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Bruce Bochy just told us he once won an Arby’s eating contest when he was in the Astros farm system in the Florida State League on the 1970s.
idk what to do with that info, but y’all deserve to know too
Today in 2017, short of infielders due injuries, the Mets started Travis d'Arnaud at 3B, but as d'Arnaud never played the position professionally, manager Terry Collins decided to switch him and 2B Asdrubal Cabrera every time a RH batter came up, making for an unusual boxscore...
Shohei Ohtani is the only player ever to have 3+ HR and 2+ SB in a game.
...Luis Robert is the only White Sox hitter with both 3+ HR and 2+ SB in the entire second half of this season. 😳
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We are thrilled to announce we've updated our site to dramatically expand our coverage of the Negro Leagues, including stats for players, teams, and managers. These major league stats are now presented alongside the American and National Leagues
Crazy but true: In a single postseason, here is the list of players to
- Hit 3+ HRs
- Steal 4+ bases
- Hit 5+ doubles
1. Trea Turner
End of list.
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Juan Soto last 16 games played:
29-for-54
19 walks, 1 HBP
4 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs
.537/.653/.926
The last player to hit .500/.650/.900 in a 16-game span, before Soto?
Barry Bonds in 2004.
Did a little research and I *think* Spencer Schwellenbach vs Simeon Woods-Richardson is the longest last name pitching matchup in modern baseball history
Woods-Richardson is 16 characters, while Schwellenbach is 13. Can't find one longer than 29 total characters on
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Sportify Wrapped 2022 is here! ⚾️
Who was the most viewed player and team in your state? The most viewed player pages on a single day? Or the top 10 players of 2022? Now's your chance to find out.
Cincinnati centerfielder TJ Friedl has gone the whole season without grounding into a double play.
His 547 plate appearances are the 6th most in a season with 0 GIDP.
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Albert Pujols helped the Cardinals to a 5-1 win last night and has now reached 100.0 WAR for his career.
He is the 21st position player to achieve that mark.
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Jose Altuve had a HR, SB, 3 RBIs, and 4 Rs in yesterday's ballgame
The only other players in Postseason history to have a game with those numbers are Eddie Murray in the 1983 ALCS and Lenny Dykstra in the 1993 World Series
On this day in 2020, the
@Dodgers
and Mookie Betts came to an agreement on a twelve-year, $365 million contract extension.
What's Mookie's best moment in Dodger blue?
Jose Ramirez became the 26th player in AL/NL history to have 10 doubles, 10 home runs, and 50 RBIs in a team's first 44 games of the season.
He's the first to do it since Miguel Cabrera in 2013.
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Bryson Stott is the 12th player in AL/NL history—and the first since Darren Lewis in 1991—to have 4 walks and 3 stolen bases in a game. 🤯
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José Ramírez has 20 RBI in the first 11 games of the season. He is the eighth player to accomplish this. The others include:
Manny Ramírez
Larry Walker
Brant Alyea
Willie Mays
Bobby Doerr
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
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Rookie Matt McLain had a 3.7 WAR in 89 games in 2023.
The list of players who recently accumulated a WAR of 3.5+ in 90 or less games is quite impressive.
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We didn't forget about you, Canada; we were just trying to spare your feelings ❤️
The most viewed Baseball Reference player page in each Canadian province ⤵️
Mookie Betts: .301/.373/.522, 155 HR, 660 R, 395 BB, 45.2 WAR
Mike Trout: .304/.418/.582, 302 HR, 944 R, 838 BB, 74.4 WAR
Check out any two players's stats side-by-side with the Player Comparison Finder in Stathead:
Since 2016, there are only two pitchers to have multiple games in the same season with 7+ IP and 0 Hits Allowed:
— Ronel Blanco (2024)
— Framber Valdez (2023)
Happy birthday to
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On this day in 1995, baseball owners voted 28-0 to make the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks the 13th and 14th expansions teams in MLB history.