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Others who had 50 steals or 50 homers admire Ohtani's feat

Before Shohei Ohtani created the 50-50 club on Thursday, just two players in MLB history had hit 50 homers and stolen 50 bases in a season, but not in the same one.

The miracle of Shohei Ohtani is his extraordinary skill level at everything a baseball player does. Seven MLB seasons into a career like no other, he continues to show us a little of everything. "What he’s doing, he’s a freak of nature,” said Andruw Jones, who finished his career a decade ago in Japan.

On Thursday, Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter, slugged three home runs and stole two bases in a 20-4 rout of the Miami Marlins, to bring his season totals to 51 home runs and 51 stolen bases and become the founding member of baseball’s 50-50 club . He was 6 for 6 with 10 RBIs..