Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is currently putting the finishing touches on a historic season, and even after creating the 50/50 club with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases, he is still finding ways to impress with just days left until the playoffs start.
After another big performance in Thursday night’s win over the San Diego Padres, Ohtani became the first player in over 20 years to accomplish another impressive feat.
With last night’s 3-for-5 showing, Ohtani became the first player since 2001 to amass over 400 total bases in a season, becoming just the 19th player ever to do so.
Shohei Ohtani is the FIRST PLAYER since 2001 to reach 400 total bases🤯
Ohtani’s historic season continues 👏 @BRWalkoff pic.twitter.com/PFEyjYJ2pD
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 27, 2024
It’s only the 30th time this has happened since 1900, and Ohtani is the first to do it since Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Todd Helton, and Luis Gonzalez all accomplished the feat in 2001.
Those were different times, but it’s somewhat surprising nobody has accomplished this since then.
Ohtani’s 97 extra-base hits are the main reason why he has been able to get to 400 total bases, and if he can squeeze out three more, he’d become the first to 100 extra-base hits since those same four legends all did the same in 2001.
This man is simply piling up accolades at this point, but aside from the 400 bases and the potential 100 extra-base hits, there is one more big fish out there he still quietly has a chance to catch.
Ohtani’s .305 batting average is just seven points behind Luis Arraez for the NL batting title, and if he were to leapfrog him, he’d become the first NL triple crown winner since Joe Medwick did it for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1937.
