The Los Angeles Angels are finishing a three-game series at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox Thursday afternoon. Angeles superstar Shohei Ohtani is the starting pitcher. He is also hitting third in the Angels lineup. That does not sound like much because we have all become numb to the fact that Ohtani is a starting pitcher that is also an elite hitter.

But this statistic reminds everyone of how historic what the Angels dual star is truly doing.

Ohtani is the first player since Babe Ruth back in 1919 to be a starting pitcher at Fenway, while also hitting in the top four of a team's lineup. It was 103 years ago since this has happened. Think about that for a moment. There are 30 baseball teams that play 162 games per year, each.

That's hundreds of thousands of baseball games and this is the first time in over a century someone has done that.

Ohtani is off to a much cooler start this year, as he is hitting just.230 entering Thursday. This comes a year after the Angels superstar set baseball on fire, on his way to winning American League MVP. He hit 46 home runs, drove in 100 and scored 103 runs. He was just as stellar on the mound in 2021. Ohtani was 9-2 with a 3.18 ERA and struck out 156 batters in just 130 1/3 innings.

When he first came over from Japan, many wondered if he could truly be transcendent and be a full-time hitter and starting pitcher. He proved last year he can do that and is looking to build on that this year. The Angels have been one of the big surprises a month into the season, sitting at 16-10 and in first place in the AL West.