Who is the most influential and most talked about Japanese in 2021? Otani Shohei is definitely on the list! Not only was he selected as the American League’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) this year, but he was also selected as the Major League Team of the Year as a “two-knife” shooting. However, he declined Japan’s “National Honor Award” on the grounds that it was “too early”. This player who combines strength and humility, has a calm appearance but makes everyone’s blood boil, how many amazing records will he set in 2021? The following will take you to find out!
▋A review of Shohei Otani’s super “crazy” performance in 2021!
The first person in the history of “Quintuple 100”, all 5 shooting indicators broke 100!
2021 can be said to be the year of Shohei Otani! Otani Shohei, who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of the Major League Baseball, played the excellent ability to shoot “two swords” and scored a batting average of 2.57, 46 hits, and 100 RBIs as a “batter” this season. As a “pitcher”, he paid With 9 wins and 2 losses, the ERA is 3.18. At the same time, he also reached the major league’s “Quintuple 100” indicator, which is 137 hits, 100 RBIs, 102 points, and 130 1/3 innings and 156 strikeouts, all five indicators are broken. Hundreds of superhuman achievements are also the first in the history of the major leagues!
let your opponent avoid 20 duels!
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, in addition to the excellent performance of various official indicators, Otani Shohei quietly won many firsts. For example, he averages one home run for every 11.7 at-bats, and his scoring efficiency is very high. Base hits are also outclassed in the major leagues. At the critical moment, he always showed his strength, which made the opponents have concerns. Therefore, the number of “Jingyuan” walks for four bad balls was as high as 20 times.
The WAR contribution value is as high as 9, and Dagu becomes the victory guarantee!
Major Leagues have a “Wins Above Replacement” (WAR, Wins Above Replacement), which is a comprehensive evaluation of players. Through the performance of players’ offense, defense, shooting, and playing, it is calculated that the players can bring benefits to the team. Contribution to victory. An average player’s WAR would be around 2, second-tier player Shohei Otani was at 9, and the second-highest Phillies pitcher, Zack Wheeler, was at 7.8. Interestingly, although Shohei Otani has 26 stolen bases and a high triple-base rate this season, he has 10 stolen bases and ranks first in the major leagues. This “first” seems negative, but it can be seen that Otani Shohei‘s aggressive attacking desire to win has also become one of the reasons why fans love him!
The prize is sour! Consecutively won the American League MVP, the best team of the year, and the chairman’s historical achievement award
Shohei Otani’s performance was dazzling, and he was voted unanimously as the most valuable player of the American League, becoming the 19th in history and the second Japanese player to win the award after Ichiro Suzuki in 2001. Shohei Otani was selected as the “Team of the Year” in the major leagues as a designated hitter and a starting pitcher, setting a record for the first player in history. In addition, he also received the Major League’s “Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award”, which was established in 1998 and is awarded irregularly and only to players or teams who have made historic achievements. The 16th winner is also the second Japanese recipient after Ichiro Suzuki in 2005.
▋Superman’s performance is super humble! He declined the National Honor Award and Iwate Prefecture Citizen Honor Award successively.
Shohei Otani swept the major league awards in the United States, and his achievements were obvious to all, but when the Japanese government planned to award him the “National Honor Award”, he declined on the grounds that it was “too early”.
The “National Honor Award” was established in 1977. In fact, the reason for its establishment is also related to “baseball”. At that time, professional baseball player Wang Zhenzhi broke the world record with 756 home runs in his career. Although the Japanese government wanted to award him an award, it did not apply to the existing recognition systems. Finally, the “National Honor Award” was established. , to express outstanding individuals or groups in various fields who have made historical or significant contributions to outstanding athletes or to Japan.
Recent award-winning athletes include wrestlers Yoshida Shabori and Icho Kaoru. The Japanese women’s football team won the award as a team. Professional baseball players Nagashima Shigeo, Matsui Hideki, and figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu all awarded this honor. Ichiro Suzuki, the representative of baseball, actually declined to accept the award 4 times. He once expressed through his agent that he wanted to “hope to accept the award when his life ends, so as to motivate himself”, but he did not accept the award until he retired and resigned as a player. .
At a press conference by the Governor of Iwate Prefecture, Governor Tatsuya Tatsuya confirmed that Shohei Otani, who was from Iwate Prefecture, also declined the “Iwate Prefecture Resident Honor Award”. Da Zengtu also said that Otani declined the National Honor Award because he had the consciousness to move towards a higher goal.
Otani Shohei‘s performance is amazing, sweeping the major awards in 2021, but he has declined many honors, super humble! No matter whether you are serious about chasing American professional baseball or not, it is exciting to be able to appreciate his heroic but delicate, down-to-earth and aggressive style of play through news or broadcasts! Looking forward to the future, he can break through himself more and let the world witness the legends that belong to him.