Among the roughly 23,000 men who played played Major League Baseball over the past century-and-a-half, none had a season with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases — until now.

This season, Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, 30, has come the closest ever to the 50/50 mark and is projected by the MLB Network to reach it before the season ends. He's halfway there: Ohtani reached the 51-steal mark today, stealing two vs. the Miami Marlins.

But they spoke with admiration about the way Ohtani reached the 50-50 club — with a single-game performance for the ages. “That has to be the greatest baseball game of all time,” Gavin Lux said. “It has to be.

Shohei Ohtani does not let career-altering setbacks deter his production. He simply reallocates his immense talent and continues making history. With his two-way greatness shelved for the 2024 season due to a second elbow reconstruction surgery,

Unable to pitch this year, Shohei Ohtani set out to become an even more dynamic offensive force. On Thursday, he punctuated his 50/50 campaign with one of the greatest performances ever.

Here is Ohtani's historic day. It is the first three-homer, two-steal game in baseball history: Needless to say, the Dodgers and Ohtani (and the Hall of Fame?) would like to get t

Shohei Ohtani is the first player in MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season. Here are other players who came close to 50-50.