Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers in December 2023 and in his first two years he has the two highest home run seasons in franchise history. In doing so he’s only the sixth player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons, and the first to do so in 23 years.
He hit his 50th home run of 2025 on Tuesday in the eighth inning against Phillies reliever David Robertson.
With 11 games still remaining, Ohtani has a chance to break his own Dodgers record of 54 home runs, set last year. He’s on pace for 54 home runs this season.
Last season, Ohtani hit his 50th home run in the Dodgers’ 153rd game of the season. It was kind of a big day for him. This year on the day he hit his 50th home run, Ohtani had already pitched five scoreless, hitless innings with five strikeouts