Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is facing an unprecedented pace of 50 homers and 50 steals. Even U.S. statistical companies did not hesitate to issue the title of “Greatest of All Time” while analyzing Ohtani’s recent pace.
On the 13th (Korea Standard Time), U.S. statistical media Kodify surveyed players who achieved 15 home runs and 15 steals or more in the last 74 games this season.
As a result, Ohtani overwhelmed candidates for the second place with 30 homers and 33 steals. After Ohtani, Francisco Lindor (New York Mets) hit the most homers in the recent 74 games. After Ohtani, Jose Ramirez (Claver Guardians) stole the most bases.
However, Lindor had 16 steals and Ramirez had 16 homers, almost twice the difference from Ohtani. Jalen Duran (Boston Red Sox) with 16 homers and 17 steals and Corbin Carroll (Arizona Diamondbacks) with 17 homers and 15 steals also showed amazing pace, but he was like a firefly in front of the sun compared to Ohtani.
To this remarkable record, Kodify added a goat-shaped emoji next to Ohtani’s record, which is used to express G.O.A.T. in the United States.
Ohtani started as the first and designated hitter at the home game of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, and recorded two hits (one home run), three RBIs, one walk and one run from four times at bat. The game was won 10-8 by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ohtani stepped up as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the first inning when the Los Angeles Dodgers were losing 0-2, and hit a slider at the fourth pitch by Cubs starting pitcher Jordan Works to hit the homer over the right-center field. It was Ohtani’s 47th homer of this season and 218th homerun in his career. The number is the same as Choo Shin-soo (42, SSG Landers)’s total homerun in Asia Major Leaguers. The homerun showed that he still has strength even at the end of the season with 405 feet (about 123.4 meters), 118.1 miles per hour (about 190 kilometers) and 19 degrees of launch angle.
In the bottom of the second inning, Ohtani got on base with a walk and successfully stole a base. It was Ohtani’s 48th stolen base in this season. According to MLB.com , Ohtani became the 12th player to hit a home run and steal a base in a single game. If he is tied with Bobby Bonds (1972) and Ronald Acuña Jr. (2023) at the same time since 1900, he will tie Ricky Henderson’s record of 13 games in 1986, the highest in the Major League. 메이저사이트
Ohtani, who added a hit afterwards, hit .292 in 143 games, 47 homers, 104 RBIs, 116 runs and 48 steals, and an on-base percentage of 0.375 slugging percentage of 0.617 OPS of 0.992.
With 17 games left for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ohtani is recording an unprecedented pace of 52 home runs to 53 steals, making his 50 home runs (50-50) look ridiculous. If he succeeds 50-50, he will surpass Shaun Green’s 49 home runs, the most in a single season for the LA Dodgers.
Until now, no player in the Major League had hit more than 30 steals by hitting 50 home runs. The closest person to him was Larry Walker of the Colorado Rockies, who hit 49 home runs and 33 steals in 1997, and won the National League MVP award in the same year.
Historically, 50 homers have been hit in a single major league season in the 49th inning, and 130 times for 70 steals. Barry Bonds and Brady Anderson are the only two players who have recorded 50 homers and 50 steals in their careers.