Shohei Ohtani has officially inserted himself into the baseball history books and will rewrite them with each home run and stolen base from here on out.
With Ohtani’s eighth-inning home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, he became the first Major League Baseball player with 43 home runs and 43 stolen bases in the same season. He hit home run No. 44 to lead off Saturday night’s game.
His month of August was also one-of-a-kind.
According to a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) by OptaSTATS, Ohtani hit 12 home runs and also stole 15 bases without being caught.