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In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 40–40 club is the group of batters, currently six, who have collected 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season. Few professional baseball players have possessed both the power and speed to reach this level, and no players have done so more than once. The six players with a 40–40 season are Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani is the only player to achieve a 50–50 season, having done so in 2024.

Early history and pioneers

The first player to approach the mark was Ken Williams in 1922, with 39 home runs and 37 stolen bases, thus making him the first player to reach the 30–30 club. It took another 30 years for another player to come close to 40–40, as Willie Mays did in 1956 with 36 home runs and 40 stolen bases. In 1973, Bobby Bonds achieved 39–43; he hit two more home runs in a rain-out against the Braves on May 23, and a third home run in the 1973 MLB All Star Game, none of which counted as official home runs.

When Jose Canseco predicted he would reach 40–40 in 1988,^[1]^[2] he mistakenly assumed "five or six players must have done it."^[3] After Canseco became the first player to reach 40–40, Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was quoted as saying, "Hell, If I'd known 40–40 was going to be a big deal, I'd have done it every year!"^[4] Mantle's closest total was 31–21 in 1959.^[5]

Members


Season	Player	HR	SB	Games taken to reach 40–40	Player's team	40–40 game
1988	Jose Canseco	42	40	151	Oakland Athletics	September 23, 1988, vs Milwaukee Brewers, pitcher Juan Nieves^[6]
1996	Barry Bonds	42	40	158	San Francisco Giants	September 27, 1996, vs Colorado Rockies, pitcher Armando Reynoso^[7]
1998	Alex Rodriguez	42	46	153	Seattle Mariners	September 19, 1998, vs Anaheim Angels, pitcher Jack McDowell^[8]
2006	Alfonso Soriano	46	41	147	Washington Nationals	September 16, 2006, vs Milwaukee Brewers, pitcher Dave Bush^[9]
2023	Ronald Acuña Jr.	41	73	152	Atlanta Braves	September 22, 2023, vs Washington Nationals, pitcher Patrick Corbin^[10]
2024	Shohei Ohtani	54	59	126	Los Angeles Dodgers	August 23, 2024, vs Tampa Bay Rays, pitcher Colin Poche^[11]

Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alfonso Soriano, and Ronald Acuña Jr. were outfielders in their 40–40 seasons, while Alex Rodriguez played shortstop. Shohei Ohtani served as a designated hitter in his 40–40 season due to an arm injury he suffered in the previous year. Acuña Jr. (41–37 in 2019), Soriano (39–41 in 2002, when playing second base), and Bonds (40–37 in 1997) all came close to having multiple 40–40 seasons.

Canseco, Bonds, and Soriano joined the 40–40 club by stealing their 40th bases, while Rodriguez, Acuña Jr., and Ohtani joined by hitting their 40th home runs. Ohtani is the only player to achieve both in the same game, stealing his 40th base in the fourth inning and then hitting a game-winning, walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth for his 40th home run.^[12]

Canseco, Acuña Jr., and Ohtani all won the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award in the year of their 40–40 seasons. All three's teams also reached the MLB playoffs in their 40–40 years, and Ohtani's Dodgers won the World Series in his 50–50 year.^[13]^[14] Soriano is the only member of the club to have a batting average under .300 in his 40–40 season. Soriano also hit 41 doubles during his 40–40 season, making him the only player to achieve that feat.^[15]

As of 2024, Acuña Jr. and Ohtani are the only active players who have achieved a 40–40 season. All four retired 40–40 club members had at least 400 career home runs and 200 stolen bases in their careers, and Bonds and Rodriguez are also members of the 600 home run club.^[16]

No members of the 40–40 club have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Active players are ineligible for the Hall of Fame, and Soriano fell off the Hall of Fame ballot in his first year of eligibility in 2020. The other retired members of the 40–40 club have been linked to the use of performance-enhancing drugs;^[17] Bonds and Canseco were each implicated in the December 2007 Mitchell Report,^[18]^[19] while Rodriguez admitted in 2009 to using steroids.^[20]^[21]

In non-MLB leagues

After stealing a base in an October 2, 2015 game for the NC Dinos, first baseman Eric Thames became the first player to reach 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season in a Korea Baseball Organization season.^[22] The feat has never been achieved in Nippon Professional Baseball; the closest effort was Koji Akiyama's 1987 season, in which he hit 43 home runs and stole 38 bases.^[23]

50–50 season

Ohtani poised to steal a base and Ohtani at bat in his 50–50 season, 2024.

