Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is like the rest of the MLB world in trying to find superlatives to discuss Shohei Ohtani's historic 2024

Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz is the charter member of a new power/speed club. One day after joining Vince Coleman and Rickey Henderson as the only players to steal 100 bases in their first two seasons,

Where does Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's season with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases season rank among the all-time greats in MLB history?

On August 23, Ohtani became the sixth member of MLB's 40-40 club. He joined Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Alfonso Soriano (2006), and Ronald Acuna Jr. (2023) in that exclusive group. Then he took things further. Now he stands alone in baseball history.

Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to exceed 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season during the most spectacular game of a history-making career for the Los Angeles Dodgers star,

Shohei Ohtani keeps showing a flair for the dramatic during his historic first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season.

Tom Brady congratulated Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani after he accomplished the first-ever 50-homer, 50-stolen base season in MLB

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