LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japan-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles ...

The Yankees wanted Shohei Ohtani as much as everyone else when the pitching/hitter phenom left Japan for the Angels in 2019. GM Brian Cashman was bummed again two winters ago when Ohtani was a free ...

The Los Angeles Angels slugger shook off the pain, stepped back in and immediately hit a 433-foot homer that gave him a new place in Japanese baseball ... he broke Hideki Matsui's record with ...

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons ... after learning that Sabathia had been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Matsui issued a statement honoring his former teammate.

Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were among many to offer their praises Tuesday after former Seattle Mariners outfielder ...

Shohei Ohtani did nothing but turn heads during his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. During the regular season, he played in 159 games, hitting .310/.390/.

Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during ... 2009 WS MVP Slugger Hideki Matsui was an established superstar in Japan coming off a 2002 season where he hit .334/.461/.

"Ichiro could steal a base at any time, and he was a guy who had the ability to hit a ... statement, Hideki Matsui called Ichiro's Hall of Fame election an "historic day for baseball in Japan ...

Former Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki speaks during a press conference following his election to the National Baseball Hall ... like Hideo Nomo and Hideki Matsui have been considered ...

Derek Jeter, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui were among many to offer their ... on the back of 1,278 he hit for the Orix Blue Wave in Nippon Professional Baseball, closing with 4,367 in total. "His ...

Japanese baseball star Suzuki Ichirō has made history ... Prior to Ichirō, only two Japanese players, pitcher Nomo Hideo and slugger Matsui Hideki, have been nominated, although neither were ...