Only six times has a player in Major League Baseball hit at least 50 home runs and steal at least 20 bases in the same season. Shohei Ohtani has two of those seasons, the only two-time member of the club.

Ohtani stole his 20th base on Friday night in Seattle, one day after hitting his 54th home run in the Dodgers’ division-clinching win in Arizona. Ohtani is also the first player in 23 years to hit 50 homers in consecutive seasons.

Last season, Ohtani made history with the first 50/50 season in baseball history, hitting 54 home runs to go with his 59 stolen bases. Nobody else with 50 home runs has stolen more than 24 bases in that season.

Ohtani’s stolen bases are way down this season, but that’s been by design as he is now pitching again while also in the lineup essentially every day.

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