Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani 大谷 翔平 born July 5 1994 is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball MLB Nicknamed Shotime he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball NPB for the Hokkaido NipponHam Fighters Because of his elite contributions as a hitter and as a pitcher a rarity as a twoway player Ohtanis prime seasons have been considered among the greatest in baseball history with some comparing them favorably to the early career of Babe Ruth Description above from the Wikipedia article Shohei Ohtani licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia