Making history always seems far away… until someone gets close to it.
On August 23, against Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team star Shohei Ohtani stole his 40th base of the season, before hitting his 40th home run of the year in the bottom of the ninth inning, a grand slam that gave LA the win and put Ohtani in the MLB record books.
With that feat, he became the sixth player in league history to hit at least 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season — In short, he joined the 40/40 club..
But it looks like Ohtani has a lot more to remember.
Could he be the first member of the 50/50 club?
Ohtani has played in 134 games this year and currently has 44 home runs and 43 stolen bases, meaning he has 28 games to hit six more home runs and steal seven more bases.
Here’s a look at the odds on Ohtani becoming the league’s first 50/50 player at FanDuel Sportsbook as of September 2:
Ohtani will hit 50+ home runs and record 50+ stolen bases in the 2024 regular season:
Yes: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)
No: -102 (bet $10 to win $19.80 total)
The odds of Ohtani pulling off this unprecedented feat have dropped over the past week. On August 26, he was at Yes +175 and No -270.
The six members of the 40/40 club are Jose Canseco (EQUAL1988), Barry Bonds (Giant1996), Alex Rodriguez (Sailor1998), Alfonso Soriano (Nation2006), Ronald Acuna son (The Brave Ones2023) and Ohtani.
However, Ohtani achieved this feat in 21 fewer games than any other club member.
Ohtani also has a chance to become the first player in league history to hit 45 home runs and 45 stolen bases. Rodriguez has 46 stolen bases to go along with 42 home runs, Soriano has 46 home runs to go along with 41 stolen bases, and Acuna has 73 stolen bases to go along with 41 home runs, but no one has reached 45/45.
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