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Ohtani Becomes First-Ever 50-50 Club Member – Topps Ripped

Ohtani Becomes First-Ever 50-50 Club Member

Topps NOW® Commemorates Rare Feat

Date: Sep 19, 2024
Author: Greg Bates, Senior Writer
Topics: Greg Bates, Jose Canseco, Los Angeles Dodgers, News, Shohei Ohtani
Length: 336 Words
Reading Time: ~2 Minutes

Grab a piece of history with TOPPS NOW Shohei Ohtani 50/50 card.

Shohei Ohtani is in a league of his own.

The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar registered a career day at the plate on Thursday, all the while setting a record that most baseball purists never thought could happen.

Ohtani hit his 49th, 50th, and 51st home runs and stole his 50th and 51st base of the season to become the first-ever member of the 50-50 club.

To commemorate this rare feat, Topps NOW® has released special cards that are on sale now at topps.com. Along with base cards of Ohtani, there are ultra-rare redemptions for on-card autographs numbered to /5 or 1/1 inscribed “50/50 Club 9/19/24,” Steal/Homerun Image Variation Short Prints, and Curtain Call Image Variation Super Short Prints. There are also base card parallels randomly inserted from /99 black, /49 blue, /25 purple, /10 red, /5 orange, and /1 gold.

Ohtani went a historic 6-for-6 with the three homers, 10 RBIs, 17 total bases, four runs scored, and two stolen bases in the Dodgers’ 20-4 romp of the Miami Marlins.

Oakland A’s slugger Jose Canseco set the bar and did the unthinkable, creating the 40-40 club in 1988. No one ever thought any player could establish a 50-50 club. But Ohtani — a two-way phenomenon at the plate and on the mound — has shown he isn’t just any player.

In his first season with the Dodgers after six years with the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani is well on his way to winning his third career MVP award. This is by far Ohtani’s best season in the big leagues. He’s racked up career highs in home runs (51), RBIs (120), doubles (34), hits (176), runs scored (123), and WAR (7.3).

With nine regular-season games left on the Dodgers’ schedule, Ohtani can continue to pad his stats before heading into his first postseason appearance.

Grab a piece of history with TOPPS NOW Shohei Ohtani 50/50 card.


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