Shohei Ohtani hit a solo home run on Tuesday at PNC Park for his 46th home run of the season. Coupled with his franchise-record 54 home runs last season, Ohtani now has 100 home runs in less than two seasons with the Dodgers, and got there faster than any other player in franchise history.
Gary Sheffield held the previous club record, needing 399 games with the Dodgers to hit 100 home runs. Ohtani got to 100 in 294 games.
“It wasn’t on my radar. I’m not surprised by it,” manager Dave Roberts said last
week of Ohtani already hitting 100 home runs. “I didn’t know what to expect, I was just happy to have him in a Dodgers uniform. He’s had an incredible run in a short period of time.”
Home run No. 100 for Ohtani with the Dodgers came in the third inning on Tuesday, against hard-throwing Pirates rookie right-hander Bubba Chandler.
Ohtani set the Dodgers franchise record with 54 home runs last season, and he’s the only player in club history with two seasons of more than 43 home runs. The Dodgers still have 24 games remaining on the schedule, which puts Ohtani on pace for 54 this season.
After Ohtani, a group of players are bunched up closely in how long it took them to hit 100 home runs with the Dodgers. Sheffield needed 399 games, Cody Bellinger did so in 402 games, Max Muncy did it in 404, and Mookie Betts took 405 games.
Sheffield hit his 100th Dodgers home run on April 19, 2001 in San Francisco, which was an eventful week for the Dodgers. One day later, Kevin Malone resigned as Dodgers general manager in Los Angeles, five days after he threatened a fan in the fans in San Diego for heckling Sheffield.
“He really believed he was a distraction,” Dodgers president Bob Daly told reporters, per Associated Press. “And we agreed with that.”
Just two days after Sheffield’s 100th Dodgers home run, the Dodgers officially renamed the media work area at Dodger Stadium as the Vin Scully Press Box, on the 51st anniversary of Scully’s first game called for Brooklyn.
We’ll see what kind of Dodgers news the rest of this week brings.
Ohtani’s 100th home run with the Dodgers was his third against the D-backs over the last two seasons. Ohtani’s most common home run victim with the Dodgers is the Rockies with 10 homers allowed in 22 games. The Marlins have given up eight home runs in only 12 games to Ohtani, including three last September 19 when Ohtani founded the 50-50 club and had “the greatest day in baseball history.”
Eighteen of Ohtani’s 100 home runs with the Dodgers have been hit on Tuesday, tied for his most homer-happy day of the week over the last two seasons. Ohtani since the start of 2024 also has also hit 18 home runs on Friday, 15 on Sunday, 14 on Saturday, 13 on Wednesday, 12 on Monday, and 10 on Thursday.
Eleven of his Dodgers home runs have been hit in September. His most homer-prolific month with Los Angeles in May, with 22 home runs. That included 15 long balls this May to tie a franchise record for any month, which earned Ohtani National League player of the month honors.
Forty-seven of his 100 Dodgers home runs have been hit at Dodger Stadium, and 76 of the home runs were hit off right-handed pitchers.
Ohtani with the Dodgers has homered against 28 of the other 29 teams in MLB. The only team left unscathed thus far are the Mariners. Ohtani will get his chance during the final weekend of the regular season in Seattle.
| Player | 100th HR date | Games w/Dodgers | Total Dodgers HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shohei Ohtani | Sep 2, 2025 | 294 | 100 |
| Gary Sheffield | Apr 19, 2001 | 399 | 130 |
| Cody Bellinger | Aug 2, 2019 | 402 | 152 |
| Max Muncy | Jul 1, 2021 | 404 | 207 |
| Mookie Betts | Jul 8, 2023 | 405 | 146 |
| Shawn Green | Jul 11, 2002 | 408 | 162 |
| Mike Piazza | May 7, 1996 | 422 | 177 |
| Frank Howard | Apr 14, 1964 | 491 | 123 |
| Roy Campanella | May 23, 1952 | 508 | 242 |
| Will Smith | May 29, 2024 | 533 | 128 |
| Dolph Camilli | Aug 31, 1941 | 566 | 139 |
| Gil Hodges | Aug 13, 1951 | 581 | 361 |
| Joc Pederson | May 14, 2019 | 595 | 129 |
| Raúl Mondesí | Sep 26, 1997 | 608 | 163 |
| Duke Snider | Jul 24, 1952 | 623 | 389 |
| Eric Karros | Jun 9, 1996 | 630 | 270 |
| Corey Seager | Sep 26, 2021 | 630 | 104 |
| Mike Marshall | Jul 17, 1987 | 637 | 137 |
| Pedro Guerrero | Sep 17, 1984 | 645 | 171 |
| Matt Kemp | May 23, 2011 | 675 | 203 |
| Yasiel Puig | Aug 11, 2018 | 675 | 108 |
| Justin Turner | Jul 26, 2019 | 714 | 156 |
| Ron Cey | Jul 17, 1977 | 717 | 228 |
| Adrián González | Aug 24, 2017 | 720 | 101 |
| Babe Herman | May 24, 1931 | 734 | 112 |
| Andre Ethier | Apr 20, 2011 | 738 | 162 |
| Dusty Baker | May 22, 1981 | 756 | 144 |
| Adrian Beltré | Apr 6, 2004 | 812 | 147 |
| Chris Taylor | Jun 15, 2023 | 831 | 108 |
| Steve Garvey | Jul 26, 1977 | 904 | 211 |
| Jackie Robinson | Jul 24, 1953 | 986 | 137 |
| Carl Furillo | Jun 26, 1954 | 1,133 | 192 |
| Steve Yeager | Aug 24, 1984 | 1,155 | 100 |
| Willie Davis | Sep 20, 1969 | 1,337 | 154 |
| Pee Wee Reese | Jun 16, 1954 | 1,626 | 126 |
| Zack Wheat | May 3, 1924 | 1,933 | 131 |
