https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani Shohei Ohtani[e][f] (born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and pitcherfor the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angelsand in Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Because of his contributions as a hitter and as a pitcher, which make him a rare two-way player, Ohtani's prime seasons have been considered among the greatest in baseball history, with some likening them to the early career of Babe Ruth.[1][2][3][4][5]
Considered early on as an elite two-way player, Ohtani was the first pick of the Fighters in the 2012 NPB draft. He played for the Fighters from 2013 through 2017 as a pitcher and an outfielder and won the 2016 Japan Series with them.

Funny his nickname is SHOTIME eh?

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https://www.history.com/articles/why-baseball-is-popular-in-japan The frenzy minted 17-year-old Eiji Sawamura a national hero, when on November 20, 1934, the high school pitcher struck out Ruth, Gehrig, Charlie Gehringer and Jimmie Foxx during an exhibition game at Kusanagi Stadium. When the Philadelphia Athletics’ team manager tried to recruit the young upstart, Sawamura declined, telling The Japanese-American Courier: “Going alone to an unknown country where I had no friends and little knowledge of the language was a little too much for me.”