As of 2024, players have stolen 50 bases or more in an MLB season almost 500 times, while players have hit 50 home runs or more 50 times, but only Shohei Ohtani in 2024 has done both in the same season.^[24] Two other players, Barry Bonds and Brady Anderson, achieved 50 home runs in one season and 50 stolen bases in another season during their careers.^[25]

Before Ohtani's 50–50 season, the highest number of home runs in a 50-stolen base season was 41 by Ronald Acuña Jr. in 2023, and the highest number of stolen bases in a 50-home run season was 24, a mark shared by Willie Mays in 1955 and Alex Rodriguez in 2007.^[24]^[26]

In the September 19, 2024, game in which Ohtani reached the 50–50 plateau, he also became the first Dodger to achieve 10 or more runs batted in (RBIs) in a single game, a mark only achieved by 16 other batters.^[25] In the game, Ohtani went 6-for-6 with three home runs and two doubles, and also stole two bases.^[25] He finished the 2024 season with 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases.


Season	Player	HR	SB	Games taken to reach 50–50	Player's team	50–50 game
2024	Shohei Ohtani	54	59	150	Los Angeles Dodgers	September 19, 2024, vs Miami Marlins, pitcher Mike Baumann^[27]

References

General

"40–40 Club". Baseball-Almanac.com. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
"The 40–40 Club – Rare Feats". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved July 4, 2012.

Specific

^ Eskenazi, Gerald (October 5, 1988). "Canseco Facing High Expectations". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
^ Thomas Boswell (August 19, 1988). "Jose Canseco's 40–40 Vision Starting to Come Into Focus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
^ Roberts, Russell (1999). Stolen!: A History of Base Stealing. McFarland. p. 175. ISBN 9780786406500. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
^ Shaughnessy, Dan (June 16, 2009). "These Lakers fans are living in la-la land". The Boston Globe.
^ "Mickey Mantle Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
^ "Oakland Athletics vs Milwaukee Brewers Box Score: September 23, 1988". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Box Score: September 27, 1996". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Seattle Mariners vs Anaheim Angels Box Score: September 19, 1998". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Milwaukee Brewers vs Washington Nationals Box Score: September 16, 2006". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals Box Score: September 22, 2023". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score: August 23, 2024". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Taking a deep dive into Ohtani's historic 40–40 feat". MLB.com.
^ "Most Valuable Player MVP Awards & Cy Young Awards Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
^ "2024 Major League Baseball Team Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
^ "Soriano first ever to reach 40–40–40 mark". Associated Press. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
^ "Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
^ Posnanski, Joe (February 16, 2009). "The End Of An Era?". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
^ Bloom, Barry M. (December 13, 2007). "Mitchell Report proposes solutions". MLB.com. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "Baseball's Mitchell Report Players". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
^ Gammons, Peter (February 9, 2009). "A-Rod admits, regrets use of PEDs". ESPN. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
^ Schmidt, Michael S. (February 9, 2009). "Rodriguez Admits to Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs". New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
^ "Eric Thames becomes first with 40–40 in S. Korean baseball; Park Byung-ho sets RBI mark". Yonhap. October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
^ "日本のプロ野球では前人未到の４０―４０最も惜しかったのは４３本塁打３８盗塁". Sports Hōchi. August 25, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Padilla, Ramon (September 19, 2024). "Shohei Ohtani the first MLB player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases". USA Today. data provided by Sport's Reference's StatHead Baseball
^ ^a ^b ^c Axisa, Mike (September 20, 2024). "Shohei Ohtani records first 50-50 season in MLB history: Dodgers superstar slugs 50 homers, steals 50 bases". CBS Sports.
^ Langs, Sarah (September 21, 2024). "11 stats and facts as amazing as Ohtani's record-setting day at the plate". MLB.com.
^ "Tracking Shohei Ohtani's quest for 50 home runs, 50 stolen bases".

