The
#Angels
today agreed to a one-year, $30 million contract with RHP/DH Shohei Ohtani for the 2023 season.
With the agreement, the arbitration process is avoided.
Shohei Ohtani has reached 162 innings pitched this season and is officially the first player to qualify for the league leaderboards as both a hitter and a pitcher in the same year
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Shohei Ohtani has earned his 10th win of the season and joins Babe Ruth (1918) as the only players in A.L./N.L. history with 10+ wins and 10+ HR in the same season.
Shohei Ohtani is the second pitcher in
#Angels
history to record 10+ strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
He joins Nolan Ryan, who had six different streaks of at least four straight games with 10+ strikeouts, including a franchise record seven straight games.
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Shohei Ohtani is the first player to lead off the
#AllStarGame
with a hit since Mike Trout in 2015.
Ohtani is also the first player with a hit on the first pitch of an
#AllStarGame
since Mike Trout in 2013.
Ohtani is just the third native of Japan to collect 100 home runs in a career, joining Hideki Matsui (175 HR) and Ichiro Suzuki (117). At 444 career games, he reached the mark faster than any other Japanese player in ML history.
The
#Angels
will wear
@occ_baseball
hats for the opening split squad games of Cactus League play on Feb. 22, to honor Coach John Altobelli and all those lost in the devastating helicopter accident Jan. 26.
Mike Trout has set a new
#Angels
record with home runs in six consecutive games, breaking Bobby Bonds' record of five straight games from Aug. 2-7, 1977.
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Mike Trout has just hit his 161st career home run at Angel Stadium, which establishes a new record for the ballpark.
Tim Salmon hit 160 HR at Angel Stadium.
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Shohei Ohtani has his 10th multi-HR game in MLB and fourth this season. He also had four multi-HR games in Japan.
His 7 RBI tonight are a new career high (including both MLB and NPB)
Tonight was Shohei Ohtani's 10th consecutive pitching start allowing two-or-fewer runs, which is a new
#Angels
record.
Nolan Ryan had a nine game streak across the 1972-73 seasons.
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Shohei Ohtani has his MLB-leading eighth 10+ strikeout game this season.
This is his 5th consecutive 10+ strikeout game, which is the third-longest streak in franchise history, behind:
Nolan Ryan - 7 game streak in 1977
Nolan Ryan - 6 game streak spanning 1972-73
Mike Trout has just scored his 1000th career run.
He's the second player in
#Angels
history to score 1000 runs (Garret Anderson - 1024).
Third player in MLB history with 1000+ runs, 300+ HR & 200+ SB by his age-30 season, joining Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez.
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Shohei Ohtani has reached 502 career pitching strikeouts, which surpasses Babe Ruth's career total (per
@EliasSports
).
Ohtani now has the most pitching strikeouts among players to hit at least 100 career home runs.
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Shohei Ohtani finishes his night matching his MLB career high with 8.0 IP and setting a new MLB career high with 13 strikeouts.
He allowed three total baserunners (retired 23 of his last 24 batters faced) and also reached base three times as a hitter tonight.
Ohtani joins Mike Trout (5 times), Darin Erstad (2 times) and Don Baylor (2 times) as the only Halos with multiple seasons of 15 home runs and 10 stolen bases before the All-Star break.
Cycles in
#Angels
history:
Shohei Ohtani, today
Mike Trout, 5/21/13 vs. SEA
Chone Figgins, 9/16/06 at TEX
Jeff DaVanon, 8/25/04 vs. KC
Dave Winfield, 6/24/91 at KC
Dan Ford, 8/10/79 vs. SEA
Jim Fregosi (2): 5/20/68 vs. BOS & 7/28/64 vs. NYY
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Shohei Ohtani is the first starting pitcher to record a hit at Fenway Park since Roger Clemens on May 23, 1996 vs. Seattle.
Clemens' single was the only other hit by a starting pitcher at Fenway in the DH era.
Today is Shohei Ohtani's third game of 2022 with 7+ scoreless innings and 9+ strikeouts for the
#Angels
.
He is the only player in the American League to have three such games this year.
Ohtani also walked twice as a batter today, while issuing one walk & two hits on the mound.
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Shohei Ohtani is the first American League pitcher to throw 6+ scoreless innings and homer in the same game since Baltimore's Dave McNally exactly 50 years ago today (Aug. 9, 1972 at Milwaukee).
Kurt Suzuki was removed from tonight’s game with a neck contusion. He is alert and currently undergoing further testing. Additional information will be released at the appropriate time.
Update regarding
#Angels
INF Anthony Rendon:
“Anthony Rendon will undergo season-ending surgery to repair his right wrist early next week. Additional information will be provided as appropriate.”
