Crow-Armstrong Joins MLB's 40/40 Club as 7th Member — SkimNews
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- Pete Crow-Armstrong stole his 40th base in the bottom of the first inning Thursday against the Miami Marlins, becoming the seventh player in MLB history to join the 40 HR/40 SB club.
- Crow-Armstrong has 45 home runs alongside his 40 stolen bases, a career high in homers that surpasses his previous mark of 31 set in 2025.
- Crow-Armstrong is just the third player with at least 45 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season, joining Shohei Ohtani and Alfonso Soriano in that more exclusive tier.
- The previous six members of the 40/40 club are Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Alfonso Soriano (2006), Ronald Acuna Jr. (2023), and Shohei Ohtani (2024).
- Crow-Armstrong walked to lead off the game against Marlins starter Tyler Phillips and stole second base on the first pitch to Seiya Suzuki; the game paused momentarily as the crowd and teammates acknowledged the milestone.
- Teammate Nico Hoerner said Crow-Armstrong 'handled it really well' amid the 40/40 pursuit, calling it 'an incredible accomplishment.'
- Crow-Armstrong crossed the 30/30 plateau for the second consecutive year earlier this season and is the heavy favorite to win National League MVP.
Why it matters: Only seven players in over a century of MLB history have reached 40/40, and Crow-Armstrong, 24, slots into an even rarer 45/40 tier previously inhabited only by Ohtani and Soriano. The NL MVP frontrunner has vaulted from a 31-HR, 35-SB season a year ago to a career-defining 45/40 campaign that establishes him as one of baseball's premier two-way threats.
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