Shohei Ohtani batting average in 2021

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.2572021 Regular Season

Shohei Ohtani posted a .257 batting average in the 2021 regular season.

• 8th-best of Shohei Ohtani's 9 seasons on file; the high is .310 in 2024.
• Up .067 from .190 in 2020.

Average of 9 regular seasons, 2018 through 2026. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Shohei Ohtani batting average in 2021, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
2018	LAA	104	326	59	93	22	61	10	.285	.361	.564	.925
2019	LAA	106	384	51	110	18	62	12	.286	.343	.505	.848
2020	LAA	44	153	23	29	7	24	7	.190	.291	.366	.657
2021	LAA	155	537	103	138	46	100	26	.257	.372	.592	.965
2022	LAA	157	586	90	160	34	95	11	.273	.356	.519	.875
2023	LAA	135	497	102	151	44	95	20	.304	.412	.654	1.066
2024	LAD	159	636	134, led the MLB	197	54	130	59	.310	.390	.646	1.036
2025	LAD	158	611	146, led the MLB	172	55	102	20	.282	.392	.622	1.014
2026	LAD	130	502	89	139	30	80	11	.277	.380	.522	.902

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS

Bold marks the best figure in the MLB that season, among players with at least 30 games.