The
#Angels
totaled four selections to the 2023 All-World Baseball Classic Team:
Mike Trout (OF)
Shohei Ohtani (DH)
Shohei Ohtani (P)
Patrick Sandoval (P)
Ohtani was also named the 2023 World Baseball Classic Most Valuable Player
Chase Silseth is just the second pitcher in franchise history to toss at least 6 innings and allow one hit during his Major League debut. He joins Rudy May who went nine innings, allowing one hit against the Tigers on April 18, 1965.
#Angels
transactions:
•Selected the contract of INF Nolan Schanuel (
#18
)
•C Logan O’Hoppe returned from rehab and reinstated from IL
•Placed INF C.J. Cron (low back inflammation) on 10-day IL (retro to Aug. 16)
•Designated C Chad Wallach for assignment
•Transferred INF…
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transactions:
•Selected the contracts of INF David Fletcher and INF Jared Walsh
•Transferred INF Luis Rengifo to 60-day IL
•Designated RHP Gerardo Reyes for assignment
•Following yesterday’s game, optioned OF Jordyn Adams & INF Kyren Paris to Triple-A Salt Lake
In his last six pitching starts, Shohei Ohtani is 6-0 with a 0.45 ERA (39.2 IP - 2 ER) and 58 strikeouts.
Ohtani is the fourth pitcher all-time to go 6-0 with 58+ SO and 2-or-fewer ER in a six game span:
Johan Santana (2004)
R.A. Dickey (2012)
Clayton Kershaw (2014)
Jared Walsh has just completed the 9th cycle in
#Angels
history.
He's the eighth different player in Angels history to hit for the cycle and first since Shohei Ohtani on June 13, 2019 at Tampa Bay.
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Shohei Ohtani has joined Johan Santana (2004 Twins) as the only A.L. pitchers to go 4-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 40+ strikeouts in a four-game span in the divisional era.
Prior to 1969, only Ray Culp (1968 Red Sox) and Rube Waddell (1907 A's) had done so.
Last night, Chad Wallach made his
#Angels
debut. His father, Tim, played in 57 games for the Halos in 1996.
They are the fifth father/son combo in franchise history, joining:
Ruben and Ruben Amaro Jr.
Chris and C.J. Cron
Jerry and Jeff DaVanon
Bob and Darren Oliver
Reid Detmers is the third pitcher in
#Angels
history to throw an immaculate inning, joining:
Nolan Ryan (July 9, 1972 vs. Boston)
Garrett Richards (June 4, 2014 at Houston)
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Mike Trout is the first player to win nine Silver Sluggers by their age-30 season
He also passes Manny Ramirez (8 as an OF) for the most Silver Slugger Awards all-time by an A.L. outfielder
At 24-13 on the season,
#Angels
are 11 games over .500 for the first time since July 28, 2015 (55-44).
The series win marks the Halos first in Oakland since May 27-29, 2019.
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Transactions:
•Reinstated LHP Matt Moore and INF Zach Neto from the injured list
•Recalled INF Michael Stefanic from Triple-A Salt Lake
•Selected the contract of INF Trey Cabbage (
#25
)
•Outrighted INF David Fletcher to Triple-A Salt Lake
•Placed INF Anthony Rendon…
MEDICAL UPDATE:
Tommy La Stella underwent a CT scan earlier today that revealed a right tibia fracture. A typical return to play timetable for this injury is 8-10 weeks.
With his 5th inning single, Nolan Schanuel has extended his on-base streak to 25 games. It’s the 6th longest streak to begin a career in Major League history.
The
#Angels
have made the following transactions:
Selected the contract of INF Zach Neto
Optioned INF David Fletcher to Triple-A Salt Lake
Transferred RHP Chris Rodriguez to 60-day injured list
Last night,
#Angels
Taylor Ward reached enough plate appearances to qualify for the league leaders.
He is now officially the A.L. leader in OBP, SLG, OPS and batting average, and is tied for the league lead in walks.
Mike Trout now ranks second in the league in OBP, SLG & OPS.
Tonight's
#Angels
attendance of 45,477 is the largest Angel Stadium crowd (including postseason) since the ballpark renovations were completed prior to the 1998 season.
Shohei Ohtani's five RBI tonight match his career high.
He also had 5 RBI for
#Angels
on Sept. 7, 2019 at White Sox and 5 RBI for Fighters on March 29, 2016 vs. Orix.
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Shohei Ohtani is the first pitcher to hit a go-ahead homer while his team was trailing this late in a game since Noah Syndergaard for the Mets on May 11, 2016 at Dodgers (off Kenta Maeda).
Last time in an AL game was Royals Jim Rooker (July 7, 1969 at MIN, off Jim Kaat)