Season's Best Highlights — Home Runs, Clutch Hits & Big Plays with Data
A curated archive of Shohei Ohtani's most impressive 2026 MLB moments — home runs, scoring plays, and 400+ foot blasts — with exit velocity, launch angle, and full pitch sequence data. Your go-to source for Ohtani highlights and best plays of the season.
Barrel contact & home runs ranked by exit velocity
Top 5: Home Runs, Clutch Hits & Big Plays
THERE IT IS!! Ohtani leads off the game with THIS?! 112.2 mph off the bat, 409 feet — the sinker caught too much plate and he absolutely crushed it! Unreal way to start things off!
OHHH MY GOD!! You throw him five sweepers in a row and THAT'S what happens?! 432 feet with an exit velocity of 112 mph — this man is not human, he literally cannot be human!! And a 3-run blast with 2 outs to blow it open by 5, after going 0-for-3 in his previous at-bats — only Ohtani pulls something like THAT out when it matters most!!
YOOOOO, did he just barrel up that changeup at THAT angle?! Exit velocity 112.8 mph and 414 feet — this dude is an absolute monster. Going off right from the top of the first inning, THIS is what we came to see!!
YESSSS!! There it is, Ohtani!! Bottom of the 9th, down by 3, and he absolutely launches one — 114.6 mph exit velocity at a 40-degree angle, that ball is GONE! We were dead in the water and now the momentum just flipped — let's complete this comeback!!
Here's the translation: YESSSS!! THERE IT IS!! He absolutely crushed a 92 mph cutter! 106.9 mph off the bat, 427 feet — THIS is what an Ohtani home run looks like! He'd been quiet his first two at-bats, but breaking that 0-0 deadlock right here? Just doesn't get any better than this!
Uohhhh!! Took the first pitch, then absolutely crushed the 94mph second pitch with a full swing — perfect! 109mph exit velo, 409ft, no doubt about it! Leading off the first inning and THIS is what we get, Ohtani! I can't stop the beer flowing now!
WOOOOO!! THERE IT IS!! He was 0-for-4 on the day and I was sweating bullets, but then he jumps all over a first-pitch 99 mph fastball in the 9th — that's Ohtani being Ohtani! 412 feet, and it's a one-run game now! This thing ain't over yet, Dodgers — don't you dare give up!
Whoooaaa, here it comes, here it comes!! A 110+ mph laser of a line drive just buried itself straight into the stands! Piling on even more with a 7-run lead already, and the fact that it's against the Angels just makes it oh so sweet!
WOOOOO!! Leadoff homer on the very first at-bat! And he absolutely crushed a 93 mph fastball from Sugano — 111 mph exit velocity, 424 feet, THIS is what I'm talking about! First pitch of the Japan vs Japan showdown and Ohtani's already in full beast mode, doesn't get any better than this!
Woooo—leadoff home run in the very first inning, let's gooo! 111 mph off the bat, 39-degree launch angle, 405 feet—that ball was absolutely PERFECT! Crushing a 95 mph fastball on the very first pitch he sees? Ohtani is locked in and feeling it today!
Ohhhhh yessss, this is what I'm talking about! Second pitch, 96 mph — Ohtani absolutely crushed it! 105 mph exit velocity, 401-foot double, that's the Ohtani we know and love! Yeah, we're down 5, but even in the 9th I'm not giving up — let's go make a miracle happen right here!
YEAHHH! He crushed that 4th-pitch sinker OUT OF THE PARK — 414 feet, are you kidding me?! Two patient pitches, then Ohtani goes DEEP — that's just what he does!!
YOOOOO, this guy is just built different! After striking out in the 1st, I KNEW he was gonna come back and do something insane! A cutter at that angle?! 114 mph exit velocity?! This man is an absolute MONSTER!
OHHH MY GOD!! A GO-AHEAD THREE-RUN BOMB!! He struck out in his first at-bat, then absolutely CRUSHED a changeup on the second pitch — 401 feet, 109 mph exit velo, this dude is an absolute MONSTER!! Down 0-3 and Shohei Ohtani flips the whole game with one swing, I literally just spilled my beer!!
We automatically surface home runs, run-scoring (clutch) hits, hard-hit balls (110+ mph exit velocity), and long home runs (400+ ft distance). The list updates automatically after each game.
Every highlight detail page replays the full pitch sequence (type, velocity, location) and batted-ball data (exit velo, launch angle, distance) for that plate appearance, plus a strike-zone chart.
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This is a curated archive that automatically surfaces Shohei Ohtani's most impressive at-bats — home runs, clutch hits, and barrel contact. Each entry is paired with Statcast data (exit velocity, launch angle, distance) and the full pitch sequence from MLB Stats API and Baseball Savant. The archive updates automatically after every game.
A Barrel is a Statcast-defined quality-of-contact metric: a batted ball with an exit velocity of at least 98 mph and a launch angle in the optimal range (roughly 26–30°, widening as exit velo increases). Balls that meet this threshold yield a batting average of .500 or better and a slugging percentage of 1.500 or better. Ohtani's barrel hits are featured in the Season Best section on this page.
