Shohei Ohtani

Los Angeles Dodgers

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Shohei Ohtani threw 7,873 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2023, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2023, they relied primarily on their Slider (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (97mph), also mixing in a Cutter (90mph), Sinker (94mph) and Splitter (88mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (76mph).


In 2023, compared to other RHP:
Their slider sweeps across the zone and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their fourseam fastball generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, has less armside movement than typical, has some natural sinking action and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their cutter has heavy sink, has slightly above average velo and has strong cutting action. Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has well above average velo. Their splitter is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters, is much firmer than usual and has some natural sink to it. Their curve has an exceptional bite, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, has slight glove-side movement and has slightly below average velo.