Shohei Ohtani is the only member of MLB's 50-50 club. That is, 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season, which he did in 2024.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar has now invented a different 50-50 club.
On Tuesday night, Ohtani launched his 50th home run of the season.
He also has surpassed 50 strikeouts as a pitcher this season.
He's the only player ever to homer 50 times and strike out 50 opposing hitters in the same season, which is of course not hard at all to believe.
So that's two different 50-50 clubs, for those keeping score at home.
Only one player in MLB history besides Ohtani has ever had a season in which he hit 50 homers and struck out even a single opposing hitter, according to MLB Network's Sarah Langs.
That was the immortal Babe Ruth in 1921, when he struck out three players as a pitcher.
Ohtani has often been compared to Ruth, but really, Ohtani is more special than even the Babe.
That's because, as that stat from Langs shows, Ruth mostly pitched, and then he almost exclusively hit.
Ohtani does both, often, and even on the same night.
He's a two-way player every day that it's possible for him to be one, even now in the prime of his career.
By Ruth's prime, he had given up pitching, even though he'd been exceptional at it.
So, as usual, Ohtani has done another thing no one has done before. He keeps forming his own clubs.
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