Here’s Yet Another Statistic That Illustrates Shohei Ohtani’s Dominance

By Nick Selbe A quick scan of Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani’s Baseball-Reference page reveals gobs of bold ink, which is the site’s identifier that a player leads the league in a specific category. Entering Thursday, the runaway favorite for American League MVP leads the AL in the following hitting categories: home runs (42), triples (seven), walks (75), OPS (1.072), OPS+ (186), total bases (297) and intentional walks (16). He also owns a 3.17 ERA with 165 strikeouts in 22 starts, allowing an MLB-best 5.9 hits per nine innings. As eye-popping as all that is, that page, of course, does not tel…

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