[1] Eskenazi, Gerald (October 5, 1988). "Canseco Facing High Expectations". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2012.

[2] Thomas Boswell (August 19, 1988). "Jose Canseco's 40–40 Vision Starting to Come Into Focus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

[3] Roberts, Russell (1999). Stolen!: A History of Base Stealing. McFarland. p. 175. ISBN 9780786406500. Retrieved August 21, 2012.

[4] Shaughnessy, Dan (June 16, 2009). "These Lakers fans are living in la-la land". The Boston Globe.

[5] "Mickey Mantle Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2012.

[6] "Oakland Athletics vs Milwaukee Brewers Box Score: September 23, 1988". Baseball-Reference.com.

[7] "San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Box Score: September 27, 1996". Baseball-Reference.com.

[8] "Seattle Mariners vs Anaheim Angels Box Score: September 19, 1998". Baseball-Reference.com.

[9] "Milwaukee Brewers vs Washington Nationals Box Score: September 16, 2006". Baseball-Reference.com.

[10] "Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals Box Score: September 22, 2023". Baseball-Reference.com.

[11] "Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score: August 23, 2024". Baseball-Reference.com.

[12] "Taking a deep dive into Ohtani's historic 40–40 feat". MLB.com.

[13] "Most Valuable Player MVP Awards & Cy Young Awards Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.

[14] "2024 Major League Baseball Team Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.

[15] "Soriano first ever to reach 40–40–40 mark". Associated Press. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.

[16] "Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.

[17] Posnanski, Joe (February 16, 2009). "The End Of An Era?". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2012.

[18] Bloom, Barry M. (December 13, 2007). "Mitchell Report proposes solutions". MLB.com. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[19] "Baseball's Mitchell Report Players". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.

[20] Gammons, Peter (February 9, 2009). "A-Rod admits, regrets use of PEDs". ESPN. Retrieved February 9, 2009.

[21] Schmidt, Michael S. (February 9, 2009). "Rodriguez Admits to Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs". New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2009.

[22] "Eric Thames becomes first with 40–40 in S. Korean baseball; Park Byung-ho sets RBI mark". Yonhap. October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

[23] "日本のプロ野球では前人未到の４０―４０最も惜しかったのは４３本塁打３８盗塁". Sports Hōchi. August 25, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[Stathead,_USAToday-24] Padilla, Ramon (September 19, 2024). "Shohei Ohtani the first MLB player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases". USA Today. data provided by Sport's Reference's StatHead Baseball

[CBS_Axisa-25] Axisa, Mike (September 20, 2024). "Shohei Ohtani records first 50-50 season in MLB history: Dodgers superstar slugs 50 homers, steals 50 bases". CBS Sports.

[Sarah_Langs-26] Langs, Sarah (September 21, 2024). "11 stats and facts as amazing as Ohtani's record-setting day at the plate". MLB.com.

[27] "Tracking Shohei Ohtani's quest for 50 home runs, 50 stolen bases".

