Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani made baseball history last night. But, not only did he make baseball history once, but he did it two different times in the same game. Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to join the 50/50 club, which means he hit 50 home runs and had 50 stolen bases in the same city. But he also had another achievement by arguably having the best game in MLB history.
Since RBI became official in 1920, only one MLB player has had, over the course of his entire career (same game or not),
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a game with 10+ RBI
a game with 6+ hits
a game with 5+ XBH
a game with 3+ HR
a game with 2+ SB
That one player is Shohei Ohtani. He did all of it today. pic.twitter.com/njXOmwHKnm
Shohei Ohtani
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One-of-a-kind achievement
One-of-a kind moment
One-of-a-kind player pic.twitter.com/xaMJ1Jivm2
I mean, just how good is Ohtani? We are arguably watching the greatest player in the history of the game. We've never seen anything quite like Ohtani. And to make matters worse for opponents, he will be back pitching next season as well.