It was faster than expected. It took eight days. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers achieved the first 50 homers and 50 steals in the history of Major League Baseball, even earlier than accurate predictions by statistics experts.
Ohtani set a ridiculous record of six hits, three homers, two steals, and 10 RBIs in a game against the Miami Marlins of the “2024 Major League” held at Rondipo Park in Miami, Florida on the 20th (Korea time). He entered the batter’s box six times and recorded hits in all at-bats, and added two stolen bases and three home runs, finally opening the door to the 50-homer and 50-homer club, which was an unanswered area. 먹튀검증
Ohtani had 48 homers and 49 steals before the game on Tuesday. After a double in the first inning, Ohtani successfully stole the third base to complete the task of 50 steals, and hit 49 homers in the sixth inning and added another two-run homer in the seventh inning to complete the game 50-50 instantly. Ohtani stole the second base in the second inning and added a two-run homer in the ninth inning to finish the game with 51 homers and 51 steals. The Dodgers crushed the Miami Marlins 20-4.
It is a great achievement in 150 games since the season’s opening. As the Dodgers has nine more games to play, there is a possibility that it could move forward from 51-51.
Ohtani’s 50-50 seemed like a sufficiently possible milestone given the trend. However, 150 games are much earlier than expected.
Ben Clemens of Fangraph, a major league statistics website, predicted a 50-50 D-Day when Ohtani had 44 home runs and 46 steals. “Can Ohtani achieve 50-50 D-Day? I don’t know exactly, but there is a way to predict it,” he said, predicting Ohtani’s 50-50 D-Day based on existing statistics.
“We looked into the ratio of homeruns to left-handed hitters and opposing pitching staff,” Clemens said. “We adjusted the ratio of homeruns per batter to Ohtani considering the strength of the park factor and the opposing team. The Dodgers also considered the fact that Ohtani could have rest for at least one game during the rest of the season, so we simulated the game with this in mind,” he said. “Based on Ohtani’s success rate in stealing, we forecast the rest of the games. We took that into account because if we hit a homer, we would not be able to steal a base.”
The “D-Day,” which is the most statistically likely outcome, is an away game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. “If you can watch just one game, you have to go to the first game of this year’s final series in Colorado. If you can watch just one series, you have to go to those three consecutive games. There is a possibility that you can achieve it earlier than that, but you have to take into account that if you hit a homer, you will not be able to steal a base, and if you hit a homer, you will not be able to hit a homer.”
In reality, however, the milestone was made on Tuesday, much earlier than that. This confirms once again why Ohtani is praised for being “not a human.”