Incredible 2022 stats — 1 for each team
Part of what makes baseball one of the best are the feats and wonderful stats accruing left and proper, each single day. We chronicle them all year long, however there’s no higher time than earlier than the calendar flips to have a look again.
It’s laborious to select only one per crew, after a season that gave us a lot fodder. No crew or participant might be summed up in a single stat alone, however data can entertain and provides us perception into the season that was, even when it doesn’t encapsulate your entire 12 months in a single truth. If you’re in search of extra in your favourite groups or gamers, try the 22 greatest tales of the ‘22 season and MLB milestones reached in 2022.
To wrap up the 12 months and get everybody prepared for 2023, right here’s a take a look at one wonderful stat for every of the 30 groups from this previous season.
Blue Jays: Alek Manoah’s second MLB season was a breakout efficiency that included his first All-Star choice. At the Midsummer Classic in Los Angeles, Manoah notched three strikeouts – whereas mic’d up, saying, “three punchies! Let’s go!” His regular-season efficiency was fascinating, too. In 196 2/3 innings, he had a 2.24 ERA. That is the second-lowest ERA in a certified season in Blue Jays franchise historical past, trailing solely Roger Clemens’ 2.05 in 1997, when he gained his fourth Cy Young Award.
Orioles: A giant motive for the Orioles’ 2022 enchancment was rookie Adley Rutschman, who completed with 5.3 WAR, per FanGraphs, tied with Julio Rodríguez for many amongst all rookies – in simply 113 video games. Rutschman rapidly established himself among the many sport’s prime backstops, rating within the 84th percentile in pitch framing and 79th percentile in pop time on stolen base makes an attempt. His 128 OPS+ was tied for second-highest amongst all catchers, simply behind J.T. Realmuto’s 129 (min. 400 plate appearances).
Rays: Shane McClanahan led the Rays’ employees in ‘22, posting a 2.54 ERA in 28 begins. He averaged 96.7 mph on his four-seamer, main all lefty starters. In truth, there have been 5 pitches clocked at 100.0+ mph this season by left-handed beginning pitchers. McClanahan was answerable for all however certainly one of them (Carlos Rodón threw the opposite). McClanahan threw 14 of the 17 quickest pitches by lefty starters this season.
Red Sox: Rafael Devers is just 26 years previous, and he’s already placing himself into the Red Sox franchise file books. Devers began the All-Star Game at third base for the AL for the second straight season. He turned the primary Red Sox participant to start out a number of All-Star Games at third base, not to mention achieve this consecutively. He completed the 12 months with a 141 OPS+, the best of any season of his profession to this point.
Yankees: Aaron Judge’s 62-homer quest captivated the baseball world because the Yankees slugger set the AL single-season file. We had been monitoring a Triple Crown bid for some time with Judge, and though he didn’t win the batting title, he did lead MLB in homers, runs, extra-base hits and tied for the lead in RBIs. He turned the primary participant with a share of the MLB lead in all 4 classes since Mickey Mantle in ‘56.
Guardians: Transport your self to the start of the season – rookie Steven Kwan made a powerful first impression by merely not lacking on swings. His first miss got here on the 117th MLB pitch he noticed, and it was a foul tip, which formally counts as a missed swing. The 116 pitches he noticed prior was the longest streak of pitches seen and not using a swing and miss for a batter to start out his profession, amongst gamers to debut for the reason that 2000 season, in accordance with the Elias Sports Bureau. And it wasn’t simply newbie’s luck: Kwan completed second in MLB in touch price.
Royals: Bobby Witt Jr.’s protection and pace had been evident from the start in his rookie season. He completed the 12 months with 20 dwelling runs, too. Along along with his 30 stolen bases, he turned certainly one of simply 5 gamers with no less than 20 every of each dwelling runs and stolen bases in his first MLB season. The unimaginable half? He joined one other participant on the checklist who additionally did it in ‘22, in Julio Rodríguez. Before 2022, the one first-year gamers to go 20-20 had been 1995 Marty Cordova, 1987 Ellis Burks and 1977 Mitchell Page.
Tigers: On April 23, Miguel Cabrera turned the thirty third member of the three,000 hit membership. It was the second straight milestone 12 months for Cabrera, who turned the twenty eighth participant to achieve 500 dwelling runs in 2021. With every of these being a choose group, only a few have achieved each feats. Cabrera turned simply the seventh participant with 3,000 hits and 500 homers, becoming a member of Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Rafael Palmeiro, Eddie Murray, Willie Mays and Henry Aaron.
Twins: With runners on second and third and one out within the backside of the tenth inning on April 24, Byron Buxton got here as much as the plate and known as sport. With the Twins trailing, 4-3, Buxton crushed a no-doubter to left-center area. The homer traveled a projected 469 ft, the longest walk-off dwelling run tracked by Statcast (since 2015). He surpassed a 464-ft homer from Mark Reynolds in 2016.
