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
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.
Yes. Use the season tabs at the top of the page to travel back through previous seasons (2026 and later).
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.
