Shohei Ohtani
Two-way superstar who joined the Dodgers in 2024 and set the club's single-season home run record.
Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese designated hitter and pitcher who joined the Los Angeles Dodgers on a 10-year, $700 million contract after his years with the Los Angeles Angels. As a two-way player he is often compared to the early Babe Ruth.
Quick Facts
- Team
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Number
- 17
- Position
- Designated hitter; Pitcher
- Born
- 5 July 1994
- Birthplace
- Mizusawa, Iwate, Japan
- Bats
- Left
- Throws
- Right
- Debut league
- NPB
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Background
In his first Dodgers season, 2024, he became the first player in MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in one season, passed Shawn Green's club record with 54 home runs, was the unanimous National League MVP and won the World Series in his first postseason. He returned to pitching in 2025, raised the franchise record to 55 home runs, won a second straight unanimous NL MVP, was NLCS MVP after a Game 4 with three home runs and six shutout innings, and won a second straight title. Before the Dodgers he won the 2018 AL Rookie of the Year award and AL MVP awards in 2021 and 2023 with the Angels.
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