Jose can join a list of legends.
Jose Ramirez is on the verge of joining a list of legends.
The Cleveland Guardians superstar needs just one stolen base to join an exclusive club.
Up to this point in MLB history, four players have reached at least 275 home runs and 275 stolen bases through their first 13 seasons: Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonds, Andre Dawson and Carlos Beltran.
Ramirez enters Saturday's game with 276 homers and 274 steals.
It's a matter of when, not if. Ramirez already has 31 steals this season.
He's in the midst of yet another legendary campaign in Cleveland, currently batting .297 with 19 doubles and 21 homers to go with the potent baserunning.
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It's remarkable that Ramirez has reached such company, really. In his first 332 MLB games spread across four seasons, he hit 19 total homers.
Since then, his season totals have gone 29, 39, 23, 17 (shortened 2020), 36, 29, 24, 39 and the 21 so far this year.
Ramirez will go down as one of the all-time Cleveland baseball greats, and one more steal will give him just one more accomplishment to put into his history books.
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