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Julio Urías is the first Mexican-born pitcher to save the deciding game of a
#WorldSeries
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Trea Turner is the first—and only—player ever to steal at least 30 bases in a season without getting caught.
#MLB
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#RingTheBell
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Jose Altuve's 21 career postseason home runs are the most by an infielder in MLB history.
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The most viewed team pages in each state this year.
What stands out to you? 🤔
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Cody Bellinger is the first
@Dodgers
player to have 40+ runs and 40+ RBIs by this point in the season since Duke Snider in 1955
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10.0 WAR
American League MVP
The most viewed player page in 37 states
2023 was the year of Shohei Ohtani.
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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
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On this day in 2014, the Padres acquired Justin Upton from the Braves in exchange for four prospects, including P Max Fried
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Mike Trout's career WAR is 69.0. He's tied with Ty Cobb for the most WAR by a player through age-27
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Freddie Freeman is the first player in
@Braves
history to have muliple extra-base hits and multiple RBIs in a potential World Series clincher
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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.
#Phillies
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#RingTheBell
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#MLBPlayoffs
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Cody Bellinger is the youngest player in
#WorldSeries
history to have two doubles in a game
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None of the 2.73m half innings in our db have even had all 4 of these events. 22 w/ 3. Only 5 games had all 4.
I am willing to bet never before in baseball history have four batters in a row reached on this sequence of events.
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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.
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Aaron Nola is the first pitcher since 1884 to have 220+ strikeouts and fewer than 30 walks in a season.
@Phillies
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#RingTheBell
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At 24 years, 76 days old, Julio Urías is the youngest reliever to finish a
#WorldSeries
clinching game since Steve Howe in 1981 for the
@Dodgers
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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.
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Randy Arozarena is the first player in postseason history to homer and steal home in the same game.
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World Series Title Odds:
Astros 17.3%
Dodgers 16.8%
Brewers 14.0%
Rays 13.1%
Giants 11.4%
Braves 10.9%
White Sox 6.3%
Blue Jays 5.1%
Red Sox 2.5%
Cardinals 1.3%
Phillies 0.7%
Yankees 0.5%
Reds 0.1%
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List of players with at least 45 home runs and a sub-3.20 ERA in the same season:
Shohei Ohtani
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The most viewed Baseball Reference team pages in 2022 vs. 2023.
What stands out to you? 🤔
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If you've been to the site today, you've probably noticed that the All-Star Game box score isn't up yet.
Yup, it's because Ohtani broke our system
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Three years ago today, Roy Halladay passed away. RIP to one of the best to ever play the game
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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.
#Cardinals
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@Cardinals
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On this day in 1900 Reds pitcher Bill Phillips punched Phillies batter Roy Thomas after Thomas fouled off a dozen pitches in the 8th inning
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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
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It's very important to us that we stay on the cutting edge of all the newest developments in baseball statistics
Servais said they have a measure called "fun differential" instead of run differential
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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.
@CleGuardians
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#ForTheLand
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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. 🤯
@Phillies
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#RingTheBell
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With 100% of the precincts reporting, we can confirm that the US has Shohei Ohtani fever
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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
@CleGuardians
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#ForTheLand
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2023 NL ERA Leaders:
Marcus Stroman (2.42)
Justin Steele (2.65)
Bryce Elder (2.69)
Michael Wacha (2.89)
All Leaders:
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Will Smith is the youngest catcher to homer in the
#WorldSeries
since Salvador Perez in 2014
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100 years ago today, the New York Yankees purchased 10 acres of land in the Bronx, eventually using the land as the site for Yankee Stadium.
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Writers, broadcasters, and Tweeters, if our site has helped you out this season, we'd really appreciate it if you let your followers know!
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One year ago today, the Dodgers and Red Sox completed the trade that sent Mookie Betts to LA
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AL Postseason Odds:
White Sox 99.2%
Astros 98.1%
Rays 92.0%
Red Sox 85.7%
Blue Jays 67.0%
A's 34.0%
Yankees 11.4%
Mariners 5.8%
Indians 4.9%
Angels 1.9%
Orioles <0.1%
Rangers <0.1%
Royals <0.1%
Tigers <0.1%
Twins <0.1%
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The champs have taken their rightful place on our home page
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On this day in 1998, the Chicago White Sox trade outfielder Mike Cameron to the Cincinnati Reds for first baseman Paul Konerko.
