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Shohei Ohtani Made Even More Baseball History in the Month of June

After hitting a 493 foot-homer that was the longest home run in baseball this season, Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani put the capper on a historic month of June.

Brady Farkas

Shohei Ohtani Made Even More Baseball History in the Month of June
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Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani hit a 493-foot home run on Friday night that was the longest home run hit by any player in baseball this season.

That helped put the capper on an amazing June for Ohtani, who seemed to make baseball history every single day. 

A look at his month, per @OptaSTATS on Twitter:

Final offensive numbers for the @Angels' Shohei Ohtani in June 2023:

 25 extra-base hits 

21 walks 

15 home runs 

He's the first player in MLB history to have at least 25 extra-base hits, 20 walks and 15 home runs in a single month.

And then there's this, from Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

most HR hit in calendar month, made multiple pitching starts, MLB history: 

2023 June Shohei Ohtani: 15 

2021 June Shohei Ohtani: 13

It has been the year of Ohtani for sure. He helped Team Japan win the World Baseball Classic in the spring, has the Angels fighting for their first playoff spot since 2014, is set up to win the MVP award for the second time, and is heading for a $500-600 million payday this offseason.

The generational talent is now hitting .310 on the season with a league-best 30 homers. He also has 67 RBI and 11 stolen bases and will be starting in the All-Star Game for the American League.

On the mound, Ohtani is 7-3 with a 3.02 ERA. He's struck out a whopping 127 batters in 95.1 innings.

The Angels are now 44-40 and will take on the Diamondbacks on Saturday at 10:07 p.m. ET.

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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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