‘Crazy’ Shohei Ohtani makes history on own bobblehead night and unleashes ‘Babe Ruth’ stats
Shohei Ohtani is a man to fear on bobblehead night. The MLB‘s two-way star homered twice and drove in six runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 19-2 on Thursday. Ohtani put on a show during his own bobblehead night on ThursdayGetty He is now up to 15 home runs and 10 stolen bases in 2025, putting him at roughly a 55-36 pace. That’s ahead of where he was last year, when he had 12 homers and 10 steals through the Dodgers’ first 44 games. Ohtani, who limited himself to a $700 million deal with the Dodgers, showed out on the same night that his team gave away a bobblehead commemorating his one-of-a-kind 50-50 season. During his first year with LA in 2024, the Japanese star became the first and only person in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season. Ohtani bettered the likes of Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and Ronald Acuna Jr — all members of the exclusive 40–40 club — to remind everyone that he’s in a league of his own. With another eye-catching performance on the evening that his incredible 2024 achievement was marked, the 30-year-old could be on his way to making more history. Ohtani is on pace to score 173 runs this season. Since 1894, only one player has scored more than 170 in a single year. That was Babe Ruth, who scored 177 in 1921 for the New York Yankees, in what is often cited as the greatest season in MLB history. Ohtani could indeed be the one to better that. Ohtani homered twice against the AthleticsGetty He is now on pace to score an incredible 173 runs this seasonGetty Ruth was the last MLB star to score more than 170 runs, back in 1921Getty His first multihomer game of the season also moved him into a tie with Yankees icon Aaron Judge — who earlier this week watched a teammate suffer a gruesome injury — and Phillies’ star slugger Kyle Schwarber for the major league lead in home runs with 15 apiece. LA’s biggest star was showered with sunflower seeds after the second of those homers, which was driven 418-foot to center in the fourth. “We need some more,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joked of Ohtani’s bobblehead nights after the big win. “I think that four or five a year isn’t enough, because when he has a bobblehead night, he seems to really perform.” And while ‘Shotime’ might have been saving something special for Thursday night in the eyes of his manager, he continues to leave his teammates stunned every time he takes the field. “It doesn’t have to be his bobblehead night. That’s kind of just every night,” third baseman Max Muncy said of Ohtani’s effort. Ohtani’s new bobblehead celebrates his historic 50/50 seasonYOUTUBE: MLB The MLB star was showered in seeds as he celebrated his second homer on ThursdayYOUTUBE: MLB “He’s incredible. It’s really, really fun to be on the same field with him. Every day I kind of expect something crazy, and he seems to do it.” Ohtani has now gone deep in his last three bobblehead nights. The first came last August, when he hit a leadoff blast off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes. This year, on April 3, Los Angeles rallied back from an early deficit, and Ohtani walked off the Braves with a solo shot to secure an undefeated 8-0 start. His latest effort helped the Dodgers move to 29-15 on the season.
Shohei Ohtani is a man to fear on bobblehead night.
The MLB‘s two-way star homered twice and drove in six runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 19-2 on Thursday.
He is now up to 15 home runs and 10 stolen bases in 2025, putting him at roughly a 55-36 pace.
That’s ahead of where he was last year, when he had 12 homers and 10 steals through the Dodgers’ first 44 games.
Ohtani, who limited himself to a $700 million deal with the Dodgers, showed out on the same night that his team gave away a bobblehead commemorating his one-of-a-kind 50-50 season.
During his first year with LA in 2024, the Japanese star became the first and only person in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.
Ohtani bettered the likes of Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and Ronald Acuna Jr — all members of the exclusive 40–40 club — to remind everyone that he’s in a league of his own.
With another eye-catching performance on the evening that his incredible 2024 achievement was marked, the 30-year-old could be on his way to making more history.
Ohtani is on pace to score 173 runs this season.
Since 1894, only one player has scored more than 170 in a single year.
That was Babe Ruth, who scored 177 in 1921 for the New York Yankees, in what is often cited as the greatest season in MLB history.
Ohtani could indeed be the one to better that.
His first multihomer game of the season also moved him into a tie with Yankees icon Aaron Judge — who earlier this week watched a teammate suffer a gruesome injury — and Phillies’ star slugger Kyle Schwarber for the major league lead in home runs with 15 apiece.
LA’s biggest star was showered with sunflower seeds after the second of those homers, which was driven 418-foot to center in the fourth.
“We need some more,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joked of Ohtani’s bobblehead nights after the big win.
“I think that four or five a year isn’t enough, because when he has a bobblehead night, he seems to really perform.”
And while ‘Shotime’ might have been saving something special for Thursday night in the eyes of his manager, he continues to leave his teammates stunned every time he takes the field.
“It doesn’t have to be his bobblehead night. That’s kind of just every night,” third baseman Max Muncy said of Ohtani’s effort.
“He’s incredible. It’s really, really fun to be on the same field with him. Every day I kind of expect something crazy, and he seems to do it.”
Ohtani has now gone deep in his last three bobblehead nights. The first came last August, when he hit a leadoff blast off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes.
This year, on April 3, Los Angeles rallied back from an early deficit, and Ohtani walked off the Braves with a solo shot to secure an undefeated 8-0 start.
His latest effort helped the Dodgers move to 29-15 on the season.