White Sox: Only three gamers hit the ball tougher on a per-swing foundation than Andrew Vaughn in 2022 (minimal 350 batted balls). 20.7% of Vaughn’s swings resulted in laborious contact, tied with Juan Soto for fourth-highest, behind solely Yordan Alvarez (23.7%), Yandy Díaz (22.8%) and Alejandro Kirk (21.0%). Why can we care? Because laborious contact – that’s, with a 95+ mph exit velocity – resulted in a .488 batting common and .954 slugging proportion, league-wide.
Angels: Shohei Ohtani continues to amaze. This previous season, he hit 34 homers, hitting .273 and slugging .519. As a hurler, he made 28 begins, notching a 2.33 ERA and 219 strikeouts in 166 innings. He ranked sixth amongst pitchers in strikeouts and tied for eleventh amongst hitters in dwelling runs, changing into the primary participant to complete top-15 in MLB in each classes in a season for the reason that mound was moved to its present distance in 1893.
Astros: Houston’s bullpen was dominant en path to a World Series title. Just just a few numbers to show that: an 0.83 ERA, .126 opponent batting common, .215 opponent on-base proportion, .208 opponent slugging proportion and 0.75 WHIP. Those figures all have one key element in widespread – they had been one of the best by any crew’s bullpen in a single postseason, minimal 35 reliever innings. And for those who’re interested in pattern dimension, the Astros had been the 94th crew with no less than 35 bullpen innings in a postseason.
A’s: One of probably the most heartwarming moments of the season got here on the ultimate day of the common season, as Stephen Vogt rounded the bases with unbridled pleasure within the seventh inning after homering within the closing at-bat of his profession. Back on June 28, 2013, additionally for Oakland, Vogt had homered for his first profession hit. He turned the tenth participant to debut within the enlargement period (since 1961) to have a house run for his first and final profession hit, with the final coming 10 or extra seasons after the primary, in accordance with Elias.
Mariners: Close video games had been par for the course for the Mariners this 12 months. They had 34 regular-season one-run wins, most in MLB. They additionally had fairly a notable one-run win within the postseason, in AL Wild Card Series Game 2, 10-9. That sport featured a seven-run Mariners comeback. It was the biggest comeback in a postseason street sport, the biggest comeback to clinch a postseason collection and tied for second-largest comeback win in any postseason sport.
Rangers: We know Aaron Judge had a stellar second half en path to reaching 62 dwelling runs. His 252 wRC+ led all certified gamers post-All-Star break. But do you know the Rangers’ Nathaniel Lowe was second on that checklist, at 176? Lowe slugged .566 and hit .339 within the second half, which every ranked third within the Majors in that span. Lowe gained his first profession Silver Slugger for his total efforts in ‘22.
Braves: Michael Harris II made an impression within the area and on the plate for Atlanta, incomes Rookie of the Year honors. The distinctive factor about Harris, and his teammate Spencer Strider who completed second, is that he was a standout rookie on a crew that had gained the prior 12 months’s World Series. Harris turned the eighth participant to win Rookie of the Year on the crew that gained the earlier Fall Classic, becoming a member of 1982 Steve Sax (LAD), 1976 Pat Zachry (CIN) 1962 Tom Tresh (NYY), 1960 Frank Howard (LAD), 1957 Tony Kubek (NYY), 1954 Bob Grim (NYY) and 1951 Gil McDougald (NYY).
Phillies: The Phillies booked a ticket to the World Series in dramatic vogue, as Bryce Harper crushed a two-run dwelling run within the backside of the eighth to erase a 3-2 deficit in Game 5. It was simply the sixth go-ahead dwelling run in postseason historical past to be hit whereas trailing within the eighth or later of a possible collection clincher. The others: Juan Uribe in 2013 NLDS Game 4, Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series Game 6 walk-off, Jack Clark in 1985 NLCS Game 6, Pete Rose in 1975 NLCS Game 3 and Hal Smith in 1960 World Series Game 7.
Marlins: Sandy Alcantara gained NL Cy Young unanimously, and it’s not laborious to see why, as he mixed dominance with sheer quantity. Alcantara’s six full video games led all of MLB – actually, the entire sport, as he had all the Marlins’ CGs and no different crew had six or extra. It was the primary time in MLB historical past that a person led all gamers and groups in full video games.
Mets: The Mets had been an MLB-best 89-0 when main coming into the ninth inning, one of the best such file in a single 12 months in franchise historical past. A giant motive for that was Edwin Díaz’s dominance. He struck out 118 of 235 batters he confronted – 50.2%. He turned certainly one of simply three pitchers to complete a season putting out greater than half the batters he confronted, minimal 40 innings pitched. He joined 2014 Aroldis Chapman (52.5%) and 2012 Craig Kimbrel (50.2%).
