MIAMI (AP) — 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, going deep three times and swiping two bags on Thursday against the Miami Marlins.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player in major league history to achieve 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season.

For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a player has hit 50 home runs and stolen 50 bases in the same season. On [XXX DAY] night, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani slugged his 50th home run of the 2024,

The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani became the first player in baseball history to reach the 50/50 club on Thursday by stealing two bases and hitting two home runs in a 5-for-5 performance against the Marlins.

In a season in which he's not pitching, the Dodgers star has delivered one of the greatest performances in MLB history.

Ohtani hit his 50th homer in the seventh inning, an opposite-field, two-run shot to left against Marlins reliever Mike Baumann. One inning earlier, he hit his 49th

Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after hitting an RBI double during the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park

MLB players have stolen at least 50 bases in a season almost 500 times. They’ve hit 50 home runs or more 49 times. But no player has put both together in a single season. Are we on the precipice of a new milestone: the 50/50 club?