2021 Shohei Ohtani MVP | By The Numbers 

The best all round athlete baseball has ever seen. And humble, so humble. Congratulations Shohei.

He's so fun to watch. Fans from across the world, many who are indifferent or ignorant about baseball tune in to watch him play. He saved baseball and made a miserable 2021 memorable. Absolute MVP in every sense.

FIELD OF DREAMS Shohei Ohtani just crafted what many believe to be the greatest individual season ever played on the field of dreams. Arguably only Babe Ruth’s 1919 season rises to the level of what Ohtani accomplished this year in a game which is far more evolved today than it was a century ago. Baseball more than any other sport is about numbers so let’s take a deep dive into Shohei’s 2021 numbers: On the mound, Shohei tossed 130.1 innings over 23 starts, finishing the season with a 9-2 record, a 3.18 ERA, a 1.090 WHIP, a 141 ERA+ and 156 strikes outs to 44 walks. In the second half of the season, Shohei upped his pitching game to the tune of a 2.84 ERA and a 69/9 strikeouts-to-walks ratio over 63.1 innings. Shohei has five solid pitches at his disposal, including a fastball which tops out at over 100 MPH and a splitter which was the hardest pitch to hit in the majors this year (.087 batting average against and a 48.5% whiff rate) At the plate, Shohei smacked 26 doubles, a league-leading 8 triples and 46 home runs to go along with 103 runs, 100 RBI and a 158 OPS+. And for good measure, Shohei swiped 26 bases. Can you imagine what these numbers would have looked like had Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon been in the lineup providing protection for Shohei all season long? We’d be looking at 50+ home runs, 125+ runs, 125+ RBI and an OPS well north of 1.000. Other Shohei fun facts and firsts include: * At 6’4” he is as tall as the average NBA shooting guard * His 21 MPH sprint speed makes him as fast the NFL’s Lamar Jackson * His 28.8 feet-per-second sprint speed ranks him in the 92nd percentile of all major league players * His combined plate appearances as a pitcher and hitter totaled 1172 * Ranked in the top ten in the AL in runs, home runs, OBP, SLG, OPS, walks, triples, extra-base hits, total bases and stolen bases * Hit as many home runs at the plate as earned runs allowed on the mound * Led the majors in Baseball-Reference WAR (9.0) and FanGraphs WAR (8.1) * Led the majors in Win Probability Added (WPA) and Run Expectancy Wins (REW), the two stats which measure clutch performance * Led the AL with a 1.555 OPS with runners in scoring position * Led the majors in barrel rate (minimum 250 balls in play) and finished in the 97th percentile or higher in average exit velocity, max exit velocity, hard-hit rate and walk rate * Lead the majors with 24 home runs with an exit velocity of 110+ mph * One of only two players in major league history (along with Willie Mays) with 45+ home runs, 20+ stolen bases and 6+ triples in the same season * First player in MLB history to make multiple pitching starts and lead the league in home runs at any point in the same season since Babe Ruth * First player in MLB history to throw 10+ pitches of 100 mph and hit 10+ home runs with an exit velocity of 110 mph in the same season * First player in MLB history to record 10 home runs and 100 strike outs in the same season * First player in MLB history with 10 pitching appearances and 20+ stolen bases in the same season * First player in MLB history to be selected to the all-star game as a pitcher and a hitter * Named Angels’ MVP and Best Pitcher * Won the Espy for Best MLB Player * Named MLBPA’s Player of the Year * Won the Commissioner’s Award (last awarded in 2014) * Selected as Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year Shohei is an elite pitcher, hitter and runner in an age of specialization but that is not why Shohei is the AL MVP. Shohei is the most valuable player in all of baseball because he is a unicorn doing unicorn things in a world in which unicorns exist only in the imagination of a child. I give you Shohei Ohtani, 2021 American League MVP, and it ain’t even close 👏👏👏

AL MVPs in the next 5 years - 2022 Ohtani, 2023 Trout, 2024 Ohtani, 2025 Ohtani, 2026 Trout - Angels with 2 World Series Championships with Trout and Ohtani splitting World Series MVP

He is amazing man !! and handsome !!!!

Congratulations Ohtani I love you ❤️😘💕

history is just begun. stay healthy!

No doubt, Shohei is such an extraordinary baseball player! Not only is he remarkably talented, he is also a highly ethical and humble person with a big heart and pleasant personality. How can we not admire and adore him?

The guy is a modern day Babe Ruth. UNREAL!!!! Congratulations Shohei!!!

