Shohei Ohtani Becomes First to 30 Home Runs With 493-Foot Blast

The best player in baseball keeps getting better.

Shohei Ohtani does something absolutely remarkable on the baseball field on a seemingly daily basis, and Friday night was no different for the Angels’ two-way superstar.

In the sixth inning of Los Angeles’s 6–2 loss to the Diamondbacks, Ohtani hit a mammoth 493-foot home run, the longest of his MLB career and his 30th of the season. He is the first player to reach 30 homers on the season, and is two clear of the Braves’ Matt Olsen for the MLB lead.

According to ESPN Stats & Info, this is also the longest home run of the entire MLB season so far.

OH MY, SHOHEI 😱

HOME RUN NO. 30 💥

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— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) July 1, 2023

Ohtani’s exploits on a baseball diamond are always breathtaking. Once again, he had the baseball world fired up with this mammoth home run.

This went an estimated 493 feet.

Every day we think Shohei Ohtani can’t get any better. And every day he does. pic.twitter.com/tiSW9sCTOw

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 1, 2023

Of Shohei Ohtani’s 30 home runs this season:

- 24 have been for 400+ feet
- 16 have been for 420+ feet
- 9 have been for 440+ feet
- 5 have been for 450+ feet

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— Mathew Brownstein (@MBrownstein89) July 1, 2023

Shohei Ohtani had a 1.444 OPS in June, the highest by any player in June since Lou Gehrig in 1936 (min. 100 PA)

Ohtani also had a 3.26 ERA and 37 K as a pitcher this month.

Maybe the greatest month by anyone in MLB historypic.twitter.com/uyLEC3gI7B

— Doug Clawson (@doug_clawson) July 1, 2023

OHTANI this off-season https://t.co/rs5xOZ6swL pic.twitter.com/ASfDnJN6s9

— Tony X (@soIoucity) July 1, 2023

All I want to do is let the world know that we are watching the greatest athlete on planet earth. And he plays baseball.

And his name is Shohei Ohtani.

This went 493 feet and he’s the first player in baseball to 30 home runs.

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— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) July 1, 2023

Ohtani was remarkable when he was merely an All-Star level pitcher and hitter. Now, he is pretty clearly the best hitter in all of baseball, and is a bona fide ace on the mound on top of it.

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