Ohtani's amazing 25 game dash from 40/40 to 50/50

Through Aug. 21, Ohtani had 39 HRs & 39 SBs. In his next 25 games he hit 12 HRs and stole 12 bases (those levels are very rare for a 25 game span as I explain later).

It started in spectacular fashion with the game on Aug. 23. He stole his 40th base in the 2nd inning of a game against the Rays in LA. His 40th HR was a walk-off grand slam in that game.

It ended, incredibly, in even more spectacular fashion on Sept. 19 in Miami. He came into the game with 48 HRs & 49 SBs. He hit 3 HRs and stole 2 bases. He was then at 51 HRs & 51 SBs. He also had 10 RBIs, the most ever for a leadoff man. Throwing in two doubles and a single, he ended up with 17 TBs.

The table below shows his stats for the 25 games from Aug. 23-Sept. 19:

PA	116
AB	104
R	27
H	32
2B	5
3B	1
HR	12
RBI	32
BB	8
HBP	2
SB	12
CS	0
BA	0.308
OBP	0.365
SLG	0.721
OPS	1.086
TB	75

Note that Ohtani was not thrown out trying to steal even once in this 25 game span.

How rare is having 12+ HRs & 12+ SBs in a 25 game span? Only 3 players have ever done it. They were:

Shohei Ohtani

Fernando Tatis

Eric Davis

 

Ohtani and Davis have several overlapping spans. Davis had one span that included 14 HRs & 12 SBs. Then another that had 12 HRs & 14 SBs.

 

Ohtani had a 25 game span, from Aug. 27 to Sept. 22 with 12 HRs & 15 SBs.

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Only 16 players have done 10+ HR & 10+ SBs in a 25 game span. Click here to see that list.