Superstar Ohtani Hits Leadoff Home Run in First Inning, Reaches 300 Career MLB Home Runs

Major League Baseball (MLB) superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers has hit his 300th career home run.
Ohtani, starting as the leadoff designated hitter in a home game against the Colorado Rockies at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 8 (KST), blasted a leadoff home run that soared over the center-field wall like a bullet in his first at-bat of the first inning.
With this shot, his 20th of the season, Ohtani reached the milestone of 300 career home runs in the big leagues.
Ohtani is the 170th player in Major League history to hit 300 home runs and the first Japanese player to achieve this feat.
Having hit 48 home runs over five years with the Nippon-Ham Fighters in Nippon Professional Baseball, Ohtani moved to the United States in 2018 and has now increased his combined professional home run total in Japan and the U.S. to 348.
Ohtani led the American League in home runs with 44 while playing for the Los Angeles Angels in 2023, and after moving to the Dodgers the following year, he topped the National League with 54 home runs.
Last year, he hit a career-high 55 home runs in a single season.
Ohtani, who plays as both a pitcher and a hitter, is also the pitcher with the most strikeouts (765 as of July 8) among players who have hit 300 or more home runs.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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