By the numbers: A look at Acuña's jaw-dropping season thus far

Ronald Acuña Jr. has reached marks we have never seen before, becoming the first player in AL/NL history with at least 30 home runs and 60 stolen bases. A truly remarkable season -- and it isn’t over yet.

Here’s a look at 10 stats and facts about what Acuña has accomplished this season and what else is on the horizon for the final month.

• With 30th HR, Acuña in exclusive club of one: A 30-60 season

• While the round-number feat is 30 homers and 60 stolen bases, Acuña was already in an exclusive club before Thursday's grand slam. On Monday he hit his 29th home run of the season while also adding his 60th and 61st stolen bases. (Steal No. 62 was added to the ledger later on Thursday.)

He was in a group all his own the moment he got to 29 homers and 59 stolen bases.

• Before Thursday, the most homers hit in a 60-steals season was 28, by Rickey Henderson in 1986 (87 stolen bases) and Henderson again in 1990 (65). And the most stolen bases with at least 30 homers was 52, by Barry Bonds in 1990 (33 HRs).

Acuña is truly one of one.

• This was building for a while, of course. Acuña was the first player in AL/NL history with at least 20 home runs and 50 stolen bases before August in a season.

• Acuña had 41 homers and 37 stolen bases in 2019, meaning that this is his second 30-30 season. He's the first player with two such campaigns through his age-25 season, and he’s one of 14 players with multiple such seasons. Father-son combination Bobby and Barry Bonds are tied for the most career 30-30 seasons, with five each.

• He’s the second Braves player with two career 30-30 seasons, and again, he’s only 25 years old. He joins Ron Gant, who did so in 1990 and ‘91.

• Speaking of franchise history, Acuña's 62 stolen bases are already the second-most by a Braves player since 1900. Setting that modern-era franchise record seems to be within reach, too. It currently belongs to Otis Nixon, who recorded 72 in 1991.

• Acuña leads the Majors in stolen bases and is in a tight race with Los Angeles' Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts for the most total bases in the National League. There have been just 11 instances of a player leading his league in both since 1900, accomplished by five players: Trea Turner (2021), Snuffy Stirnweiss (1945), Chuck Klein (1932), Ty Cobb (1917, ‘15, ‘11, ‘09 and ‘07) and Honus Wagner (1908, ‘07 and ‘04).

• We know the Braves have made a habit of scoring early and often this season, and their superstar leadoff hitter has been at the center of it. Acuña has scored 37 runs in the first inning this season. That’s eight shy of tying the most first-inning runs since 1901, held at 45 by Lenny Dykstra (1993) and Henderson (1985).

• And it isn’t just the first inning. Acuña has scored 120 runs this season and is on pace for 146. That would be the most runs scored out of the leadoff spot in a season since 1900 -- by one run. That record is held by Craig Biggio (1997) and Henderson (1985), at 145 each.

• Let’s wrap this up by noting how powerful Acuña’s homers are, too. His average home run distance of 422 feet is tied with Shohei Ohtani for longest in MLB this season among players with at least 15. And his 108.8 mph average exit velocity on home runs is third, behind only Giancarlo Stanton (110.3 mph) and Ohtani (109.1 mph) among that same group this season.