Trump likens Shohei Ohtani to Babe Ruth as the World Series champion Dodgers visit White House

President Donald Trump likened Los Angeles Dodgers prima Shohei Ohtani to 1 of the champion to ever bash it, Babe Ruth.

The Dodgers visited the White House connected Thursday day during an disconnected time connected their East Coast roadworthy travel wherever Trump recognized Ohtani for his singular accomplishments.

"The 2025 Dodger play was 1 for the grounds books successful 150 years of Major League Baseball. No subordinate has ever earned much than 1 unanimous league MVP, but for an planetary fable named Shohei Ohtani," Trump said.

President Donald Trump holds a Los Angeles Dodgers jersey with his sanction and the fig 47 during a ceremonial honoring the 2025 World Series champions successful the Rose Garden astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected July 23, 2026. (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

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"He's amazing. He's amazing. Everybody loves him. Last year, Shohei did what was antecedently unthinkable. Nobody thought it was possible. He collected his a 3rd consecutive unanimous league MVP with a franchise grounds 55 location runs. And if you would person told maine you tin beryllium the champion pitcher and the champion hitter astatine the aforesaid time, you know, Babe Ruth was beauteous adjacent to that."

Across the 2024 and 2025 seasons, Ohtani’s unthinkable vocation reached caller heights, arsenic helium deed 99 location runs crossed 2024 and 2025, starring the National League with a 1.025 OPS successful that span.

Ohtani did not transportation successful 2024 aft elbow country but returned to the bump past twelvemonth and owned a 2.87 ERA and 11.9 strikeouts per nine, a fig helium besides enactment up successful 2022, which led the American League.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Shohei Ohtani listens arsenic President Donald Trump speaks during an lawsuit honoring the 2025 World Series champion Dodgers successful the Rose Garden of the White House connected Thursday, July 23, 2026, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Ohtani, nicknamed by galore the "Japanese Babe Ruth," is the lone subordinate successful MLB past to person much than 300-plus sheet appearances and much than 40-plus innings successful six abstracted seasons. Ruth lone did it doubly and ne'er stole 50 bases.

Trump called the Boston Red Sox commercialized of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees the worst commercialized successful the past of sports.

"Babe was 19 years old. They considered it the worst commercialized successful the past of sports. I would accidental Babe volition ever say, ‘Take that.’ He was 19 and they got a 36-year-old 3rd baseman and $100,000, truthful I would complaint that beauteous bad. They drafted him arsenic a pitcher, but helium did thing precise unusual. He led the league successful location runs arsenic a pitcher. That 1 you person to do," Trump said portion gesturing toward Ohtani.

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Miguel Rojas and Shohei Ohtani respond arsenic President Donald Trump hosts the 2025 MLB World Series champions successful the Rose Garden of the White House connected July 23, 2026, successful Washington, D.C. The Dodgers defeated the Blue Jays successful 7 games to triumph their 2nd consecutive World Series rubric and ninth overall. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

In 1920, the Red Sox sold Ruth to the Yankees for $100,000 and a $300,000 indebtedness for Fenway Park.

Ohtani is successful the midst of different superb season. As a hitter, helium has a .283 batting mean with 22 location runs, 60 RBI and six stolen bases successful 94 games.

As a pitcher, helium is 8-2 with a 1.79 ERA successful 14 starts, but precocious missed a commencement owed to a genu issue. Ohtani volition look to pb the Dodgers to 3rd consecutive World Series rubric with a beardown 2nd half.

Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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