Wow a HR every 11.7 at bats. Imagine if he had almost 100 more at bats (like vlad jr had) and hit in a hitter friendly ballpark (like in Toronto) and had strong lineup protection (like the jays with several strong hitters around him). Instead he hit on a weak Angels team with the good offensive players like Trout and Rendon out with major injuries so he had no lineup protection with Phil Gosselin batting after him (a versatile player but only had 7 HR so pitchers threw Ohtani junk and walked him if necessary). Ohtani already led all of MLB in WAR, WPA, triples and HR/AB ratio but imagine if he played in the jays lineup with 100 more at bats how crazy his numbers would have been… how many more HR, RBI, R, etc?

15 MVP for 15 years straight 👍👍👍👍👏👏

Thanks for the exciting video. There is no surprise that Ohtani was chosen AL MVP unanimously in this season. I can't wait for starting the next season. Keep going Shohei!

goosebumps, so lucky to watch him this season.

no one deserves this award this year more than Shohei! and your videos are so well made 👏

He said something like "I was looking forward to baseball on the weekends when I was in elementary school. Now it just changes every day." He enjoys baseball as he did when he was a kid. That is one of his big charms.

Congratulations

Exceptional video. Shared on fb.

Love this!! Unanimous. Undisputed. Shohei let his play do the convincing. MVP!

What a great player. I need to do some research so that I’ll be able to understand these technical terms.

Congratulations Shohei! So proud! 👏

Awesome content. Thank you

The director of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters is Shinjo. Congratulations to Shohei Ohtani MVP of Hokkaido👍🌹

I don’t even efin watch baseball, yet I watch the highlights every time. Btw, thanks SaS for introducing shohei to a noob like me

Those who hate on Shohei, explain why people think Mike Trout deserved the MVP in 2016? If you compare Shohei's batting stat in 2021 and Mike's stat in 2016, Shohei is not far behind. Mike plays outfield, Shohei plays starting pitcher. Why people still claim Mike Trout as the "best baseball player"? Did Mike get a ring in 2016? 2019?

イチローと入れ替わるように大谷翔平がメジャーで活躍するのは日本人に勇気を与えてくれる

Great vid

おめでとう🎉🎉🎉✨✨🎊😂

DAMN GOOD VIDEO!!! WOW THE DIRECTING IN THIS!!! REALLY TALENTED.

“He’s also a pitcher!”…lol😄

I think you forgot to mention how many stolen bases he had…

まるで映画見たいですね💐

As he won unanimously, the people who matter knew that he was the obvious MVP. if anyone disagreed, they just don’t get it.

Everyday I watch ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-000fmEsv80E.html , and now MVP version! This is the best movie of Shohei Ohtani! Thank you, Jason Foster-san! If this movie is with Japanese subtitle, this will be viewed by millions of people especially by Japanese fans of Shohei Ohtani for sure. This is really the greatest movie of 2021 MVP Shohei Ohtani!

Make 2023 version please😂

He was the most valuable player, by a long shot. A 430 ft long shot.

And don't forget he's still undervalued because he get's on base a lot.

He just feels terribly sorry for not having shown this historic performance three years earlier of his MLB carrier!

Those who are unimpressed by Shohei Ohtani need to look inside themselves to find what's wrong them. LOL

Oh, also, he had 26 Stolen Bases during the said season

Shohei Ohtani show why Babe Ruth is legend!

なんか、格好良い！英語で一所懸命話しさせている日本人！

A pitcher who has the most intentional walk when he's at bat. Almost a joke statement hadn't Ohtani existed.

数え切れない回数ですね🙀

Obviously people that doubt have to be completely brain dead this was the greatest season in baseball history I've learned everything watched every video every player never has anybody ever come close to this type of season that he's had he made babe Ruth look like a little kid and that's saying a lot

Well there's one unanimous MVP that had no dissenting opinions. Nobody with a brain and eyeballs in baseball complained about this selection! It's one of the very few seasons of ever seen where there was no possible winner of the MVP except one man. The other was the year that Barry bonds had an ops of 1400. I don't care how many steroids you take, an ops of 1400 is beyond video game numbers.... That number will never be seen again. I would say without the steroids, Barry bonds would have had an ops over 1100 still. That year he was on fire! Opposing hurlers feared him so much they would walk him every time he came up.

無須稱讚 世界的大谷

ザビーストオールラウンダーまで読めた↓

Don't worry Vlad fans, he'll get his day. He's too talented to not be back here on the podium, but 2021 Ohtani was just in a different universe.

Maybe because some people are closer racists 😬

If you're a fan you can skip this history lesson

ULTRAMAN

怪我だけが心配。メジャーもあの中国製のツルツルボール辞めて日本製使えば怪我減るのにな。

Ohtani is a 6 tool player.