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What makes Shohei Ohtani unique as a baseball player?

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Shohei Ohtani is unique as baseball’s greatest two-way player in a century. Making his Major League Baseball debut in 2018, he was named an All-Star as both a pitcher and position player in 2021, a historic first. In 2024 he became the first MLB player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single regular season. Ohtani helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series in 2024 and 2025.