Shohei Ohtani

Bats L Throws R6'4" 210 lbBorn 1994 Oshu, JapanDebut 2018Team LAD6x All-StarContract 10 y/$700M (24-33)* 2026: $28,216,994

Awards: All-MLB First Team x4, NL Hank Aaron Award x2, NL MVP x2, NL Silver Slugger x2, AL Hank Aaron Award, AL MVP, AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 143.0FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 6.16 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	558	470	128	23	3	36	81	136	19	0.273	0.381	0.567	0.948	0.294	0.397	24.3	14.5	158.2	5.71
2027	567	482	131	23	4	32	77	138	14	0.271	0.373	0.533	0.907	0.262	0.382	24.3	13.5	152.3	5.40

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	491	28.2	7.4	2.88	20.9	6.59	105.7
2027							106.0
2028							104.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 160 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jason Giambi	2001	148.1	174.5	689
2	Miguel Cabrera	2013	152.9	145.6	685
3	Todd Helton	2004	147.5	147.0	626
4	Willie McCovey	1968	155.4	200.0	623
5	Carlos Delgado	2002	137.5	158.3	705
6	David Ortiz	2006	132.4	169.3	667
7	Ted Kluszewski	1955	126.9	129.2	574
8	Rod Carew	1976	133.5	177.2	694
9	Mo Vaughn	1998	136.5	117.7	592
10	Barry Bonds	1995	156.4	181.4	675

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 105 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Brandon Woodruff	2023	115.1	did not play
2	Erik Bedard	2009	110.2	did not play
3	John Means	2023	109.2	118.7	80
4	Brandon Webb	2009	113.7	did not play
5	Chris Young	2009	109.0	129.7	82
6	Garrett Richards	2018	106.3	64.8	41
7	Carlos Rodon	2023	104.8	97.2	736
8	Spencer Turnbull	2023	102.5	112.5	222
9	Jake Peavy	2011	110.9	109.4	882
10	Jered Weaver	2013	109.6	101.1	888

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			567		131	23	4	32		14	77	138	0.271	0.373	0.533	0.907	152.3
2026*	LAN	122	540	82	133	24	3	30		7	71	125	0.291	0.388	0.554	0.942	153.8
2025	LAD	158	725	146	172	25	9	55	102	20	109	187	0.282	0.392	0.622	1.014	173.1
2024	LAD	159	728	134	197	38	7	54	130	59	81	162	0.310	0.390	0.646	1.036	183.5
2023	LAA	135	594	102	151	26	8	44	95	20	91	143	0.304	0.412	0.654	1.066	177.1
2022	LAA	157	666	90	160	30	6	34	95	11	72	161	0.273	0.356	0.519	0.875	142.4
2021	LAA	158	639	103	138	26	8	46	100	26	96	189	0.257	0.372	0.592	0.965	150.3
2020	LAA	46	175	23	29	6	0	7	24	7	22	50	0.190	0.291	0.366	0.657	82.3
2019	LAA	106	423	51	110	20	5	18	62	12	33	110	0.286	0.343	0.505	0.848	122.0
2018	LAA	114	366	59	93	21	2	22	61	10	37	102	0.285	0.361	0.564	0.925	152.1
Career		1033	4316	708	1050	192	45	280	669	165	541	1104	0.282	0.374	0.582	0.957	156.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									491				106.0
2026*									340				132.5	104.3	136.9
2025	LAD	1	1	2.87	14	14	0	47.0	188	3	9	62	121.9	102.3	124.3
2023	LAA	10	5	3.14	23	23	0	132.0	531	18	55	167	112.0	99.2	111.2
2022	LAA	15	9	2.33	28	28	0	166.0	660	14	44	219	118.5	99.6	118.1
2021	LAA	9	2	3.18	23	23	0	130.3	533	15	44	156	111.8	102.4	114.1
2020	LAA	0	1	37.80	2	2	0	1.7	16	0	8	3	41.9	95.6	37.5
2018	LAA	4	2	3.31	10	10	0	51.7	211	6	22	63	110.1	101.5	111.5
Career		39	20	3.00	100	100	0	528.7	2139	56	182	670	114.1		114.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	540	93.5	12.8	16.7	52.5	30.9	30.8	0.295	0.580	0.409	27.7
2025	727	94.9	15.0	23.5	58.7	33.4	26.1	0.274	0.649	0.425	28.0
2024	731	95.8	16.2	21.5	60.1	29.8	26.6	0.310	0.672	0.444	28.1
2023	599	94.4	13.2	19.7	54.2	32.3	29.7	0.290	0.646	0.428	27.8
2022	666	92.9	12.1	16.9	49.8	28.1	28.5	0.274	0.569	0.387	28.2
2021	639	93.6	16.6	22.4	53.6	35.1	27.3	0.262	0.622	0.410	28.8
2020	175	89.1	9.2	10.7	42.7	32.3	23.9	0.234	0.423	0.331	28.7
2019	425	92.8	6.8	13.1	47.1	27.4	30.4	0.280	0.487	0.350	28.2
2018	367	92.9	12.4	16.7	51.1	30.8	28.0	0.272	0.542	0.381	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	P	14	47	3	4	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2023	LAA	P	23	132	15	8	1	0	0.958	-0.5
2022	LAA	P	28	166	6	5	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2021	LAA	P	23	130	11	6	1	0	0.944	+1.5
2021	LAA	OF	7	8	0	0	0	0
2020	LAA	P	2	2	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2018	LAA	P	10	52	1	6	0	1	1.000	+0.4

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.396	0.407	0.407	0.401
2025	0.389	0.442	0.422	0.424
2024	0.383	0.468	0.457	0.420
2023	0.388	0.464	0.426	0.457
2022	0.351	0.387	0.422	0.328
2021	0.420	0.406	0.420	0.401
2020	0.346	0.292	0.342	0.271
2019	0.358	0.387	0.368	0.390

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	17	68	13	18	3	1	8	14	1	16	23	0.265	0.405	0.691	1.096
2024	16	61	14	14	1	0	3	10	0	13	22	0.230	0.373	0.393	0.767
Career	33	129	27	32	4	1	11	24	1	29	45	0.248	0.390	0.550	0.940

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	2	1	4.48	4	4	0	20.1	16	2	7	28	1.14
Career	2	1	4.48	4	4	0	20.1	16	2	7	28	1.14