What years did Shohei Ohtani play?

Shohei Ohtani played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2026.

Was Shohei Ohtani a pitcher?

Both. Shohei Ohtani pitched in 114 games, going 47-22 with a 2.83 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Designated Hitter.

How many home runs did Shohei Ohtani hit?

Shohei Ohtani hit 310 career home runs with 1188 hits.

Shohei Ohtani

Designated Hitter · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2018-2026)

Active Player

AVG .281

HR 310

RBI 749

H 1,188

OPS .951

PIV 24,591

Position: Designated Hitter
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 210 lb
Born: 7/5/1994 in Oshu, Iwate, Japan
MLB Debut: 2018-03-29
Awards: 5× All-Star · 4× MVP · Rookie of the Year · NLCS MVP · 4× Silver Slugger · 3× Hank Aaron Award

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,164	4,223	794	1,188	217	49	310	749	175	618	1,242	.281	.375	.576	.951	24,591

Career AVG .281 vs. league average .246 across their career seasons — +14.4% above league average.

Career OBP .375 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — +18.3% above league average.

Career SLG .576 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — +40.9% above league average.

Career OPS .951 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — +31.0% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2018	LAA	AL	114	326	59	93	21	2	22	61	10	37	102	.285	.247 (+15%)	.318 (+13%)	.409 (+38%)	.727 (+27%)	1685.2
2019	LAA	AL	106	384	51	110	20	5	18	62	12	33	110	.286	.252 (+14%)	.322 (+6%)	.434 (+16%)	.757 (+12%)	834.8
2020	LAA	AL	46	153	23	29	6	0	7	24	7	22	50	.190	.244 (-23%)	.321 (-9%)	.417 (-12%)	.739 (-11%)	-265.4
2021	LAA	AL	158	537	103	138	26	8	46	100	26	96	189	.257	.243 (+5%)	.317 (+17%)	.410 (+44%)	.727 (+33%)	3700.3
2022	LAA	AL	157	586	90	160	30	6	34	95	11	72	161	.273	.242 (+12%)	.311 (+14%)	.394 (+31%)	.706 (+24%)	2818.8
2023	LAA	AL	135	497	102	151	26	8	44	95	20	91	143	.304	.248 (+22%)	.320 (+29%)	.414 (+58%)	.734 (+45%)	4685.8
2024	LAN	NL	159	636	134	197	38	7	54	130	59	81	162	.310	.243 (+27%)	.312 (+25%)	.399 (+62%)	.711 (+46%)	5839.4
2025	LAN	NL	158	611	146	172	25	9	55	102	20	109	187	.282	.245 (+15%)	.315 (+24%)	.403 (+54%)	.718 (+41%)	5291.7
2026	LAD	NL	131	493	86	138	25	4	30	80	10	77	138	.280	.243 (+15%)	.318 (+19%)	.399 (+32%)	.718 (+27%)	0
Career · 9 seasons			1,164	4,223	794	1,188	217	49	310	749	175	618	1,242	.281	—	—	—	—	24,591

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
47	22	114	114	1	1	0	614.3	443	193	60	208	765	2.83	13804.7

Career ERA 2.83 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 32.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2018	LAA	AL	4	2	10	10	0	0	51.7	38	19	22	63	3.31	4.15 (+20%)	759.5
2020	LAA	AL	0	1	2	2	0	0	1.7	3	7	8	3	37.80	—	0.0
2021	LAA	AL	9	2	23	23	0	0	130.3	98	46	44	156	3.18	4.27 (+26%)	2510.1
2022	LAA	AL	15	9	28	28	0	0	166.0	124	43	44	219	2.33	3.97 (+41%)	6724.1
2023	LAA	AL	10	5	23	23	1	1	132.0	85	46	55	167	3.14	4.33 (+28%)	1133.0
2025	LAN	NL	1	1	14	14	0	0	47.0	40	15	9	62	2.87	4.16 (+31%)	2678.1
2026	LAD	NL	8	2	14	14	0	0	85.7	55	17	26	95	1.79	4.17 (+57%)	-
Career · 7 seasons			47	22	114	114	1	1	614.1	443	193	208	765	2.83	—	13,805

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
33	129	27	32	4	1	11	24	29	45	.248

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2025	NLCS	LAN	4	14	4	5	0	1	3	4	4	5	.357
2025	NLDS2	LAN	4	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	9	.056
2025	NLWC1	LAN	2	9	3	3	0	0	2	4	1	3	.333
2025	WS	LAN	7	27	6	9	3	0	3	5	9	6	.333
2024	NLCS	LAN	6	22	9	8	0	0	2	6	9	7	.364
2024	NLDS2	LAN	5	20	3	4	0	0	1	4	2	10	.200
2024	WS	LAN	5	19	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	5	.105

