Ronald Acuña Jr. has joined the rare 40 homers-40 steals club. He's accomplished a few other historic milestones — and could reach more.
So how does this 40/40 season, align with the others from the previous years? Here are the previous 40/40 seasons and how they compare to Ronald Acuña Jr.'s mind-boggling season for the ages.1988 was a banner year for Canseco. He displayed a combination of power and speed rarely seen in baseball and delivered the first 40/40 season in MLB history. Moreover, he also hit over .300 for the only time in his career and led the AL in slugging percentage.
Despite his incredible play, the Giants finished in last place in the NL West and missed the playoffs, a likely reason he failed to garner more MVP support.The all-time stolen base leader in 40/40 seasons, Rodriguez topped 40 steals for the first and only time in his career when he swiped 46 bags to go along with swatting 42 big flies.
However, despite his greatness, Rodriguez and the Mariners finished under .500 and failed to qualify for the playoffs. A surefire reason for the lack of MVP votes despite the historic season.The first player to ever hit 45 or more home runs with 40 or more steals in a season, Soriano is the most recent player to deliver a 40/40 campaign. Even more impressive, it was his only season in Washington and his 46 homers are still a single-season franchise record to this day.
All those numbers and his franchise record, however, were not enough to garner MVP support — as like the teams of two previous 40/40 players, the Nationals didn't make the playoffs and finished in last place in the NL East.Through 154 games: .337/.416/.594/1.008;As mentioned above, Acuña Jr. slugged his 40th homer Friday and delivered one of the most exciting seasons in baseball history.
On top of likely leading the majors in steals, bypassing the 60-steal mark last week, he became just the eighth Braves' player to swipe 60 or more bags in a season.
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