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Shohei Ohtani, in addition to joining the 50-50 club, broke a number of Dodgers records with his three-homer, 10-RBI game against the Marlins.

Shohei Ohtani’s historic first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers keeps hitting new heights. He became the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, surpassing both milestones in Thursday night’s 20-4 victory over the Miami Marlins.

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MLB players have stolen at least 50 bases in a season almost 500 times. They’ve hit 50 home runs or more 49 times. But no player has put both together in a single season. Are we on the precipice of a new milestone: the 50/50 club?

Shohei Ohtani did an amazing feat getting 50-50, but did it happen during the greatest game by one batter in history?

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.