Shohei Ohtani is making history: What current on-base streak means

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TL;DR

Shohei Ohtani has extended his on-base streak to 52 games, approaching the Dodgers' all-time record. He aims to tie Shawn Green's 53-game streak in the upcoming game against the San Francisco Giants.

Key points

Shohei Ohtani has an on-base streak of 52 games.
He is close to tying Shawn Green's 53-game streak.
The Dodgers' all-time record is held by Duke Snider with 58 games.
Ohtani's next game is against the San Francisco Giants.

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Shohei Ohtani is making history: What current on-base streak means

Shohei Ohtani is closing in on history.

The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way phenom singled into right field off of Colorado Rockies starter José Quintana in the third inning on Monday night at Coors Field to extend his on-base streak to 52 games. Now, Ohtani enters Tuesday's away series opener against the archrival San Francisco Giants with the opportunity to tie Shawn Green — who reached base safely in 53 consecutive games in 2000 — for second place on the Dodgers' all-time on-base streak list (since 1900).

If Ohtani ties Green with a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in any of his plate appearances on Tuesday, he'd be five games away from the franchise record, which belongs to Hall of Famer Duke Snider. He got on base in 58 straight games in the 1954 season.

Ohtani's streak began back on Aug. 24, 2025. In that time, he's slashed .280/.402/.590 with 56 hits, 16 home runs, 39 walks and three HBPs. He passed “Wee” Willie Keeler (1900-1901) on Sunday to move into third place in the Dodgers' record book after breaking into the top five by surpassing Ron Cey's mark of 47 consecutive games from 1975-76 earlier in the season. On April 10, Ohtani's streak reached 44 games, moving him past Ichiro Suzuki for the longest on-base streak by a Japanese-born player.

“It's a tremendous streak," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters. "It's hard to get on base, certainly when everyone's trying to target you. This streak is one of the great ones, and hopefully he can keep it going.”