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-[[File:Alfonso Soriano 40-40.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Alfonso Soriano]], the third most recent player to join the 40–40 club, commemorated the occasion in 2006 by retrieving the bag from second base after his 40th steal.]]
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-In [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), the '''40–40 club''' is the group of [[Batter (baseball)|batters]], currently six, who have collected 40 [[home run]]s and 40 [[stolen base]]s in a single season. Few professional baseball players have possessed both the power and speed to reach this level, and no players have done so more than once. [[Shohei Ohtani]] is the only player to achieve a 50–50 season, having done so in 2024.
+In [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), the '''40–40 club''' is the group of [[Batter (baseball)|batters]], currently six, who have collected 40 [[home run]]s and 40 [[stolen base]]s in a single season. Few professional baseball players have possessed both the power and speed to reach this level, and no players have done so more than once. The six players with a 40–40 season are [[Jose Canseco]], [[Barry Bonds]], [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Alfonso Soriano]], [[Ronald Acuña Jr.]], and [[Shohei Ohtani]]. Ohtani is the only player to achieve a [[40–40 club#50–50 season|50–50 season]], having done so in 2024.
+==Early history and pioneers==
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+{{expand section|small=no|Citations that directly state the average annual HR for players reaching ≥40 annual SB, and the average annual SB for players reaching ≥40 annual HR, that can demonstrate the significance of the 40–40 club. These sources should not be [[WP:SYNTH|synthesized]] using outside databases|date=September 2024}}
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+The first player to approach the mark was [[Ken Williams (baseball)|Ken Williams]] in [[1922 Major League Baseball season|1922]], with 39 home runs and 37 stolen bases, thus making him the first player to reach the [[30–30 club]]. It took another 30 years for another player to come close to 40–40, as [[Willie Mays]] did in [[1956 Major League Baseball season|1956]] with 36 home runs and 40 stolen bases. In [[1973 Major League Baseball season|1973]], [[Bobby Bonds]] achieved 39–43; he hit two more home runs in a [[Rainout (sports)|rain-out]] against the Braves on May 23, and a third home run in the [[1973 MLB All Star Game]], none of which counted as official home runs.
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+When Jose Canseco predicted he would reach 40–40 in 1988,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/05/sports/canseco-facing-high-expectations.html|title=Canseco Facing High Expectations|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Gerald|last=Eskenazi|date=October 5, 1988|access-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Thomas Boswell |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-19-sp-501-story.html |title=Jose Canseco's 40–40 Vision Starting to Come Into Focus |work= Los Angeles Times |date=August 19, 1988 |access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> he mistakenly assumed "five or six players must have done it."<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Russell|title=Stolen!: A History of Base Stealing|page=175|publisher=McFarland|year=1999|isbn=9780786406500|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTQ8U8iP3hEC&q=%22speed%20demons%20of%20the%201980's%22%2040-40&pg=PA175|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> After Canseco became the first player to reach 40–40, [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Mickey Mantle]] was quoted as saying, "Hell, If I'd known 40–40 was going to be a big deal, I'd have done it every year!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/articles/2009/06/16/these_lakers_fans_are_living_in_la_la_land/|work=The Boston Globe | title=These Lakers fans are living in la-la land|first=Dan|last=Shaughnessy|date=June 16, 2009}}</ref> Mantle's closest total was 31–21 in [[1959 Major League Baseball season|1959]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mantlmi01.shtml|title=Mickey Mantle Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref>
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+|42||40||151||[[1988 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]||September 23, 1988, vs [[1988 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]], pitcher [[Juan Nieves]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Oakland Athletics vs Milwaukee Brewers Box Score: September 23, 1988 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198809230.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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+|42||40||158||[[1996 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]]||September 27, 1996, vs [[1996 Colorado Rockies season|Colorado Rockies]], pitcher [[Armando Reynoso]]<ref>{{cite web |title=San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Box Score: September 27, 1996 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL199609270.