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Shohei Ohtani

Name Note: Name is sometimes romanized as Otani

Positions: Designated Hitter and Pitcher

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Right

6-4210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Team: Los Angeles Dodgers (majors)

Born: July 5, 1994 in Oshu, Japan jp

High School: Hanamaki Higashi (Iwate, Japan)

Debut: March 29, 2018 (Age 23-267d, 21,569th in major league history)
   vs. OAK 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2033, 10 yrs/$282.17M (24-33)

Service Time (01/2026): 8.000  •  Free Agent: 2034

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Shohei Ohtani

Nicknames: Showtime

Pronunciation: \show-HEY oh-TAWN-ee\

Instagram: @shoheiohtani

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

0.8

52.2

AB

45

3775

H

12

1062

HR

3

283

BA

.267

.281

R

7

715

RBI

8

677

SB

0

165

OBP

.407

.375

SLG

.489

.581

OPS

.896

.956

OPS+

158

160

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Last 5 Games (Batting)

Last 5 Games (Batting) Table
Date Tm Opp Result Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB GIDP SF SH ROE BOP WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24 PO A
2026-04-08LAD@TORL, 3-4 P DH30000001200000001-0.0371.36-0.01%0.860.05420
2026-04-07LAD@TORW, 4-1 DH301000120001000010.0870.920.05%0.920.700
2026-04-06LAD@TORW, 14-2 DH622001102000000010.0570.470.04%0.480.658
2026-04-05LAD@WSNW, 8-6 DH412101201000010010.1751.370.10%1.291.009
2026-04-04LAD@WSNW, 10-5 DH612000002000000010.0100.350.01%0.48-0.492
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2026 Spring Training

Projections

Standard Batting

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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2018 23 LAA AL 2.7 104 367 326 59 93 21 2 22 61 10 4 37 102 .285 .361 .564 .925 151 .389 148 184 2 2 0 1 2 DH1 ROY-1
2019 24 LAA AL 2.4 106 425 384 51 110 20 5 18 62 12 3 33 110 .286 .343 .505 .848 121 .370 127 194 6 2 0 4 1 DH
2020 25 LAA AL 0.0 44 175 153 23 29 6 0 7 24 7 1 22 50 .190 .291 .366 .657 79 .301 78 56 3 0 0 0 0 D/H1
2021 26 LAA AL 4.9 155 639 537 103 138 26 8 46 100 26 10 96 189 .257 .372 .592 .965 157 .399 153 318 7 4 0 2 20 *D1/H97 AS,MVP-1,SS
2022 27 LAA AL 3.4 157 666 586 90 160 30 6 34 95 11 9 72 161 .273 .356 .519 .875 144 .371 142 304 6 5 0 3 14 *D1/H AS,CYA-4,MVP-2
2023 28 LAA AL 6.1 135 599 497 102 151 26 8 44 95 20 6 91 143 .304 .412 .654 1.066 185 .435 181 325 9 3 0 3 21 *D1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2024 29 LAD NL 9.0 159 731 636 134 197 38 7 54 130 59 4 81 162 .310 .390 .646 1.036 187 .449 188 411 7 6 0 5 10 *D AS,MVP-1,SS
2025 30 LAD NL 6.6 158 727 611 146 172 25 9 55 102 20 6 109 187 .282 .392 .622 1.014 181 .423 175 380 9 3 0 2 20 *D1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2026 31 LAD NL 0.3 12 59 45 7 12 1 0 3 8 0 0 10 14 .267 .407 .489 .896 158 .389 153 22 2 2 0 2 1 *D/1
9 Yrs 35.5 1030 4388 3775 715 1062 193 45 283 677 165 43 551 1118 .281 .375 .581 .956 160 .404 158 2194 51 27 0 22 89 *D1H/97
162 Game Avg 5.6 162 690 594 112 167 30 7 45 106 26 7 87 176 .281 .375 .581 .956 160 .404 158 345 8 4 0 3 14
LAA (6 Yrs) 19.6 701 2871 2483 428 681 129 29 171 437 86 33 351 755 .274 .366 .556 .922 149 .388 147 1381 33 16 0 13 58 *D1H/97
LAD (3 Yrs) 16.0 329 1517 1292 287 381 64 16 112 240 79 10 200 363 .295 .392 .629 1.021 183 .434 180 813 18 11 0 9 31 *D1
AL (6 Yrs) 19.6 701 2871 2483 428 681 129 29 171 437 86 33 351 755 .274 .366 .556 .922 149 .388 147 1381 33 16 0 13 58 *D1H/97
NL (3 Yrs) 16.0 329 1517 1292 287 381 64 16 112 240 79 10 200 363 .295 .392 .629 1.021 183 .434 180 813 18 11 0 9 31 *D1
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2024 29 LAD NL,WS 16 76 61 14 14 1 0 3 10 0 2 13 22 .230 .373 .393 .767 24 0 1 0 0 0 *D
2025 30 LAD NL,WS 17 84 68 13 18 3 1 8 14 1 1 16 23 .265 .405 .691 1.096 47 0 0 0 0 9 *D/1 NLCS MVP
2 Yrs 33 160 129 27 32 4 1 11 24 1 3 29 45 .248 .390 .550 .940 71 0 1 0 0 9 *D/1
162 Game Avg 162 785 633 133 157 20 5 54 118 5 15 142 221 .248 .390 .550 .940 349 0 5 0 0 44
NL (2 Yrs) 21 101 83 19 21 0 1 8 19 1 1 18 34 .253 .386 .566 .952 47 0 0 0 0 4 *D/1
WS (2 Yrs) 12 59 46 8 11 4 0 3 5 0 2 11 11 .239 .397 .522 .918 24 0 1 0 0 5 *D/1