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	4	4	0	20.3	16	10	7	28	4.43

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2025	NLCS	LAN	1	0	1	1	6.0	2	0	3	10	0.00
2025	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	1	1	6.0	3	3	1	9	4.50
2025	WS	LAN	0	1	2	2	8.3	11	7	3	9	7.56

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	521	1863	387	535	156	349	.287
Away	512	1867	321	515	124	320	.276

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	54	297.0	197	72	98	388	2.18
Away	46	231.2	191	104	84	282	4.04

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2025-09-28	LAD	SEA	W	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	2
2025-09-26	LAD	SEA	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2025-09-25	LAD	AZ	W	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1
2025-09-24	LAD	AZ	W	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
2025-09-23	LAD	AZ	L	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2025-09-21	LAD	SFG	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
2025-09-20	LAD	SFG	W	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	2
2025-09-19	LAD	SFG	W	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	1
2025-09-18	LAD	SFG	W	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-17	LAD	PHI	W	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-23	LAD	AZ	—	6.0	5	0	0	0	8	0
2025-09-16	LAD	PHI	—	5.0	0	0	0	1	5	0
2025-09-05	LAD	BAL	—	3.2	3	0	0	1	5	0
2025-08-27	LAD	CIN	W	5.0	2	1	1	2	9	1
2025-08-20	LAD	COL	L	4.0	9	5	5	0	3	0
2025-08-13	LAD	LAA	—	4.1	5	4	4	0	7	1
2025-08-06	LAD	STL	—	4.0	2	1	1	0	8	0
2025-07-30	LAD	CIN	—	3.0	5	2	2	2	4	0
2025-07-21	LAD	MIN	—	3.0	4	1	1	1	3	1
2025-07-12	LAD	SFG	—	3.0	1	0	0	1	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	7	0	0	0	0	0
P	100	100	36	29	2	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2018	LAA	P	10	10	1	6	0	1
2020	LAA	P	2	2	0	0	0	0
2021	LAA	OF	7	0	0	0	0	0
2021	LAA	P	23	23	11	6	1	0
2022	LAA	P	28	28	6	5	0	0
2023	LAA	P	23	23	15	8	1	0
2025	LAN	P	14	14	3	4	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	72
Left Field	1
Right Field	6
Designated Hitter	944

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2025	All-MLB Team - First Team	DH
2025	Hank Aaron Award
2025	Most Valuable Player
2025	NLCS MVP
2025	Outstanding DH Award
2025	Silver Slugger	DH
2025	TSN All-Star	DH
2024	All-MLB Team - First Team	DH
2024	Hank Aaron Award
2024	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2024	Most Valuable Player
2024	Outstanding DH Award
2024	Player of the Month	September
2024	Player of the Week	Week of 2024-05-04
2024	Player of the Week	Week of 2024-06-22
2024	Player of the Week	Week of 2024-09-21
2024	Player of the Week	Week of 2024-09-28
2024	Silver Slugger	DH
2024	TSN All-Star	DH
2024	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2023	All-MLB Team - First Team	DH
2023	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2023	Hank Aaron Award
2023	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2023	Most Valuable Player
2023	Outstanding DH Award
2023	Player of the Month	July
2023	Player of the Month	June
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-06-17
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-07-29
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-07-01
2023	Silver Slugger	DH
2023	TSN All-Star	DH
2022	All-MLB Team - First Team	SP
2022	All-MLB Team - Second Team	DH
2022	Outstanding DH Award
2021	All-MLB Team - First Team	DH
2021	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP
2021	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2021	MLB Players Choice Player of the Year
2021	Most Valuable Player
2021	Outstanding DH Award
2021	Player of the Month	July
2021	Player of the Month	June
2021	Player of the Week	Week of 2021-06-19
2021	Player of the Week	Week of 2021-07-03
2021	Silver Slugger	DH
2021	TSN All-Star	DH
2021	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2018	Player of the Week	Week of 2018-04-07
2018	Player of the Week	Week of 2018-09-08
2018	Rookie of the Month	April
2018	Rookie of the Month	September
2018	Rookie of the Year

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2025	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	420.0	420	30
2024	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	420.0	420	30
2023	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	420.0	420	30
2022	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	82.0	210	0
2022	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	280.0	420	2
2021	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	420.0	420	30
2018	Rookie of the Year	AL	1st	137.0	150	25

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Frequently Asked Questions about Shohei Ohtani

What years did Shohei Ohtani play?: Shohei Ohtani played in Major League Baseball from 2018 to 2026.
Was Shohei Ohtani a pitcher?: Both. Shohei Ohtani pitched in 114 games, going 47-22 with a 2.83 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Designated Hitter.
How many home runs did Shohei Ohtani hit?: Shohei Ohtani hit 310 career home runs with 1188 hits.