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.

The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani became the first player in baseball history to reach the 50/50 club on Thursday by stealing two bases and hitting three home runs in a 6-for-6 performance against the Marlins.

MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to exceed 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season during the most spectacular game of a history-making career for the Los Angeles Dodgers star, going deep three times and swiping two bags on Thursday against the Miami Marlins.

Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers star going deep twice to

Shohei Ohtani does not let career-altering setbacks deter his production. He simply reallocates his immense talent and continues making history. With his two-way greatness shelved for the 2024 season due to a second elbow reconstruction surgery,

As usual, Shohei Ohtani couldn’t keep his greatness simple. There is nothing standard about his high standards, nothing typical about the way he infiltrates every facet of a complicated game. So of course he made history in the most sublime manner possible.

Shohei Ohtani joins the 50-50 club after hitting three homers and stealing two bases in Dodgers' laugher over Marlins.

Shohei Ohtani is the first player in MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season. Here are other players who came close to 50-50.

The Dodgers slugger became the first player in MLB history to reach the 50/50 club after a mind-blowing display in which he went 6-for-6 with three home runs, 10 RBIs and two steals

But they spoke with admiration about the way Ohtani reached the 50-50 club — with a single-game performance for the ages. “That has to be the greatest baseball game of all time,” Gavin Lux said. “It has to be.