Among the roughly 23,000 men who played played Major League Baseball over the past century-and-a-half, none had a season with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases — until now.

Ohtani created the 50-50 club, went 6 for 6 and clinched a playoff berth for the first time all in one afternoon

Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to reach 50 home runs and 50 steals in the same season as his Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a playoff berth with a 20-4 beatdown of the host Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon.

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Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs and stole two bases Thursday against the Miami Marlins to become the first member of baseball's 50-50 club.

Here is Ohtani's historic day. It is the first three-homer, two-steal game in baseball history: Needless to say, the Dodgers and Ohtani (and the Hall of Fame?) would like to get t

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

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani became the first player to hit 50 or more homers and steal 50 or more bases during a single season in Major League Baseball history on Thursday.

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Los Angeles Dodgers' slugger Shohei Ohtani became the first MLB player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season, following a stunning display of strength and speed in Miami on Thursday.