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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+|42||46||153||[[1998 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]||September 19, 1998, vs [[1998 Anaheim Angels season|Anaheim Angels]], pitcher [[Jack McDowell]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Seattle Mariners vs Anaheim Angels Box Score: September 19, 1998 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199809190.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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+|46||41||147||[[2006 Washington Nationals season|Washington Nationals]]||September 16, 2006, vs [[2006 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]], pitcher [[Dave Bush]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Milwaukee Brewers vs Washington Nationals Box Score: September 16, 2006 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS200609160.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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-|41||73||152||September 22, 2023, [[2023 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]]<sup>†</sup> vs [[2023 Washington Nationals season|Washington Nationals]], pitcher [[Patrick Corbin]]||<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals Box Score: September 22, 2023 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202309220.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
+|41||73||152||[[2023 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]]||September 22, 2023, vs [[2023 Washington Nationals season|Washington Nationals]], pitcher [[Patrick Corbin]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals Box Score: September 22, 2023 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202309220.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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+|54||59||126||[[2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]]||August 23, 2024, vs [[2024 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]], pitcher [[Colin Poche]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score: August 23, 2024 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN202408230.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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-:''Last update: September 21, 2024''
+Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alfonso Soriano, and Ronald Acuña Jr. were [[outfielder]]s in their 40–40 seasons, while Alex Rodriguez played [[shortstop]]. Shohei Ohtani served as a [[designated hitter]] in his 40–40 season due to an arm injury he suffered in the previous year. Acuña Jr. (41–37 in 2019), Soriano (39–41 in 2002, when playing second base), and Bonds (40–37 in 1997) all came close to having multiple 40–40 seasons.
-===Style of play===
-Of the six players, four were right-handed batters and two were left-handed. Two players—[[Barry Bonds]] and [[Alex Rodriguez]]—are also members of the [[600 home run club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref> Rodriguez (shortstop) and Ohtani (designated hitter) are the only non-outfielders to attain 40–40. Soriano played second base exclusively from 2001 through 2005, but moved to left field starting in his 40–40 season in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Soriano's first game in left field goes smoothly|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2395746|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=June 25, 2012|publisher=ESPN (Associated Press)}}</ref> Ohtani has been a pitcher and two-way player for most of his MLB career, but was exclusively a DH in his 50–50 season in 2024 due to an arm injury he suffered in the previous year.
-For the games in which each player joined the 40–40 club, Canseco, Bonds, and Soriano joined via stealing their 40th base, while Rodriguez, Acuña Jr., and Ohtani joined by hitting their 40th home run. Ohtani is the only player to achieve both in the same game, stealing his 40th base in the fourth inning of the game and then hitting a game-winning, walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth for his 40th home run.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taking a deep dive into Ohtani's historic 40–40 feat |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-facts-and-figures-40-homers-40-stolen-bases |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
+Canseco, Bonds, and Soriano joined the 40–40 club by stealing their 40th bases, while Rodriguez, Acuña Jr., and Ohtani joined by hitting their 40th home runs. Ohtani is the only player to achieve both in the same game, stealing his 40th base in the fourth inning and then hitting a game-winning, walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth for his 40th home run.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taking a deep dive into Ohtani's historic 40–40 feat |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-facts-and-figures-40-homers-40-stolen-bases |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
