100 home runs in Dodger Blue, one left! Ohtani beats legendary big guns one after another, and 56 home runs pace in the fourth place season
Aug 25, 2025
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Ohtani scored one hit, one walk, one RBI and two runs from four times at bat, including a home run, in the last of three consecutive away games against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 25th (Korea time). The Dodgers won the game 8-2.
A home run came out in the last at-bat. With a 7-2 lead in the top of the ninth inning, Ohtani pulled a 94.1 mile fastball that flew into the middle of the fifth pitch on the ball count 1B2S against San Diego left-hander Yuki Matsui and crossed the right-center fence well. The 45th arch of the season, 28 degrees of launch angle, 108.9 miles of batting speed and 408 feet of flying distance.
It is the first time in five days that Ohtani hit a home run since the Colorado Rockies match at Coors Field on the 20th. It is the first hit in the three consecutive games against San Diego and the first home run against Matsui in his 10th at-bat.
With this, Ohtani caught up with Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber and moved back to tied for first place in NL home runs. On the same day, Schwarber went 0 for 2 without a home run against the Washington Nationals.
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It ranks fourth in the home run rankings recorded in the first two seasons of the new team.
According to MLB.com , Babe Ruth is the No. 1 player in the category. After moving from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1920, he hit 54 home runs in his first season and 59 in his second season, totaling 113 home runs in his two seasons. It is just after the opening of the live ball era.
Second place is Alex Rodriguez. After moving from the Seattle Mariners to the Texas Rangers in 2001, he hit 52 and 57 home runs in his first two seasons, drawing a total of 109 arches. It was Rodriguez's heyday.
Roger Maris, who hit 61 home runs, the most in an AL season, in 1961, is ranked third. Maris moved from Kansas City Athletics to the Yankees in 1960 and was named AL MVP by hitting 39 home runs in the first year, and the following year, he broke Ruth's record for most home runs in an AL season set in 1927 in 34 years and became MVP again. A total of 100 home runs in two seasons.
And fifth place after Ohtani, who left the Toronto Blue Jays in 1990 and signed an FA contract with the Detroit Tigers, is Cecil Fielder, who hit a total of 95 home runs in two seasons. Mark McGuire, who was traded from the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals in July 1997, then hit 24 home runs after moving and 70 home runs in 1998, ranking sixth with 94 home runs. And Schwarber, who moved to Philadelphia in 2022, is seventh with 93 home runs by 2023.
Ohtani can add 11 homers arithmetically for the rest of the season. He moved to the Dodgers and hit a total of 110 home runs in two seasons. Then, he can beat Rodriguez in this category and move up to second place. Of course, if we operate the rush in September like last year, we can surpass No. 1 Ruth.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
