Superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Major League Baseball (MLB) is on par with Ichiro Suzuki, 51, the legendary Japanese baseball player. Ohtani is approaching another phenomenal record. It is the No. 1 in the success rate of stolen bases in the Major Leaguers’ history.
Ohtani started as the first designated hitter in the home game of the San Diego Padres and 2024 U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 26th (Korea time), and played an active role with two hits, two RBIs, one walk, two runs and one stolen base in three at-bats.
Ohtani’s finishing hit in the sixth inning gave the Dodgers a 4-3 victory. The Dodgers marked 94 wins and 64 losses, reducing its magic number for the National League West to three. Now, the Dodgers have four more games to play. As it has a gap of up to three games with San Diego, the second-ranked team in the district, the team is highly likely to win the title.
Ohtani got on base with a walk off San Diego Padres starter Dylan Sheese in the first inning. He had a chance to steal a base with one out and a wild pitch from Sheese, but he settled on second base. Ohtani then homered when Teoscar Hernandez hit a timely hit to center field, giving his team the first run.
Xander Bogaerts hit a timely hit to left in the top of the second inning with runners on the second and third bases with no outs. The game was tied at 1-1. Jake Cronenworth’s grounder to the second base was followed by third baseman Jackson Merrill, who scored to turn the game around 2-1.
Ohtani struck out as a rookie in the third inning. After a full count match, Ohtani was frozen without hitting a bat on Sizu’s 98.9-mile (about 159-kilometer) four-seam fastball in the sixth pitch.
Gavin Lux hit a timely hit to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning with two outs and runners on the second base. The result was 2 to 2. Then Ohtani entered the batter’s box for the third time with two outs and runners on the first and second bases made by Miguel Rojas’ walk. Ohtani hit the slider (about 144 kilometers) at the first pitch and hit a timely double to hit the right fence. Successful 3 to 2. According to MLB.com Game Day, the official Major League website, the batting speed reached 116.8 miles (188 kilometers). According to the U.S. baseball statistics media Baseball Servant, home runs were made in 14 of the 30 stadiums in the Major League.
This was not the end of the game. With two outs and no runners on base in the top of the fifth inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. drew a solo arch to tie the game to the left. The game was 3-3 from the ground up. Ohtani stepped back into the batter’s box at the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. The opposing pitcher was Adrian Morehon. Ohtani hit the sinker at the fifth pitch with the ball count 2-2, and hit a timely hit to center field to escape between the second and shortstop. It was the final hit of the game.
When Mookie Betts followed, Ohtani stole second base by stealing Morehon’s pitching timing perfectly. It was Ohtani’s 56th stolen base of this season. With this stolen base, Ohtani set a tie for the most stolen bases (56 stolen bases) in Asian major leaguers ever set by Ichiro in the 2001 season. If Ohtani adds at least one stolen base in the remaining four games of the Dodgers, he will be the hero of the most stolen bases among Asian players. 토토사이트
Ohtani has a great record of stealing. It is the steal success rate. Ohtani attempted to steal 60 times this season, succeeded 56 times, and failed four times. Ohtani’s steal success rate is 93.3 percent. According to the Canadian sports media TSN, Ohtani has become the No. 1 stealer among Major League players who have attempted to steal more than 55 times. Ohtani’s record is 92.9 percent, which was set by Jacoby Ellsbury (41), a retired player when he played for the Boston Red Sox in 2013. At that time, Ellsbury attempted to steal 56 times and failed only four times. However, Ohtani has surpassed Ellsbury’s record.
Of course, Ohtani’s steal success rate may vary again depending on the results of the remaining games. Ohtani has already achieved a great feat of 50 homers and 50 steals against the Miami Marlins on the 20th, but his passion for the record has not stopped. Meanwhile, Ohtani has played in 155 games this season, batting .303 (187 hits in 617 at-bats), 53 homers and doubles, 7 triples, 125 RBIs, 130 runs, 80 walks, 162 strikeouts and 56 steals (4 failures) with an on-base percentage of 0.386, a slugging percentage of 0.642, and an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 1.028. What will happen to the final results of Ohtani, the “batter,” and Ohtani, the “runner.”
