Shohei Ohtani has exploded into probably the most most talked-about avid gamers in all of baseball in contemporary seasons. According to a press unencumber from Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Angels designated hitter and beginning pitcher has completed the 2023 season with the most popular jersey around the league.
The checklist tallies the jersey gross sales from MLBShop.com of participant jerseys all through the 2023 season.
This marks the primary season in which Ohtani has crowned the most popular jerseys checklist. Ohtani had up to now seemed in the top 10 on two events (2018 and 2021). It could also be the primary time in which a Japanese participant has been topped as having the MLB’s most popular jersey. Ohtani completed the 2023 season with a 10-5 report and a three.14 ERA in 23 begins, whilst additionally slugging 44 house runs and using in 95 runs ahead of his yr was once lower brief because of an elbow damage.
Just at the back of Ohtani was once Ronald Acuña Jr. because the Atlanta Braves celebrity got here in at No. 2 at the checklist. The Braves had been closely represented at the MLB’s most popular jerseys checklist with Matt Olson (No. 8), Austin Riley (No. 12), and Ozzie Albies (No. 18) additionally showing at the checklist in 2023.
Seattle Mariners celebrity Julio Rodríguez (No. 7) and Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (No. 20) each made their first appearances at the checklist. Rodríguez is the primary Mariners participant to ever end in the top 10 at the most popular jerseys checklist because the league beginning maintaining a tally of the stats in 2010. Ohtani’s teammate, Mike Trout, additionally seemed in the top 10 at the checklist for the tenth consecutive season as he landed at No. 10.
Cincinnati Reds celebrity shortstop Elly De La Cruz, who debuted in June, got here in at No. 16 at the checklist along teammate Joey Votto (No. 13). De La Cruz is the youngest participant to look at the checklist and the youngest since Acuña in 2018.