-[[Jose Canseco]] and [[Ronald Acuña Jr.]] both won the [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP Award]] in the same year of their 40–40 seasons. Bonds finished 5th in the league on the MVP ballot, Soriano 6th, and Rodriguez 9th, the seasons in which they accomplished the 40–40. Canseco and Acuña both made the post-season during their 40–40 years, although neither team won the World Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml|title=Most Valuable Player MVP Awards & Cy Young Awards Winners|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref> Soriano also hit 41 doubles during his 40–40 season, the only player ever to achieve that feat.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soriano first ever to reach 40–40–40 mark|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14961469/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102115527/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14961469/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2007|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
+Canseco, Acuña Jr., and Ohtani all won the [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award]] in the year of their 40–40 seasons. All three's teams also reached the [[MLB playoffs]] in their 40–40 years, and Ohtani's Dodgers won the [[World Series]] in his 50–50 year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml|title=Most Valuable Player MVP Awards & Cy Young Awards Winners|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Major League Baseball Team Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2024.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Soriano is the only member of the club to have a [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] under .300 in his 40–40 season. Soriano also hit 41 [[double (baseball)|double]]s during his 40–40 season, making him the only player to achieve that feat.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soriano first ever to reach 40–40–40 mark|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14961469/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102115527/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14961469/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2007|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
+As of 2024, Acuña Jr. and Ohtani are the only active players who have achieved a 40–40 season. All four retired 40–40 club members had at least 400 career home runs and 200 stolen bases in their careers, and Bonds and Rodriguez are also members of the [[600 home run club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref>
-All four non-active 40–40 club members had at least 400 career home runs and 200 stolen bases. Acuña Jr. (41–37 in 2019), Soriano (39–41 in 2002), and Bonds (40–37 in 1997) were all close to having multiple 40–40 seasons. Canseco’s next closest 40–40 season was 1998 (46–29). Rodriguez hit 40 home runs on seven other occasions but never stole more than 24 bases in any of those years.
+No members of the 40–40 club have been elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]. Active players are ineligible for the Hall of Fame, and Soriano fell off the Hall of Fame ballot in his first year of eligibility in 2020. The other retired members of the 40–40 club have been linked to the use of [[performance-enhancing drugs]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Posnanski |first=Joe |title=The End Of An Era? |date=February 16, 2009 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=&title=Alex+Rodriguez%27s+fall+tells+us+all+we+need+to+know+about+-+02.16.09+-+SI+Vault&urlID=409205737&action=cpt&partnerID=289881&fb=Y&url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1151741/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118063531/http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=&title=Alex+Rodriguez%27s+fall+tells+us+all+we+need+to+know+about+-+02.16.09+-+SI+Vault&urlID=409205737&action=cpt&partnerID=289881&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1151741%2Findex.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |access-date=August 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Bonds and Canseco were each implicated in the December 2007 [[Mitchell Report]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Mitchell Report proposes solutions|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20071213&content_id=2324860&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|date=December 13, 2007|access-date=June 25, 2012|first=Barry M.|last=Bloom|work=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/mitchell-report-players.shtml|title=Baseball's Mitchell Report Players|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref> while Rodriguez admitted in 2009 to using [[Anabolic steroid|steroids]].<ref>{{cite news|work=ESPN|title=A-Rod admits, regrets use of PEDs|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847|first=Peter|last=Gammons|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/sports/baseball/10Rodriguez.html|title=Rodriguez Admits to Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs|first=Michael S.|last=Schmidt|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref>
-===Drug use===
