Ohtani binds to a select group with 50 homers in thread years

Shohei Ohtani sticks 50 home runs in consecutive campaigns and joins Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa and Alex Rodríguez

Shohei Ohtani made history Tuesday night in Los Angeles, to shoot your home run of the seasonfor join still Select group of five other players that They have done it in consecutive seasons in All time in Major Leagues.

Ohtani flew his fence without people based on the right meadow in the eighth episode in Dodger Stadim before David Robertson’s releases, although he did not avoid the defeat of Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 against Philadelphia Phillies.

The Japanese star also shone in the hill, because in five entries as a starter he did not tolerate unstoppable and only gave a base by balls and struck out five. He left the game with 4-0 advantage and Phillies erased her in the sixth inning with two homers and six annotations before the relief of Justin Wrobleski and Edgardo Henríquez.

Last year Ohtani hit 54 homers and with the 50s of this year, he joins Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodríguez Like the only ones to do so in a year in a row, according to AM850 Research.

Ruth was the first to do so in a year in a row and achieved it twice, first in 1920-21 and then in 1927-28. McGwire followed four years in line from 1996 to 1999. Griffey Jr. joined in 1997-98. The Dominican Sosa joined McGwire with four in line from 1998 to 2001 and A-Rod was the previous one to achieve it in 2001-02.

Ohtani is the third player in the story that does so in the first two years with a team, after Ruth with New York Yankees (1920-21) and A-Rod with Texas Rangers (2001-02).

Aaron Judge, with 48 homers in the campaign with Yankees, threatens to be the seventh to join the group, after hitting 58 last year. In 2022, he hit 62 and in 2023 he stayed in 37 when the lesions made him miss a little more than 50 games in the campaign.