Shohei Ohtani now stands alone ahead of Hideki Matsui on the list ... two MVP awards in the American League with the Los Angeles Angels in 2021 and 2023. He narrowly missed on a third in 2022 ...

Along the way, Ohtani became the first Japanese-born player to score a regular-season run at the Tokyo Dome since former New York Yankees star Hideki Matsui in 2004. In fairness, Major League ...

Most MLB homers by Japanese-born players 1. Shohei Ohtani, 176 2. Hideki Matsui, 175 3. Ichiro Suzuki, 117 4. Kenji Johjima, 48 5. Tadahito Iguchi 44 Shohei Ohtani keeps hitting despite Ippei ...

My gut reaction to the Hideki Matsui signing is "Who knows?" We know he hit 50 home runs in Japan last season, but we also know he batted just .161 with no homers in 31 at-bats against major ...

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani broke Hideki Matsui’s major league record for ... 176th of his six-plus seasons in the majors with the Angels and Dodgers. That eclipsed the record set by Matsui ...