-Due to the modernity of the 40–40 club, as well as the links to the use of [[performance-enhancing drugs]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Posnanski |first=Joe |title=The End Of An Era? |date=February 16, 2009 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=&title=Alex+Rodriguez%27s+fall+tells+us+all+we+need+to+know+about+-+02.16.09+-+SI+Vault&urlID=409205737&action=cpt&partnerID=289881&fb=Y&url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1151741/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118063531/http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=&title=Alex+Rodriguez%27s+fall+tells+us+all+we+need+to+know+about+-+02.16.09+-+SI+Vault&urlID=409205737&action=cpt&partnerID=289881&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1151741%2Findex.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |access-date=August 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> by Bonds, Canseco and Rodriguez, no eligible club members [[List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame|have been elected]] to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]. Eligibility requires that a player has been retired five seasons or deceased for at least six months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseballhall.org/hall-famers/rules-election/bbwaa|title=Rules for Election|publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame|access-date=July 4, 2012}}</ref> Acuña Jr and Ohtani are the only active players that have achieved a 40–40 season. Soriano fell off the Hall of Fame ballot in his first year of eligibility in 2020. Bonds made it to 10 years on the ballot but ultimately fell short in 2022, his final year of eligibility.
+==In non-MLB leagues==
-Bonds and Canseco were both implicated in the December 2007 [[Mitchell Report]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Mitchell Report proposes solutions|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20071213&content_id=2324860&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|date=December 13, 2007|access-date=June 25, 2012|first=Barry M.|last=Bloom|work=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/mitchell-report-players.shtml|title=Baseball's Mitchell Report Players|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref> while Rodriguez admitted in 2009 to using [[steroids]].<ref>{{cite news|work=ESPN|title=A-Rod admits, regrets use of PEDs|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847|first=Peter|last=Gammons|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/sports/baseball/10Rodriguez.html|title=Rodriguez Admits to Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs|first=Michael S.|last=Schmidt|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref>
+After stealing a base in an October 2, 2015 game for the [[NC Dinos]], first baseman [[Eric Thames]] became the first player to reach 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season in a [[Korea Baseball Organization]] season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eric Thames becomes first with 40–40 in S. Korean baseball; Park Byung-ho sets RBI mark|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/10/02/0702000000AEN20151002009552315.html|access-date=2 October 2015|agency=[[Yonhap]]|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref> The feat has never been achieved in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]; the closest effort was [[Koji Akiyama]]'s 1987 season, in which he hit 43 home runs and stole 38 bases.<ref>{{cite news|title=日本のプロ野球では前人未到の４０―４０ 最も惜しかったのは４３本塁打３８盗塁|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20240824-OHT1T51276.html?page=1|access-date=30 September 2024|agency=[[Sports Hōchi]]|date=25 August 2024}}</ref>
+=={{anchor|50–50 season}} 50–50 season== <!-- Do not change the "anchor" so that [[40–40 club#50–50 season]] always point to this section; "clubs" have multiple members by definition, and this section heading makes it clear why the topic is being dealt with in this article. -->
-==Non-MLB 40–40==
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-After stealing a base in an October 2, 2015 game for the [[NC Dinos]], first baseman [[Eric Thames]] became the first player to reach 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season in a [[Korea Baseball Organization]] season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eric Thames becomes first with 40–40 in S. Korean baseball; Park Byung-ho sets RBI mark|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/10/02/0702000000AEN20151002009552315.html|access-date=2 October 2015|agency=[[Yonhap]]|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref> The feat has never been achieved in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]; the closest effort was [[Koji Akiyama]]'s 1987 season, in which he hit 43 home runs and stole 38 bases.<ref>{{cite news|title=日本のプロ野球では前人未到の４０―４０　最も惜しかったのは４３本塁打３８盗塁|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/de168124a15bc6e1850f8f7979a2a1a601c4a73f|access-date=20 September 2024|agency=[[Sports Hōchi]]|date=25 August 2024}}</ref>
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+As of 2024, players have stolen 50 bases or more in an MLB season almost 500 times, while players have hit 50 home runs or more 50 times, but only [[Shohei Ohtani]] in 2024 has done both in the same season.<ref name="Stathead, USAToday"/> Two other players, Barry Bonds and [[Brady Anderson]], achieved 50 home runs in one season and 50 stolen bases in another season during their careers.<ref name="CBS Axisa">{{cite news|title=Shohei Ohtani records first 50-50 season in MLB history: Dodgers superstar slugs 50 homers, steals 50 bases|date=2024-09-20|last=Axisa|first=Mike|work=CBS Sports|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/shohei-ohtani-records-first-50-50-season-in-mlb-history-dodgers-superstar-slugs-50-homers-steals-50-bags/}}</ref>
