Ohtani becomes 5th-fastest player to reach 300 HRs

Shohei Ohtani reached a new career milestone Tuesday, as the Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar became the fifth-fastest player to reach 300 career home runs.

Ohtani accomplished the feat in his 1,102nd career game as a hitter. Only Juan González, Ryan Howard, Ralph Kiner, and Aaron Judge did it in fewer contests. He's also the 18th active player with 300 homers.

Ohtani's 300th round-tripper was a leadoff shot off Colorado Rockies pitcher Michael Lorenzen.

Ohtani joined Steve Finley as the only players to hit a leadoff homer for their 300th blast, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com.

The 31-year-old is hitting .297/.410/.546 with 20 homers and 56 RBIs this year. Ohtani's now hit at least 20 in six consecutive seasons and seven times since arriving in the majors in 2018.

For his career as a DH, Ohtani owns a lifetime .283/.377/.579 slash line with 1,144 hits, 725 RBIs, and 171 stolen bases over 1,121 big-league games. He's the first player in MLB history to reach both 300 career homers and 100 career steals within his first nine big-league seasons, according to ESPN Insights.

On the mound, Ohtani's tallied 765 career strikeouts in 614 1/3 innings. That's far and away the most among players who hit at least 300 homers and recorded at least one strikeout as a pitcher. The closest is Babe Ruth, who hit 714 homers and had 501 Ks on the mound, per Langs. Only six other players qualify under this unique stat, and none of them notched more than 11 strikeouts on the mound.