Will Shohei Ohtani, who is having a tremendous season to achieve an “achievement” that no one in the major leagues or around the world, be able to pull down the “legendaries” and rise to what rank. 먹튀검증
Ohtani started the home showdown with the San Diego Padres in the 2024 Major League Baseball at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 25th (Korea time) and scored one hit, one walk, and one point in three at-bats.
On the day, Ohtani made history in 94 years at his first at-bat. After facing San Diego Padres starting pitcher Michael King at his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, Ohtani threw his bat without hesitation to hit a 93.7 mile fastball on the first pitch. The ball extended at a whopping 110.4 miles (177.7 kilometers) and secured a double through the ground rule double. This has led to history.
Ohtani, who had 94 long balls before the game on Saturday, secured his 95th long ball by exploding a double at his first at-bat, surpassing Babe Herman in 1930 and setting a new record for the most long balls by a Dodgers team. It was the first time in 94 years that a new history had been created. Ohtani also secured a run on San Diego’s error that occurred due to Mookie Betts’ ground ball.
The good trend continued. At his second at-bat with runners on first and second bases with two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Ohtani got a walk against King to complete a multi-base hit. However, he sent a hit to left field at his third at-bat without runners with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, but was blocked by stellar defense by Jurickson Profar, and ended the game with one hit and one walk from three times at bat in the bottom of the seventh inning when he struck out at his fourth at-bat without runners with two outs.
The opportunity to enter the batter’s box in the bottom of the ninth inning seemed to come, but he failed to enter the batter’s box further as the game was concluded with “triple murder.” Therefore, Ohtani, who currently has 53 home runs and 55 steals, failed to reach the record of 55-55 and 56 steals held by Ichiro Suzuki, leaving only five games to play.
Among them, an interesting record was introduced. The Stat Center, run by Canada’s TSN, had a time to review the all-time ranking of the major leagues by adding the number of hitters and stolen bases. Ohtani had 185 hits at the end of the game on Saturday. He has 35 doubles, seven triples and 53 homers, recording 393 hits. If 55 stolen bases are added to this, he stands at 448. This marks the seventh time in the Major League history.
Among the players currently ranked above Ohtani are Babe Ruth 474 (457 hits + 17 steals) in 1921, Rodgers Hornsby 467 (450 hits + 17 steals) in 1922, Babe Ruth (457), No. 3 in 1927, No. 4 in 2023, Ronald Acuna Jr. (currently the Atlanta Braves, 456), No. 5 in 1911, Ty Cobb (450), and No. 6 in 1930, Chuck Klain (449). With five games to go, it is highly likely that the players will surpass Chuck Klain and Tacob in the current trend.
Ohtani, who is striding toward the 55-55 record, can even set a new record for Babe Ruth, ranking third, if he steps up to the 55th by adding two homers in the remaining five games. How far will Ohtani go when the regular season ends? Despite countless history-making, Ohtani is looking to break another record.
