There isn’t any extra unimaginable baseball participant than Shohei Ohtani. We knew this already, and but, on Thursday, he reminded us of it as soon as once more.
Coming into the day, Ohtani was two homers and one stolen base shy of turning into the primary participant in MLB historical past with a 50-50 season. He’s a fantastic participant, however any logical baseball fan would have checked out that line and figured he would set up his new membership by maybe the tip of the weekend.
He didn’t simply attain 50-50, he did it in breathtaking trend. Let’s dig in.
– We’ll begin with the fundamental details to get you located. Ohtani went 6-for-6 on the day, with two doubles and three residence runs. He had 10 RBIs, two stolen bases and 17 whole bases.
– It was the primary three-homer recreation in MLB historical past the place the participant additionally had a number of stolen bases. However wait, there’s extra. Ohtani was additionally the primary participant since at the very least 1901 with at the very least 5 hits, a number of homers and a number of stolen bases — that one was true even earlier than he hit his third residence run.
– Ohtani inaugurated extra combos, too. He’s the primary participant with at the very least 5 extra-base hits and a number of stolen bases in a recreation since at the very least 1901. And once more, he didn’t simply have any of those groundbreaking traces, he did it to succeed in 50-50 and the postseason.
– Talking of combos, take into account this, per STATS: Just one MLB participant has had any video games in a profession with, individually, at the very least 10 RBIs, six hits, 5 extra-base hits, three residence runs and two stolen bases — meaning placing up any of these discrete stats in a recreation, not essentially all of sudden. Ohtani is the one participant to do that since RBIs turned an official stat in 1920, and he checked off each field.
– As famous above, Ohtani knocked in 10 runs. It’s the sixteenth 10-RBI recreation since RBIs turned official, and the primary by the hands of a Dodger, in addition to the primary from the leadoff spot. The earlier 15 gamers to take action mixed for zero stolen bases in these video games. Ohtani had two.
– He ended the day with 17 whole bases, tied for fourth most in a recreation since 1901. It’s the seventh time a batter had at the very least 17. Earlier than Ohtani, probably the most whole bases by a participant in a recreation who additionally had a number of stolen bases was 11, by Kirk Gibson on Might 28, 1995, and Braggo Roth on June 4, 1919.
– We’ve talked about how this efficiency got here with the Dodgers on the precipice of a playoff berth. That state of affairs was of particular curiosity to Ohtani, who entered the day having performed 865 MLB video games, probably the most amongst all gamers on an lively roster or injured listing to have by no means performed within the postseason. That simply makes his output on at the present time, of all days, much more unimaginable. That is why baseball is the most effective.
– Within the course of, Ohtani turned the Dodgers’ all-time single-season residence run chief. His first homer tied Shawn Inexperienced at 49 (2001), and his subsequent one gave him sole possession after which some.
– It was Ohtani’s fourth recreation this season with at the very least a house run and a number of stolen bases, tying Eric Davis in 1987 for the second most in a season since 1900, behind solely Rickey Henderson’s 5 in 1986. It was additionally his thirteenth recreation with at the very least one in all every, tying Henderson for probably the most in a season.
– Earlier than Thursday, no MLB participant had even had a number of residence runs and a number of stolen bases in a recreation since Mookie Betts on Aug. 23, 2020. He and Ohtani are the one Dodgers to do that since at the very least 1901.
– We all know Ohtani is the primary member of the 50-50 membership, however he was already in a league of his personal as soon as he reached 43-43. So right here’s one other solution to put 50-50 in perspective: His 51 residence runs are probably the most in a 50-steal season in MLB historical past. The prior mark was 41, by Ronald Acuña Jr. final season. Equally, his 51 stolen bases are probably the most in a 50-homer season. The prior report was 24, executed by Willie Mays in 1955 and tied by Alex Rodriguez in 2007.