Shohei Ohtani's 450-foot HR is hardest-hit ball of 2024

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Shohei Ohtani's 450-foot home run is hardest-hit ball of 2024

By Adam Gretz | Last updated 4/23/24

Shohei Ohtani is already proving to be a wise investment for the Los Angeles Dodgers and is obliterating the baseball this season. He continued that on Tuesday night in the Dodgers' 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals by hitting his sixth home run of the season.

It was also his most impressive home run of the year, as it was a 450-foot rocket that was also the hardest-hit baseball of the 2024 season to date.

It was clocked at 119 mph off the bat, and it looked every bit of that when watching it.

119 MPH OFF THE BAT OF SHOHEI OHTANI!

450 FEET ☄️

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That is a tape-measure distance, and what makes it so impressive is that it was not really a majestic fly ball that towered over the stadium. That was a line drive that left the field in the blink of an eye. With that home run, Ohtani is hitting .364 for the season with a 1.107 OPS. He was already one of the best hitters in baseball before this season and has been even better than he normally is through the first month.

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