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Ohtani and Crow-Armstrong Turn Up the Power

AUGUST 19, 2026

The league's hottest offenses and hitters, by OPS and home runs.

It's a hitting day, and the story is a busy home-run week in the National League. Shohei Ohtani and Pete Crow-Armstrong each added four homers, dragging themselves up the leaderboards while Yordan Alvarez keeps quietly running the show in Houston.

Best offenses

Team OPS — on-base plus slugging. Higher is better.

The Dodgers now pace the league at a .765 team OPS, a whisker ahead of the Nationals at .762 and the Cubs at .757. It's a three-team logjam at the top, and Los Angeles just nosed in front.

Swinging a green bat

Hitters at .900+ OPS — elite (green). A shimmer means a historic pace (1.000+).

Season leaders

The season’s top five in home runs, RBI and batting average.

Kyle Schwarber leads the home-run race with 37, just ahead of Alvarez and Matt Olson at 36. Alvarez, meanwhile, tops the batting average board at .318, a point clear of Luis Arraez.

Home runs
RBI
Batting average

Climbing the home-run ladder

Most home runs added this week.

Crow-Armstrong did his damage in a weekend at the White Sox, two on the 17th and one on the 18th, to add four for the week. Ohtani matched him with three against Colorado on back-to-back nights, and Max Muncy chipped in three of his own to reach 25.

Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.