MLB's 40-40 club members: How Pete Crow-Armstrong joined Shohei Ohtani, others in baseball history

As recently as early July, Pete Crow-Armstrong — and anyone not named Shohei Ohtani — appeared to have a miniscule chance of winning NL MVP.

Less than three months later, the race is just about over: Crow-Armstrong is going to become the Cubs' first MVP since Kris Bryant a decade ago.

There is one more individual accomplishment Crow-Armstrong achieved before the regular season's end, however; the young superstar had been knocking on the door of a rare 40-40 season for weeks.

On Thursday against the Marlins, Crow-Armstrong officially stole his 40th bag in front of Cubs fans at Wrigley Field, sending them into a frenzy as he made baseball history.

PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG HAS A 40/40 SEASON! pic.twitter.com/Ltc5YX110L

Here's an updated look at the members of MLB's 40-40 club and the last player to join it before Crow-Armstrong.

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What is the 40-40 club?

Players in the 40-40 club hit 40 home runs and stole 40 bases in the same season. While that might sound pretty doable, there are only a handful of players with 40 home runs each season, and many of them just don't have the speed to steal 40 bases.

The 40-40 club features players who found a way to blend extreme power with terrific speed, so it's no surprise that it features some of the most recognizable players in recent history.

Now including Crow-Armstrong, there have been seven players to join the 40-40 club, but none have posted more than one 40-40 season. The calculus has changed in recent years, since MLB relaxed certain rules to incentivize runners to steal more bases. Prior to Crow-Armstrong, two of the six 40-40 seasons had happened within the last four years, meaning the Cubs star made it a third in a span of four years.

Here's a look at all of the 40-40 seasons in MLB history.

40-40 seasons in baseball

The 40-40 club fascinatingly features no Hall of Famers. That's the result of the steroid controversies surrounding Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez, who each posted a 40-40 season in the 1990s after Jose Canseco became the first in 1988.

Alfonso Soriano was the only player in the 21st century to post a 40-40 season before Ronald Acuna Jr. formed his own 40-70 club on his way to an MVP award in 2023. Shohei Ohtani, who will break the trend by becoming a Hall of Famer, followed it up with MLB's first 50-50 season in 2024, easily eclipsing the 40-40 mark.

Crow-Armstrong won't get to 50-50, but he is now set to join Acuna and Ohtani as an MVP trio of active players in the club by the time this regular season ends.

A tip of the cap from PCA to the fans at Wrigley Field 👏 pic.twitter.com/uZDXI0VH1E