Value Batting

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Value Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
2018 23 LAA AL 367 21 -1 2 0 -8 14 1.6 13 27 2.7 .514 .509 2.6 -0.7 27 DH1 ROY-1
2019 24 LAA AL 425 14 0 3 0 -8 9 1.0 15 24 2.4 .508 .505 2.4 -0.7 24 DH
2020 25 LAA AL 175 -5 1 2 0 -3 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.0 .488 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 D/H1
2021 26 LAA AL 639 39 1 1 0 -12 29 3.1 22 51 4.9 .519 .518 4.8 -1.1 51 *D1/H97 AS,MVP-1,SS
2022 27 LAA AL 666 30 -2 2 0 -15 15 1.6 23 38 3.4 .511 .510 3.5 -1.7 38 *D1/H AS,CYA-4,MVP-2
2023 28 LAA AL 599 55 1 2 0 -11 46 4.6 19 65 6.1 .534 .528 6.1 -1.1 65 *D1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2024 29 LAD NL 731 72 10 3 0 -16 69 6.9 23 91 9.0 .543 .542 9.1 -1.7 91 *D AS,MVP-1,SS
2025 30 LAD NL 727 62 0 1 0 -16 47 4.7 23 70 6.6 .530 .529 6.6 -1.7 70 *D1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2026 31 LAD NL 59 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.3 .518 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 *D/1
9 Yrs 4388 291 10 14 0 -90 225 23.1 146 371 35.5 .522 .520 35.5 -9.1 371 *D1H/97
162 Game Avg 690 46 2 2 0 -14 35 3.6 23 58 5.6 .522 .520 5.6 -1.4 58
LAA (6 Yrs) 2871 154 0 11 0 -58 108 11.4 98 206 19.6 .516 .514 19.4 -5.6 206 *D1H/97
LAD (3 Yrs) 1517 137 10 3 0 -33 117 11.8 47 165 16.0 .536 .535 16.1 -3.5 165 *D1
AL (6 Yrs) 2871 154 0 11 0 -58 108 11.4 98 206 19.6 .516 .514 19.4 -5.6 206 *D1H/97
NL (3 Yrs) 1517 137 10 3 0 -33 117 11.8 47 165 16.0 .536 .535 16.1 -3.5 165 *D1

