How many strikeouts (pitching) did Shohei Ohtani have in 2021?
1562021 Regular Season
Shohei Ohtani recorded 156 strikeouts (pitching) in the 2021 regular season, 42nd in the MLB.
- 3rd-best of Shohei Ohtani's 7 seasons on file; the high is 219 in 2022.
- Up 153 from 3 in 2020.
- 17% of the Los Angeles Angels' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  LAA | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3.31 | 51.2 | 63 | 22 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 2020 | LAA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37.80 | 1.2 | 3 | 8 | 6.60 | 0 |
| 2021 | LAA | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3.18 | 130.1 | 156 | 44 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 2022 | LAA | 28 | 15 | 9 | 2.33 | 166.0 | 219 | 44 | 1.01 | 0 |
| 2023 | LAA | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3.14 | 132.0 | 167 | 55 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 2025 |  LAD | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2.87 | 47.0 | 62 | 9 | 1.04 | 0 |
| 2026 | LAD | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1.79 | 85.2 | 95 | 26 | 0.95 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
