OVERALL GRADE
B− Quality
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PLAYER PROFILE
Shohei Ohtani
Designated Hitter • Pitcher • Los Angeles Dodgers
Bats:
Left
Throws:
Right
Age:
32
Height:
6' 4"
Weight:
210 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
81 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Two-Way Player
TWP · Los Angeles Dodgers
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani earns a two-way Baseball IQ 4.3 score by averaging separate official MLB hitting and pitching category models.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Hitting: Position and Role Value
- Hitting: Current Baseball Value
- Pitching: Current Pitching Execution
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Hitting: Development Trend
- Pitching: Pitching Experience and Proven Impact
- Pitching: Development Trend
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games OPS (.889) is compared with the full-season OPS (.889).
Hitting: Current Baseball Value
87
92th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.
Hitting: Career Knowledge and Proven Impact
80
Career history includes 1,172 games, 1,194 hits, 310 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 0 elite awards and 21 major awards or championship records across 73 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.
Hitting: Consistency
75
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Hitting: Development Trend
75
Last-X-games OPS (.889) is compared with the full-season OPS (.889).
Hitting: Position and Role Value
91
Based on the official primary role/position (TWP) plus verified multi-position usage.
Pitching: Current Pitching Execution
84
77th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for run prevention, strikeout quality, and workload.
Pitching: Pitching Experience and Proven Impact
75
Career history includes 614.3 innings, 765 strikeouts and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 0 elite awards and 21 major awards or championship records across 73 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason pitching sample was available.
Pitching: Consistency
82
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Pitching: Development Trend
75
Last-X-games ERA/WHIP (1.79 / 0.95) is compared with the season line (1.79 / 0.95).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
2026 HITTING
Hitting Statistics
AVG
.275
#36 MLB
Top 26%
Hits divided by at-bats.
OBP
.377
#11 MLB
Top 7%
Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.
SLG
.512
#11 MLB
Top 7%
Total bases per at-bat.
OPS
.889
#6 MLB
Top 4%
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.
HR
30
#17 MLB
Top 2%
RBI
81
#46 MLB
Top 7%
H
144
#65 MLB
Top 10%
SB
11
#91 MLB
Top 14%
TWO-WAY PERFORMANCE
Pitching Statistics
ERA
1.79
Would rank #1
Top 1% vs qualifiers
WHIP
0.95
Would rank #5
Top 9% vs qualifiers
IP
85.2
#165 MLB
Top 19%
SO
95
#137 MLB
Top 16%
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
High-Impact Offensive Player
Rate-stat observations use the official qualified MLB hitting pool. Supported counting-stat observations use all official season participants in that stat group. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from those pools.
DATA CONFIDENCE
High confidence
Officially qualified for the MLB hitter comparison pool.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
- Home-Run Production
- Slugging Production
- On-Base Production
- Stolen-Base Volume
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Batting Average Production Relative focus
Why: .275 AVG ranks #36 among 135 qualified MLB hitters (74th percentile). It is the lowest supported league-relative category in this report, not a below-average classification.
VERSATILITY
Verified two-way usage
- Primary role or position
- Designated Hitter
- Position / role entries
- 2
- Verified secondary positions
- Pitcher
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.