Shohei Ohtani

Los Angeles Dodgers

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Shohei Ohtani has thrown 8,533 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (98mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Curve (79mph), Sinker (96mph) and Cutter (93mph). He also rarely throws a Splitter (90mph).


In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, has some natural sinking action and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their slider sweeps across the zone, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their curve has an exceptional bite, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their sinker generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is blazing fast, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has some natural sinking action. Their cutter is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' cutters, has some natural sink and has strong cutting action. Their splitter is thrown extremely hard, has some natural sink to it, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' splitters and has slight armside fade.