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Shohei Ohtani

1994 - Today

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Shohei Ohtani (大谷 翔平, Ōtani Shōhei, 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 the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Because of his elite contributions both as a hitter and as a pitcher, a rarity for two-way players, Ohtani's peak is widely considered among the greatest in baseball history, with some comparing it favorably to the early career of Babe Ruth.Considered early on as an elite two-way player, Ohtani was the first pick of the Fighters in the 2012 draft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shohei Ohtani has received more than 9,972,101 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Shohei Ohtani is the 46th most popular baseball player, the 1,682nd most popular biography from Japan and the 4th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Shohei Ohtani ranks 46 out of 74Before him are Daisuke Matsuzaka, Pedro Martínez, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, and David Ortiz. After him are Cal Ripken Jr., Koji Uehara, Yu Darvish, Curt Schilling, Justin Verlander, and Robinson Canó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Shohei Ohtani ranks 95Before him are Lucy Boynton, Rúben Semedo, Wendy, Viktor Fischer, Pau López, and Takuma Asano. After him are Vedat Muriqi, Alex Høgh Andersen, Oh Se-hun, Kento Yamazaki, John Stones, and Son Na-eun.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shohei Ohtani ranks 1,682 out of 6,048Before him are Mitsunori Yoshida (1962), Nobutoshi Kaneda (1958), Kōji Gushiken (1956), Kengo Nakamura (1980), Hitomi (1976), and Yukie Nakama (1979). After him are Kyogo Furuhashi (1995), Sōichirō Hoshi (1972), Koji Igarashi (1968), Emiko Kubo (1966), Jin Akanishi (1984), and Naoko Takahashi (1972).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Shohei Ohtani ranks 4Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), and Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980). After him are Koji Uehara (1975) and Yu Darvish (1986).