Ohtani’s 44‑Game OB Streak
Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run and extended an on‑base streak to 44 games, surpassing Ichiro Suzuki for the longest such run by a Japanese‑born player. ( ). The streak and the leadoff homer were recorded in the most recent game action reported in the last 48 hours. (x.com).
Shohei Ohtani’s latest leadoff home run pushed his on-base streak to 45 games, one day after he broke Ichiro Suzuki’s record for a Japanese-born player. (mlb.com) Ohtani set the Japanese-born record at 44 games on Friday, April 10, when he singled in the fifth inning against Texas Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker at Dodger Stadium. The streak began on August 24, 2025, and covered the Dodgers’ final 31 regular-season games last year plus his first 13 this season. (apnews.com) He added to it on Saturday, April 11, with a first-inning leadoff homer in a 6-3 Dodgers win over Texas. Major League Baseball said the blast moved him into sole possession of fifth place on the Dodgers’ modern-era on-base streak list. (mlb.com) An on-base streak counts any regular-season game in which a hitter reaches at least once, whether by hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch. Major League Baseball said Ohtani’s run is also the longest active on-base streak in the majors. (mlb.com) Ichiro’s previous mark was 43 games, set with the Seattle Mariners in 2009. Ohtani had already tied that number on April 8 by drawing a leadoff walk against the Toronto Blue Jays. (mlb.com) The streak has stretched across two seasons, which is common for this kind of record because regular-season on-base streaks carry over from year to year until a player is held off base in a game. Major League Baseball said Ohtani’s last regular-season game without reaching base came on August 23, 2025. (mlb.com) This is also the longest on-base streak of Ohtani’s Major League career. Dodger Blue reported that his previous best was a 36-game streak spanning September 11, 2022, through April 15, 2023, when he played for the Los Angeles Angels. (dodgerblue.com) The Dodgers have opened 2026 at 11-3, and Ohtani has reached base in every game he has played this season. Saturday’s homer was his fourth in eight games after opening the year with a six-game homer drought. (espn.com) The larger Major League record is still far away: Bleacher Report, citing MLB history, said Ted Williams reached base in 84 straight games in 1949. For now, Ohtani’s streak has already moved past Ichiro’s mark and deeper into the Dodgers’ own record book. (bleacherreport.com, mlb.com)
