Monitoring Shohei Ohtani’s quest for 50 dwelling runs, 50 stolen bases


Shohei Ohtani could possibly be on his option to one other record-setting accomplishment.

In his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, after signing the most important contract in MLB historical past, Ohtani earned his membership to the 40/40 membership on Aug. 23 in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays when he stole a base within the backside of the fourth and hit a walk-off grand slam.

Ohtani grew to become the sixth MLB participant to affix the 40/40 membership, and the primary since Ronald Acuna Jr. in 2023, when the Atlanta Braves star smashed his fortieth dwelling run within the remaining week of the common season.

On Friday, Ohtani grew to become the primary participant in MLB historical past to document 43 dwelling runs and 43 stolen bases in a single season.

With greater than a month of regular-season baseball remaining for the Dodgers, Ohtani is on observe to change into the primary participant to hit 50 dwelling runs and steal 50 bases.

40/40 membership

Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves, 2023 (41 HR, 73 SB)

Alfonso Soriano, Washington Nationals, 2006 (46 HR, 41 SB)

Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, 1998 (42 HR, 46 SB)

Jose Canseco, Oakland Athletics, 1998 (42 HR, 40 SB)

Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants, 1996 (42 HR, 40 SB)


We’re monitoring Ohtani’s quest to change into the primary participant with 50 dwelling runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season.


Dwelling run No. 43 and stolen base No. 43

After stealing his forty third base within the second inning, Ohtani launched homer No. 43 within the eighth to offer the Dodgers a 10-5 lead.

A pitch within the dust from Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen led to a simple stolen base for Ohtani. It was his forty third of the season, second most in Main League Baseball behind Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz.


Dwelling run No. 42 and stolen bases Nos. 41 and 42

On the bobblehead night time devoted to him and his canine, Decoy, Ohtani met the second, smashing a house run off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes within the first inning. The 391-foot homer got here on the fifth pitch of the sport. It marked Ohtani’s fourth leadoff dwelling run this season and first at Dodger Stadium, based on ESPN Stats & Info.

He additionally stole two bases, giving him 10 video games this season with a house run and a stolen base. No different participant this season has greater than six.


Dwelling run No. 41

With the depend at 2-1, Ohtani crushed a 92 mph pitch from Taj Bradley to proper area to carry Miguel Rojas dwelling and provides the Dodgers a 6-5 lead over Tampa Bay.


Dwelling run No. 40

With the sport on the road, there’s arguably nobody higher to have at bat than Ohtani. With the bases loaded and two strikes in opposition to the 30-year-old within the backside of the ninth, Ohtani hit a walk-off grand slam to beat the Rays 7-3.



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