Shohei Ohtani's June was one of the greatest months in MLB history
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.
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.
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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