Advanced Batting

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Batting Batting Ratios Batted Ball Win Probability Baserunning
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% EV HardH% LD% GB% FB% GB/FB Pull% Cent% Oppo% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT% Pos Awards
2018 23 LAA AL 367 .389 148 .350 .279 6.0 27.8 10.1 92.9 52.8 27.6 43.6 24.0 0.78 33.3 51.1 15.6 1.6 0.5% 24.77 33.6 71.4 27.9 DH1 ROY-1
2019 24 LAA AL 425 .370 127 .354 .219 4.2 25.9 7.8 93.4 50.4 30.9 49.6 18.0 0.99 25.9 52.2 21.9 0.3 0.3% 9.57 26.0 80.0 45.9 DH
2020 25 LAA AL 175 .301 78 .229 .176 4.0 28.6 12.6 89.1 42.7 26.2 49.5 21.4 0.98 35.9 48.5 15.5 -0.5 -0.4% -3.40 35.6 87.5 46.2 D/H1
2021 26 LAA AL 639 .399 153 .303 .335 7.2 29.6 15.0 92.9 53.7 20.9 38.6 34.6 0.64 38.3 47.7 14.0 5.0 1.7% 51.96 29.7 72.2 41.1 *D1/H97 AS,MVP-1,SS
2022 27 LAA AL 666 .371 142 .320 .246 5.1 24.2 10.8 92.7 49.9 23.6 42.5 30.1 0.75 30.1 49.5 20.3 2.2 0.6% 31.70 27.6 55.0 39.6 *D1/H AS,CYA-4,MVP-2
2023 28 LAA AL 599 .435 181 .342 .350 7.3 23.9 15.2 94.4 54.2 22.7 42.6 30.3 0.74 32.2 49.3 18.5 4.3 2.4% 61.80 28.9 76.9 45.0 *D1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2024 29 LAD NL 731 .449 188 .336 .336 7.4 22.2 11.1 95.7 60.3 26.9 36.1 31.3 0.57 37.4 45.3 17.3 7.2 5.6% 80.88 34.8 93.7 46.9 *D AS,MVP-1,SS
2025 30 LAD NL 727 .423 175 .315 .340 7.6 25.7 15.0 94.9 58.7 21.1 39.7 35.7 0.66 35.9 51.6 12.4 5.9 4.4% 57.35 39.7 76.9 43.6 *D1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2026 31 LAD NL 59 .389 153 .300 .222 5.1 23.7 16.9 93.6 51.5 15.2 39.4 45.5 0.65 42.4 45.5 12.1 0.3 0.2% 2.27 19.0 33.3 *D/1
9 Yrs 4388 .404 158 .325 .300 6.4 25.5 12.6 93.8 54.3 24.4 41.5 29.9 0.71 33.9 49.2 16.9 26.4 15.3% 316.90 31.8 79.3 42.0 *D1H/97
MLB Average .321 100 .293 .164 3.2 22.7 8.5 88.5 39.3 24.3 42.4 25.1 0.75 29.5 52.4 18.1 30.5 76.5 41.5
Advanced Batting Table
Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% Pos Awards
2024 29 LAD NL,WS 76 .306 .164 3.9 28.9 17.1 0.4 5.0% 6.18 44.0 0.0 *D
2025 30 LAD NL,WS 84 .270 .426 9.5 27.4 19.0 0.4 17.4% 7.45 19.2 50.0 *D/1 NLCS MVP
2 Yrs 160 .288 .302 6.9 28.1 18.1 0.8 22.4% 13.63 31.4 25.0 *D/1
MLB Average .276 .150 3.1 23.3 9.5 26.7 80.7

