This Shohei Ohtani history didn't even need a pitching stat to make it incredible.
Anytime a baseball player does something for the first time since Willie Mays, it's a remarkable feat.
Ohtani's home run in Coors Field on Thursday did the trick.
Through 80 games this season, Ohtani now has 28 home runs and six triples.
The last player to have 28 homers and six three-baggers through 80 games was Willie Mays way back in 1954 at the Polo Grounds, per OptaStats.
That's incredible company.
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Mays has been regarded by many as the best all-around baseball player ever.
Considering that Ohtani is a star pitcher, that might count as an asterisk or an extension of the competition for GOAT honors.
But given that Ohtani just matched a Mays feat from 1954, and considering that he has already done so many things never done by anyone in baseball history, it's important to remember how special he is to the game of baseball as a whole.
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