Ohtani BM094258

Piece of the Game Baseball Identity
Security Hologram - BM094258

Shohei Ohtani - DH - LAA

March 29, 2018

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Game used ball from milestone game:

Shohei Ohtani Major League Debut

1st career hit

1st career Single

MLB Authenticated Hologram #

JC366967

Individual Game Highlight

Inning

Bottom of 6th

Pitcher

Blake Wood

Batter(s)

Boog Powell

Result

Foul

Pitch Speed:

95.3 MPH

Hit Distance:

No Hit Data

Hit Launch Speed:

No Hit Data

Hit Launch Angle:

No Hit Data

History was made in the second inning of opening day, March 29, 2018 game between the Angels and the Athletics. Batting Eighth, Shohei Ohtani made his major league debut as the designated hitter for the Angels. It took one pitch for him to live up to the hype when he hit a 91.5 MPH cutter from Kendall Graveman into right field for a single. This was the first career hit in the Major Leagues for Ohtani. This was the start of a season that saw the Ohtani go on to hit 22 home runs, and pitch 51.2 innings. The last time a player had more than 15 home runs and 50 innings pitched in the same season were Babe Ruth in 1919. This was the only hit of the game of Ohtani, who went 1 for 5. Meanwhile, the Athletics and Angels battled for 11 innings until Marcus Semien hit a single with runners in on the corners to give Oakland a walk-off win. This baseball was used in the bottom of the sixth inning for the first five pitches of Boog Powell’s at-bat against Blake Wood. The ball was thrown for a ball, two called strikes, another ball, and then was hit foul on a 95.3 MPH pitch, to take this ball out of the game. This foul ball was the first of five consecutive foul balls in the at-bat which took eleven total pitches for Boog Powell to strike out.

Signature authenticated by :

JSA

Signature authentication hologram #

BB13081

Shohei Ohtani - Game Info

Position:

Designated Hitter

Batted:

8th

Batting Results:

1 for 5

Start Time:

4:05 PM

Time of Game:

4:02

Attendance:

27,764

Weather:

73 degrees, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

Wind:

Wind 2mph out to right field.

Umpires:

HP - Ted Barrett, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Will Little.

Result:

Angels 5, Athletics 6

Winning Pitcher:

Chris Hatcher (1-0)

Losing Pitcher:

Noe Ramirez (0-1)

Note:

Oakland Win. Shohei Ohtani 1 for 5. Athletics walk off 11th inning win.

Box Score

mlb.com

Shohei Ohtani - Bio

Born

July 5, 1994

Debut

March 29, 2018

Bats

Left

Throws

Right

Height, Weight

6-4, 210 lbs

• Nickname: Sho Time

• Signed by Los Angeles Angels as free agent in 2017

• 2018 AL Rookie of the Year

• 2016 Japan Series Champion

• 2016 Pacific League (Japan) MVP

• 2x Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (2016, 2018)

• First player since Babe Ruth to hit 15 home runs and pitch 50 innings in a season

Artist Monty Sheldon Painted on 10/17/18 and is number BM094258