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Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani Moves to the Top of This All-Time Leaderboard on Wednesday

Shohei Ohtani didn't last long on Wednesday afternoon, leaving the game with injury, but he did stick around long enough to make some unique baseball history.

Brady Farkas

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani Moves to the Top of This All-Time Leaderboard on Wednesday
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Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani left the game early on Wednesday afternoon with arm fatigue, but he stayed in long enough to make some unique baseball history.

Going 1-for-1 at the plate with a home run, Ohtani moved to the top of the Statcast ERA record books.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

Hardest-hit HR hit *AS A PITCHER* tracked by Statcast (2015): 

Today Shohei Ohtani: 115.7 mph 

4/4/21 Shohei Ohtani: 115.2 mph 

9/10/21 Shohei Ohtani: 114.7 mph 

5/15/23 Shohei Ohtani: 114.6 mph 

6/9/23 Shohei Ohtani: 112.9 mph 

4/2/17 Madison Bumgarner: 112.5 mph

Ohtani is having an incredible season for the Angels and is trending towards winning his second American League MVP award in the last three years. His home run was his 44th. He's now hitting .305 this season with the 44 homers and 91 RBI. He's added 17 stolen bases and a 1.074 OPS.

Unfortunately, the pitching side has been problematic for him over the last month, as he's battled blisters and arm fatigue. He's 10-5 this season with a 3.14 ERA.

He's struck out a blistering 167 batters in 132 innings.

The Angels lost that game, 9-4, to fall to 61-66 on the year. 

They are taking on the Reds again on Wednesday night in the completion of a doubleheader at Angels Stadium. 

They'll be off on Thursday before starting a weekend series in New York with the Mets.

First pitch on Friday night is 7:10 p.m. ET. The Mets will send rookie Kodai Senga to the mound while the Halos haven't announced a pitcher yet.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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