The Japanese superstar is on the chase to become the first player in Major League Baseball history to record 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in one season.
Shohei Ohtani is eyeing a piece of baseball history.
Again.
This time, the two-time American League MVP from Japan is trying to become the first-ever player in Major League Baseball to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season, as if he hasn’t broken enough records in his seven-year big-league career.
Despite still recovering from a UCL tear in his right elbow, the history-making machine has already added another chapter to his lore in his first year with the Los Angeles Dodgers, joining the select 40-40 club on 23 August in style with a two-out, walk-off grand slam.
Ohtani is only the sixth player to have achieved the feat, and he did it faster than any of them – in just his 126th game, by a whopping 21 games over Alfonso Soriano in 2006.
A week later, the 30-year-old homered for No. 43 and swiped his 43rd base in the same game to become the only player to record a 43-43 campaign.
Can Ohtani go where no man has gone before? Follow the historic chase on Olympics.com.