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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 ⤵️
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Cody Bellinger had 97 total bases in April, passing Duke Snider (96) for the most in a month in
@Dodgers
history
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Cody Bellinger has a 1.144 OPS. Since 1901, the only player to post a better OPS at age-23 or under is Ted Williams
@Dodgers
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2023 NL Batting WAR Leaders:
Ronald Acuña Jr. (2.7)
Dansby Swanson (1.9)
Paul Goldschmidt (1.7)
Ha-Seong Kim (1.7)
All Leaders:
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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:
Mookie Betts, not Mike Trout, should be the guy we talk about as this generation’s true star. Both are great. One guy is an actual winner.
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Hey
@CleGuardians
, feel free to add us to the list of people who counted you out.
#ForTheLand
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On this day in 1992, the Yankees acquired outfielder Paul O'Neill from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for OF Roberto Kelly
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The 2021 Cubs are the first team in our database to lose multiple games by 5+ runs in which they once led by 7+ runs.
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Adam Eaton is the first player in
#WorldSeries
history to have two games with a HR and a sacrifice bunt
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2022 NL Batting WAR Leaders:
Nolan Arenado (5.8)
Paul Goldschmidt (5.7)
Austin Riley (4.8)
Tommy Edman (4.6)
All Leaders:
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Odds of reaching the postseason, AL
Twins - 99.9%
Athletics - 99.2%
Yankees - 98.6%
Indians - 97.7%
Astros - 96.6%
Rays - 66.2%
White Sox - 62.9%
Blue Jays - 50.2%
Red Sox - 44.8%
Angels - 24.1%
Orioles - 16.2%
Mariners - 14.9%
Royals - 11.0%
Rangers - 10.4%
Tigers - 7.3%
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Happy birthday to
@DBacks
and
@RaysBaseball
! 🎉
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.
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2024 NL ERA Leaders
Jordan Hicks (1.57)
Zac Gallen (1.64)
Ranger Suárez (1.73)
Dylan Cease (1.99)
All Leaders:
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Shohei Ohtani is just the third player in AL/NL history to get a hit on the first pitch of the
#AllStarGame
.
He joins Mike Trout (2013) and Kirby Puckett (1986).
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On this day in 2001, the Oakland Athletics sign free agent catcher Scott Hatteberg to a one-year contract
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Larry Walker voting % by year:
20.3%
22.9%
21.6%
10.2%
11.8%
15.5%
21.9%
34.1%
54.6%
76.6%
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The American League MVP made his presence felt this season
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Cody Bellinger is the youngest player in
@Dodgers
history with a
#WorldSeries
extra-base hit
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Alex Rodriguez bunted once in 330 postseason plate appearances
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Michael Kopech is the only pitcher since 1908 to start his first 2 MLB games and give up 1 or 0 runs and 0 walks in both
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Two-out, two-strike walkoff hits in our
#WorldSeries
database:
Mookie Wilson, 1986
Kirk Gibson, 1988
Derek Jeter, 2001
Brett Phillips, 2020
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On this day in 1888, the Joint Rules Committee reduces the number of balls for a walk from five to four, establishing the four balls/three strikes count that remains in effect to this day
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On this day in 2014, the owners voted 30-0 to elect Rob Manfried to take over as commissioner of MLB
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That's Kenley Jansen's fourth
#WorldSeries
blown save, breaking a tie with Jeurys Familia for most blown saves in World Series history
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52 years ago, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis no-hit the San Diego Padres while claiming to be suffering the after-effects of his previous night's LSD trip. Ellis received all his support on two home runs by Willie Stargel, the game ended 2-0.
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Mike Trout's Opening Week stats, pro-rated to 162 games:
69 home runs
139 RBIs
185 walks
18.5 WAR
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Corey Seager and Trea Turner became the first teammates to both hit their 100th career home run in the same game since Jay Gibbons and Melvin Mora on September 27, 2005.
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Yasiel Puig is the 5th player in
@Dodgers
history to have 15+ Defensive Runs Saved and a .825+ OPS
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On this day in 2013, the Yankees grabbed American League stolen bases leader Jacoby Ellsbury from their rivals the Red Sox, signing him to a seven-year deal worth $153 million
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2023 NL Pitching WAR Leaders:
Marcus Stroman (3.3)
Bryce Elder (2.4)
Logan Webb (2.3)
Josiah Gray (2.3)
All Leaders:
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