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The official Twitter page for @StatsPerform's US sports coverage, providing you with in-depth analysis and deep data across sports. Formerly @StatsBySTATS

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Nolan McLean of the @Mets is the first MLB pitcher to have:. 3-0 record.20+ innings.20+ strikeouts.sub-.200 opp BA. over his first 3 career starts since Randy Johnson in 1988.
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Today is the @Yankees' third game this season with at least six different players hitting a home run. That's the most such games in a single season by a team in MLB history.
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Bryan Woo, who turned 25 in January, is on pace to have his second straight year with a sub-0.95 WHIP. The only pitcher in MLB history to have consecutive seasons with a sub-0.95 WHIP (minimum 100 IP) prior to turning 26 is Walter Johnson (1912-1913).
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Since pitches were first tracked in 1988, there have been 566 instances of an MLB pitcher winning 5+ games as a starter in a single calendar month (regular season). Only one of them threw fewer than 400 pitches that month: Clayton Kershaw (395 in August 2025).
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Martín Pérez is the only MLB pitcher in the modern era to toss 7.0+ shutout innings, allow only 1 hit (or none) and leave with a 4+ run lead and yet not get the win.
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In 24 career MLB games, Jakob Marsee of the @Marlins has hit 10 doubles, three triples and four homers. Prior to Marsee, the last player to reach those three marks within his first 25 MLB games was Joe DiMaggio in 1936.
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Cal Raleigh is the first switch hitter in MLB history with 50+ home runs before the beginning of September in a season.
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RHB Age-22 or Younger With 11+ Home Runs in a 16-Game Span – All-Time (based on age at end of span). Junior Caminero August 2025.Bob Horner July 1980
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Today, Shohei Ohtani became the 3rd player to reach 45+ home runs this season (Cal Raleigh, Kyle Schwarber). It's the 3rd time in MLB history at least 3 players have reached 45 HR before September along with 1998 (McGwire/Griffey Jr/Sosa/Vaughn) and 2001 (Bonds/Sosa/Gonzalez).
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Since ERA became official in 1913 for the American League, the @Orioles' Trevor Rogers is the second AL player to have a sub-1.50 ERA, sub-.800 WHIP and 0/1 hit batters through 12 starts of a season. The other is Walter Johnson in 1914.
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The @Cubs are the first MLB team to have a dozen or more RBI in a game with none of them coming from the middle 5 spots in the order (3-7) since the Royals did so at Oakland on September 21, 1979.
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Yesterday: Alex Freeland 1st career HR for Dodgers' only run. Today: Alex Freeland 2nd career HR for Dodgers' only run. He's the first player in MLB history to have his first 2 career homers come in back-to-back games for his team's only run of the game in each.
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The @BlueJays are the only MLB team in the modern era to blow a lead in the 9th, 10th and 11th innings but still win the game.
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Nolan McLean of the @Mets is the only MLB pitcher to have:. 2-0 record.sub-1.50 ERA.sub-.150 opp BA.15+ strikeouts.fewer than 5 walks. over his first 2 career appearances (since ERA became official in both leagues in 1913).
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Bubba Chandler of the @Pirates is the only pitcher to toss 4.0+ shutout innings while earning the save in his MLB debut (since saves became an official stat in 1969).
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Jose Ramirez of the @CleGuardians has 710 career extra-base hits, surpassing HOF Eddie Murray (709) for the third-most XBH by any switch hitter before turning 33 years old since 1901. He's behind only:.HOF Mickey Mantle - 812.and Mark Teixeira - 711.
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Bobby Witt Jr. had his 20th career multi-stolen base game today, in his 595th MLB game, after he hit his 100th home run Tuesday. The only other players in MLB history with 100 HR and 20 multi-SB games before their 600th career game are Eric Davis (459) and Hanley Ramirez (595).
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Paige Bueckers in 2025:. March 29: 40 points for @UConnWBB in NCAA Tournament. August 20: 44 points for @DallasWings in WNBA. Only 2 others have scored 40+ points in an NCAA Tournament game & an NBA/WNBA game in the same calendar year: Oscar Robertson (1960) & Elvin Hayes (1968).
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The Yankees have scored 19 runs over the last 2 games - all on homers. That's the most runs any MLB team has ever scored over a 2-game span with all of them coming on longballs.
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Hurston Waldrep of the @Braves is the second MLB rookie in the modern era to earn the win in each of his first 4 appearances of a season while allowing 1 run or fewer in each. The other was Fernando Valenzuela in 1981.
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