Shohei Ohtani made history currently this season.
He is now on track to make even more history before the year is over.
Ohtani signed up with the special 40-40 club on August 23rd, doing so in remarkable style. The Los Angeles Dodgers super star entered the batter’s box in the bottom of the ninth inning with the video game versus the Tampa Bay Rays connected at 3-3, and the bases filled. Ohtani without delay blasted a grand slam, offering the Dodgers the walk-off win and putting himself into the record books. The blast, integrated with his take of 2nd base previously in the video game, made Ohtani the 6th MLB gamer to ever have 40 homers and 40 takes in one season.
In addition, Ohtani ended up being the fastest gamer in MLB history to achieve the accomplishment, as he signed up with the club in simply his 126th video game of the season.
Ohtani’s charge into the MLB record books is not done. He followed his crowning achievement on Friday night with another blast versus the Rays on Saturday, offering him 41 crowning achievement on the season:
While Ohtani was held without a crowning achievement on Sunday versus the Rays, and did not take a base, the super star Ohtani went into Monday, August 26 with 41 crowning achievement and 40 takes, putting him on rate to form a brand-new unique club.
The 50-50 club.
No gamer in MLB history has actually ever belted 50 crowning achievement and swiped 50 bases in the exact same season, and if Ohtani can achieve this task it would set a brand-new requirement for speed and power in baseball. At the minute Ohtani stays on speed to reach those turning points. With 41 crowning achievement in 128 video games played, Ohtani is on rate to strike 52 HRs this season (51.9 crowning achievement to be specific).
Having actually taken 40 bases over those 127 video games, Ohtani is on rate to take 51 bases through a 162-game season (50.6 to be precise).
Follow along as we track Ohtani’s pursuit of baseball immortality.
Last video game: at Arizona Diamondbacks (Wednesday, September 4)
No crowning achievement (44 overall), absolutely no taken bases (46 overall)
Rate: 52 crowning achievement, 54 taken bases
Next video game: v. Cleveland Guardians (Friday, September 6)