Say what? Overrated?
Shohei Ohtani 3 Home Run pitching game: only 2 as pitcher, 1 as DH. Jim Tobin in regular season: only 3 HR game. Sunday, October 19, 2025
Maybe if Ohtani had been removed after the 6th inning it would have been more clear that he was still batting in the game because of a silly rule change made for him a few years ago to allow him to pitch but remain in the game as DH. It is clear that Ohtani batted in the bottom of the 7th inning only because his status had changed from pitcher to DH.
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Pitching:
| Date | Tm | Opp | Result | App,Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | PO | BF | Pit | Str | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-28 | LAD | TOR | L, 2-6 | GS-7, L | 10 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 93 | 60 | |
| 2025-10-17 | LAD | MIL | W, 5-1 | GS-7, W | 12 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 100 | 66 | |
| 2025-10-04 | LAD | @ | PHI | W, 5-3 | GS-6, W | 10 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 89 | 60 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/29/2025.
The middle game has everyone gaga because Shohei Ohtani also hit three Home Runs, which is amazing even if "only" two were while he was still a pitcher.
These three are the only playoff games in which Ohtani has pitched in his MLB career.
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | BF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | LAD | NL,WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 70 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/29/2025.
ERA 3.50. Good.
Batting:
Here are all 14 of Ohtani's 2025 playoff games so far (his 3 pitching games have bold dates):
| Rk | Date ▼ | Opp | Result | Series | Inngs | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | TB | IBB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-10-28 | TOR | L, 2-6 | WS G4 | CG | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.182 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2025-10-27 | TOR | W, 6-5 (18) | WS G3 | CG(18) | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.236 | 12 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2025-10-25 | @ | TOR | W, 5-1 | WS G2 | CG | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 2025-10-24 | @ | TOR | L, 4-11 | WS G1 | CG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.006 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 2025-10-17 | MIL | W, 5-1 | NLCS G4 | CG | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 12 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2025-10-16 | MIL | W, 3-1 | NLCS G3 | CG | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .641 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7 | 2025-10-14 | @ | MIL | W, 5-1 | NLCS G2 | CG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .599 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 2025-10-13 | @ | MIL | W, 2-1 | NLCS G1 | CG | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .631 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2025-10-09 | PHI | W, 2-1 (11) | NLDS G4 | CG(11) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .604 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | 2025-10-08 | PHI | L, 2-8 | NLDS G3 | CG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .675 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 2025-10-06 | @ | PHI | W, 4-3 | NLDS G2 | CG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .856 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 2025-10-04 | @ | PHI | W, 5-3 | NLDS G1 | CG | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.026 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2025-10-01 | CIN | W, 8-4 | NLWC G2 | CG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.400 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | 2025-09-30 | CIN | W, 10-5 | NLWC G1 | CG | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.000 | 8 | 0 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/29/2025.
Here are his hitting stats in the three pitching games:
2025-10-28 WS game 4: 0 for 3, BB, 2 SO
2025-10-17 NLCS game 4: 3 for 3, 3 HR, BB
2025-10-04 NLDS game 1: 0 for 4, BB, 4 SO
One good hitting game out of three. It coincided with Ohtani's one good pitching game out of three. In the other two games, Ohtani neither pitched well nor hit well.
Look for a future post comparing Shohei Ohtani and Cal Raleigh in the 2025 regular season.
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