A year ago, Ronald Acuña Jr. became a founding member of Major League Baseball's 40/70 club, hitting 40 home runs and stealing 70 bases in a historic season.
Shohei Ohtani is now a founding member of another historic baseball team.
Thanks to his 50th home run of the season, Los Angeles Dodgers The superstar became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.
Ohtani created the 50/50 club with this home run on Thursday night against the Miami Marlins. He first homered in the sixth inning, his 49th home run. When he came back to bat in the seventh, Ohtani wasn't going to miss his chance to make history.
The Dodgers superstar stole third base in the top of the first inning against the Marlins on Thursday, his 50th stolen base of the season. The throw got to the base before him, but some nifty footwork allowed Ohtani to step on the base before the tag was made.
Let's look at Ohtani's historic steal from a different angle.
Ohtani's 49th home run of the season came in the sixth inning on Thursday night. A 438-foot smash to the far right Reached the upper deck:
The home run also made history in franchise history: Ohtani tied with Shawn Green for the most home runs in a season, having hit 49 for the Dodgers in the 2001 season.
However, now that he has hit his 50th home run, Ohtani has the record all to himself.
So is the club where he is the only member.
