Shohei Ohtani, a baseball player from Japan, creates history.

According to The Japan Times, Shohei Ohtani, a baseball player from Japan, made MLB history

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by becoming the first player to qualify statistically as both a hitter and a pitcher in the same season.

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He is one of roughly 130 players who will appear on the 2022 hitting leaderboard and one of 40 players who will appear on the pitching leaderboard.

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He achieved the 162 innings necessary to be considered one of the top pitchers in the league on Wednesday

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by pitching a spotless first inning in the Los Angeles Angels' final game of the season.He had already met the requirements to play as a hitter earlier in the season,

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and MLB records show that his single in the first inning was his 662nd plate appearance overall.

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Ohtani claimed, according to The Japan Times, "I wasn't fixated on it to begin with." "I figured if I got to play frequently I could qualify in both."

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Ohtani admitted that he was disappointed that the Angels' season would finish sooner than he had hoped, but he added he was optimistic about the next year.

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