Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani claims 4th NL Player of the Week award this season – Press Enterprise

Shohei Ohtani finished the regular season by collecting another National League Player of the Week award – his fourth of the season and second in a row.

Ohtani finished his first season with the Dodgers by going 13 for his last 25 with four doubles, one home run, seven RBIs, four stolen bases and a 1.371 OPS over the final six games.

Ohtani finished the year with a franchise-record 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases, the most in MLB history by a Japanese-born player (breaking Ichiro Suzuki’s record). He was successful in his last 36 steal attempts, the second-longest streak in Dodgers history behind Davey Lopes’ streak of 38 in a row set in 1975.

Ohtani closed out the season on a 12-game hitting streak, the third-longest of his career behind a 15-game streak in 2023 and an 18-game streak in 2022. During the 12-game streak, Ohtani hit .547 with a .586 on-base percentage, 1.057 slugging percentage, 1.643 OPS, seven home runs, 22 RBIs and 11 stolen bases.

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“So now with the regular season over, the accumulated stats don’t matter anymore,” Ohtani said through his interpreter after Sunday’s game in Colorado. “I’m going to be focused on maintaining where I am and making sure that I’m focused throughout.”

The Dodgers will open the postseason by hosting Game 1 of a best-of-five National League Division Series on Saturday against an opponent still to be determined.