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Standard Total Zone DRS Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% Pick Awards
2018 23 LAA AL DH 82 82 0.00 ROY-1
2018 23 LAA AL P 10 10 0 51.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 .951 0 0 1.22 1.31 0.70 1.30 1 1 50.0 28.0 0 ROY-1
2019 24 LAA AL DH 92 91 0.00
2020 25 LAA AL DH 40 40 0.00
2020 25 LAA AL P 2 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.08 0.00 1.20 0 0 0
2021 26 LAA AL DH 126 126 0.00 AS,MVP-1,SS
2021 26 LAA AL P 23 23 0 130.1 18 11 6 1 0 .944 .946 2 3 1.17 1.16 0.74 1.13 2 2 50.0 23.3 0 AS,MVP-1,SS
2021 26 LAA AL OF 7 0 0 8.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -29 0 0 0.00 2.16 0.00 2.10 AS,MVP-1,SS
2021 26 LAA AL RF 6 0 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.09 0.00 2.08 AS,MVP-1,SS
2021 26 LAA AL LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -240 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 AS,MVP-1,SS
2022 27 LAA AL DH 153 153 0.00 AS,CYA-4,MVP-2
2022 27 LAA AL P 28 28 0 166.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1 1 0.60 1.13 0.39 1.12 4 1 20.0 25.2 0 AS,CYA-4,MVP-2
2023 28 LAA AL DH 134 134 0.00 AS,MVP-1,SS
2023 28 LAA AL P 23 23 1 132.0 24 15 8 1 0 .958 .959 2 3 1.57 1.26 1.00 1.25 5 3 37.5 20.6 0 AS,MVP-1,SS
2024 29 LAD NL DH 159 159 0.00 AS,MVP-1,SS
2025 30 LAD NL DH 158 158 0.00 AS,MVP-1,SS
2025 30 LAD NL P 14 14 0 47.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 .954 1 4 1.34 1.38 0.50 1.35 1 0 0.0 23.0 0 AS,MVP-1,SS
2026 31 LAD NL DH 12 12 0.00
2026 31 LAD NL P 2 2 0 12.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1 17 3.75 1.43 2.50 1.40 0 0 0
7 Yrs 109 102 1 549.0 72 40 30 2 2 .972 .952 0 0 7 3 1.15 1.23 0.64 1.27 13 7 35.0 23.2 0
DH (9 Yrs) DH 956 955 0.00
P (7 Yrs) P 102 102 1 540.2 72 40 30 2 2 .972 .952 7 3 1.17 1.21 0.69 1.21 13 7 35.0 23.2 0
OF (1 Yr) OF 7 0 0 8.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -29 0 0 0.00 2.16 0.00 2.10
RF (1 Yr) RF 6 0 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.09 0.00 2.08
LF (1 Yr) LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -240 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80
Standard Fielding Table
Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G SB CS CS% Awards
2024 29 LAD NL,WS DH 16 16 0 0.00
2025 30 LAD NL,WS DH 17 13 0 0.00 NLCS MVP
2025 30 LAD NL,WS P 4 4 0 20.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.21 1.25 0 1 100.0 NLCS MVP
2 Yrs 37 33 0 20.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.21 0.14 0 1 100.0
DH (2 Yrs) DH 33 29 0 0.00
P (1 Yr) P 4 4 0 20.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.21 1.25 0 1 100.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Shohei Ohtani?

Shohei Ohtani is 31 years old.

When was Shohei Ohtani born?

Shohei Ohtani was born on July 5, 1994.

Where was Shohei Ohtani born?

Shohei Ohtani was born in Oshu, Japan.

How tall is Shohei Ohtani?

Shohei Ohtani is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much does Shohei Ohtani weigh?

Shohei Ohtani weighs 210 lbs (95 kg).

How many seasons has Shohei Ohtani played?

Shohei Ohtani is in his 9th season.

What position does Shohei Ohtani play?

Shohei Ohtani is a Designated Hitter and Pitcher.

How many hits does Shohei Ohtani have?

Shohei Ohtani has 12 hits this season and has 1,062 hits over his career.

How many home runs does Shohei Ohtani have?

Shohei Ohtani has 3 home runs this season and has 283 home runs over his career.

What is Shohei Ohtani's average?

Shohei Ohtani has a .267 average this season and has a .281 average over his career.

How much is Shohei Ohtani worth?

Shohei Ohtani makes this year. His current contract terms are 10 yrs/$282.17M (24-33).

How many teams has Shohei Ohtani played for?

Shohei Ohtani has played for 2 teams; the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers.

How many World Series has Shohei Ohtani won?

Shohei Ohtani has won 2 World Series.

What is Shohei Ohtani's Instagram account?

Shohei Ohtani is on Instagram at shoheiohtani.

What are Shohei Ohtani's nicknames?

Showtime is a nickname for Shohei Ohtani.

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