+Before Ohtani's 50–50 season, the highest number of home runs in a 50-stolen base season was 41 by [[Ronald Acuña Jr.]] in [[2023 Major League Baseball season|2023]], and the highest number of stolen bases in a 50-home run season was 24, a mark shared by [[Willie Mays]] in [[1955 Major League Baseball season|1955]] and Alex Rodriguez in [[2007 Major League Baseball season|2007]].<ref name="Stathead, USAToday">{{cite news|title=Shohei Ohtani the first MLB player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases|date=2024-09-19|last=Padilla|first=Ramon |work=USA Today|quote=data provided by Sport's Reference's StatHead Baseball|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/09/19/shohei-ohtani-50-50-stats/75213517007/}}</ref><ref name="Sarah Langs">{{cite news|title=11 stats and facts as amazing as Ohtani's record-setting day at the plate|date=2024-09-21|last=Langs|first=Sarah|work=MLB.com|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-50-50-season-stats-and-fun-facts}}</ref>
-==Early history and pioneers==
-The first player to approach the mark was [[Ken Williams (baseball)|Ken Williams]] in [[1922 Major League Baseball season|1922]], with 39 home runs and 37 stolen bases, thus making him the first player to reach the [[30–30 club]]. It took another 30 years for another player to come close to 40–40, as [[Willie Mays]] did in [[1956 Major League Baseball season|1956]] with 36 home runs and 40 stolen bases. In [[1973 Major League Baseball season|1973]], [[Bobby Bonds]] achieved 39–43 and was unfortuate that he hit two home runs in a [[Rainout (sports)|rain-out]] against the Braves on May 23, and a third home run in the [[1973 MLB All Star Game]], none of which counted as official home runs.
-When Canseco predicted he would reach 40–40 in 1988,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/05/sports/canseco-facing-high-expectations.html|title=Canseco Facing High Expectations|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Gerald|last=Eskenazi|date=October 5, 1988|access-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Thomas Boswell |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-19-sp-501-story.html |title=Jose Canseco's 40–40 Vision Starting to Come Into Focus |work= Los Angeles Times |date=August 19, 1988 |access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> he mistakenly assumed "five or six players must have done it."<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Russell|title=Stolen!: A History of Base Stealing|page=175|publisher=McFarland|year=1999|isbn=9780786406500|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTQ8U8iP3hEC&q=%22speed%20demons%20of%20the%201980's%22%2040-40&pg=PA175|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> After Canseco MLB's first 40–40, [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Mickey Mantle]] was quoted as saying, "Hell, If I'd known 40–40 was going to be a big deal, I'd have done it every year!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/articles/2009/06/16/these_lakers_fans_are_living_in_la_la_land/|work=The Boston Globe | title=These Lakers fans are living in la-la land|first=Dan|last=Shaughnessy|date=June 16, 2009}}</ref> Mantle's closest record was 31–21 in [[1959 Major League Baseball season|1959]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mantlmi01.shtml|title=Mickey Mantle Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref>
+In the September 19, 2024, game in which Ohtani reached the 50–50 plateau, he also became the first Dodger to achieve 10 or more [[Run batted in|runs batted in]] (RBIs) in a single game, a mark only achieved by [[list of Major League Baseball single-game runs batted in leaders|16 other batters]].<ref name="CBS Axisa"/> In the game, Ohtani went 6-for-6 with three home runs and two doubles, and also stole two bases.<ref name="CBS Axisa"/> He finished the 2024 season with 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases.
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+|54||59||150||[[2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]]||September 19, 2024, vs [[2024 Miami Marlins season|Miami Marlins]], pitcher [[Mike Baumann]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tracking Shohei Ohtani's quest for 50 home runs, 50 stolen bases |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41016333/los-angeles-dodgers-shohei-ohtani-tracking-50-home-runs-50-steals}}</ref>
+|}
 ==See also==

v t e 30–30 club, 40–40 club and 50–50 club
30–30 club (HR-SB)	H. Aaron Abreu Acuña Jr. Bagwell Beltrán Betts Bichette Ba. Bonds Bo. Bonds Braun Burks Canseco Carter Cruz Jr. Davis Ellsbury Gant Green Guerrero Harper Johnson Kemp Kinsler Larkin Lindor Mays Mondesí Mullins Murphy Ohtani Phillips H. Ramírez J. Ramírez Rollins A. Rodriguez J. Rodriguez Sizemore Soriano Sosa Strawberry Trout Walker Ken Williams P. Wilson Witt Jr Wright Yelich
40–40 club (HR-SB)	Acuña Jr. Ba. Bonds Canseco Ohtani Rodriguez Soriano
50–50 club (HR-SB)	Ohtani