Shohei Ohtani

Japanese baseball player (born 1994)

On October 28, 2025, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Shohei Ohtani, with 362,072 views. The rest of the day's top 10 is below.

Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Because of his contributions as a hitter and as a pitcher, a rarity as a 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.

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The full top 10 of October 28, 2025

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