuri company's vast influence in Japan as a major media conglomerate, the Giants have long been branded as "Japan's Team". In fact, for some years the Giants' uniforms had "Tokyo" on the jersey instead of "Yomiuri" or "Giants", seeming to imply that the Giants represent the vast metropolis and geopolitical center of Japan, even though...
1973 First nine consecutive victories in professional baseball history
As of October 21 before this game was played, the teams only had a 0.5 game diffence the Hanshin Tigers, this game resulted 9 to 0 win over Tigers on October 22, infielder Shozo Doi and catcher Masaaki Mori each had 3 hits and Doi hit a two run homerun in the fifth inning off Kenji Furusawa in the Giants 4 to 1 win from Nankai Hawks (now Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) in Japan Series, starter Kazumi Takahashi(23 wins, 13 losses) contribution this season.
Oh home run controversy
In 1985, American Randy Bass, playing for the Hanshin Tigers, came into the last game of the season against the Oh-managed Giants with 54 home runs, one short of manager Sadaharu Oh's single-season record of 55. Bass was intentionally walked four times on four straight pitches each time, leading Bass to famously hold his bat upside down. Bass reached over the plate on the fifth occasion and batted the ball into the outfield for a single. After the game, Oh denied ordering his pitchers to walk...
1994 Central League tie-breaker game
For the first time in Japanese professional baseball history, the Giants and Chunichi Dragons were tied at the end of the regular season, so both teams competed in a tie-breaker game to determine who gets to go to the Japan Series. The Giants won 6 to 3 against Chunichi, and took the Central League pennant and advanced to the Japan Series.
The Giants have 6 mascots, known as the Giabbits. They are based on one of the older logos of the Giants. They have 2 adult male mascots named Giabyi and Giabba (their jersey numbers are 333 and 555 respectively), an adult female mascot named Vicky, and 2 children mascots (a boy and a girl respectively), Tsuppy and Chappy (the former wears shorts a...
Fitts, Robert K. (2005). Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 0-8093-2630-2.Whiting, Robert (2005). The Samurai Way of Baseball: The Impact of Ichiro and the New Wave from Japan. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69403-7.Whiting, Robert (1990). You Gotta Have Wa. Vintage. ISBN 0-679-72947-X.Ippei Mizuhara (水原一平, Mizuhara Ippei, born December 31, 1984) is a Japanese-American interpreter. Mizuhara served as the interpreter for Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani, translating Japanese to English and vice versa for Ohtani's media appearances and teammate interactions. He previously worked for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham ...
In 2021, Shohei Ohtani became the first everyday DH to win league MVP honors, having played in 126 of 155 games (81.29%) at DH. However, Ohtani's MVP season was mainly due to his success as a two-way player, having also logged 23 games as a pitcher
Shohei Ohtani (4–1) took the loss for the Angels, pitching 7 innings, striking out 7, while allowing 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 BB. ... The Astros' loss was highlighted by a large offensive struggle, with the Astros striking out 16 times while only scoring 1 run. The Blue ...
