Shohei Ohtani scored twice on Wednesday in the Dodgers’ win over the Rockies. His 24 games this season scoring multiple runs are five more than anyone else in the majors.
Unsurprisingly, Ohtani leads the majors with 79 runs scored on the season, matching his games played. In modern Dodgers franchise history (since 1900), the most games played in a season with at least as many runs as games played is four, by James Outman in his electric debut with six runs scored in 2022. You have to go back to the 19th century to find run scoring as prolific as Ohtani is doing this year. Wednesday was the Dodgers’ 81st game of the season, their halfway point, and the easiest day of the year to figure out what everyone is on pace for. They picked up their 50th win, which puts them on pace for 100. Four players are on pace for triple-digit runs batted in, which has only happened once in franchise history (in 2023).
Ohtani is on pace for 158 runs scored, which would shatter the Dodgers franchise record.
Second baseman Hub Collins scored 148 runs in 1890, Brooklyn’s first season in the National League, which still stands as the franchise record. In the modern era, the most scored in a season by a Dodger is 143 runs by outfielder Babe Herman in 1930. There have only been 19 individual major league seasons in the modern era of scoring 150 or more runs, and the only two since integration were by Ted Williams (150 runs in 1949) and Jeff Bagwell (152 runs in 2000). Ronald Acuña Jr. came close with 149 runs scored during his MVP campaign in 2023 for Atlanta. There have been only 13 major league seasons with 140 runs scored since integration. In franchise history, at least dating back to 1901 (the first year full play-by-play data is available), Ohtani is tied for second-most runs scored through 81 team games.
Ohtani’s 79 runs through 81 team games are most in the majors since 2000, when Alex Rodríguez scored 82 runs and Todd Helton at 81 runs at this point in their seasons.
Last year Ohtani set the Los Angeles Dodgers record with 134 runs scored, but his path was a little different, with 63 runs through the team’s first 81 games, then 71 runs in the second half.
How Ohtani’s second half offense fares as he ramps up his pitching remains to be seen, but it brings us to today’s question: How many runs will Shohei Ohtani score during the 2025 regular season?
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