Nationals: Joey Meneses made his MLB debut, as a 30-year-old, on August 2, and proceeded to hit .324 and slug .563 with 13 homers in 56 video games. That batting common was sixth amongst qualifiers from Aug. 2 via the tip of the season. Only seven gamers hit extra dwelling runs than Meneses in that span, and his 13 led all rookies.
Brewers: Corbin Burnes continued to dominate with swing-and-miss stuff in 2022. Burnes induced a 35.2% whiff price, main all starters (minimal 750 pitches swung at). He had a 49.7% whiff price towards his slider, 47.7% towards his curve and 46.7% towards his changeup. There had been 52 particular person pitches that had been swung at 100 or extra instances with a forty five% whiff price or larger. Burnes was the one pitcher with three of these 52, and the one different hurler with even two was teammate Brandon Woodruff (changeup 54.0%, slider 45.1%).
Cardinals: Albert Pujols’ chase for 700 profession dwelling runs offered leisure all through the summer season. He didn’t simply attain 703 homers, Pujols put collectively his greatest all-around offensive season shortly. He had a 154 OPS+, his highest for a season since 2010 (173), which was his second-to-last season with the Cardinals earlier than he went to the Angels. He hit 24 dwelling runs to cap off his Hall of Fame-worthy resume. Back in 2001, Pujols crushed 37 homers in his first MLB season. With his ‘22 complete, he turned the second participant to seem in no less than 10 seasons and hit 20-plus dwelling runs in his first and final seasons, becoming a member of Ted Williams.
Cubs: Seiya Suzuki’s profession offered loads of thrilling moments for the Cubs in ‘22, starting with his nine-game hit streak to begin his career. That was tied with Andy Pafko in 1943 for the longest hit streak by a Cubs player to begin his career since at least 1900. On July 4, after missing 35 games due to injury, Suzuki broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth inning in Milwaukee with an inside-the-park home run. Though the Cubs eventually lost in extras, it’s value noting it was simply the Cubs’ third go-ahead inside-the-park dwelling run within the ninth inning or later within the enlargement period (since 1961).
Pirates: In his first full season, Oneil Cruz rapidly put his identify atop varied Statcast leaderboards. On July 14, he threw a ball 97.8 mph fielding a grounder at shortstop. That’s the fastest-tracked infield help below Statcast (since 2015). On Aug. 24, he crushed a single with a 122.4 mph, displacing Giancarlo Stanton for the hardest-hit batted ball tracked by Statcast.
Reds: Speaking of tracking-era feats, there’s fireballer Hunter Greene, whose velocity is probably greatest summed up by his Sept. 17 begin. He threw 33 pitches at 101.0 or quicker, probably the most in a sport within the pitch-tracking period (since 2008). Eight of these had been strikeout pitches – 5 extra 101-mph strikeouts than anybody had ever notched in a sport in that span. He threw 47 pitches of no less than 100 mph, probably the most by a pitcher in a sport since ‘08. He owns the highest 5 spots on that checklist.
Dodgers: The Dodgers gained 111 video games within the ‘22 regular season, tied for the fourth-most in a season in MLB history with Cleveland in 1954. The only teams to win more games: the 2001 Mariners (116), 1906 Cubs (116) and 1998 Yankees (114). But the Dodgers did something none of those teams, or any team in baseball history, had done – they won 95 games by multiple runs, the most in a season. They’ve now gained 217 video games within the final two seasons. Only the 1906-07 Cubs gained extra video games in a two-year span, with 223.
D-backs: Corbin Carroll’s pace is on one other stage. In 52 aggressive runs, he had a median dash pace of 30.7 ft/sec, main the Majors. For context, 27 ft/sec is common and 30 is elite – so Carroll’s common is elite. Of these 52 runs, 31 had been bolts, that are elite-speed runs. Speed can manifest in numerous methods, and for Carroll, one of many many was getting down the first-base line. His 4.05-second common home-to-first time led all gamers with no less than 25 aggressive runs.
Giants: The Giants performed a very thrilling sport on July 15, turning a 5-2 ninth-inning deficit into an 8-5 walk-off win. After solo homers by Joey Bart and Darin Ruf, Mike Yastrzemski hit the sixth walk-off grand slam in Giants historical past and first since Bobby Bonds hit one on Sept. 3, 1973. It was the Giants’ first walk-off dwelling run since Donovan Solano on Aug. 25, 2020.
Padres: After shedding every regular-season collection to the Dodgers, the Padres eradicated their in-state rivals within the NLDS, culminating with a five-run seventh inning amidst some San Diego rain in Game 4. The Padres gained 22 fewer regular-season video games than the Dodgers. That’s the second-largest regular-season wins upset in a postseason collection. The solely crew to win a postseason collection with a bigger such wins upset was the White Sox over the Cubs within the 1906 World Series.
Rockies: C.J. Cron and Coors Field was a enjoyable duo to trace all 12 months. A hitter with a proclivity for hard-hit and highly effective dwelling runs, in a park that definitely doesn’t damage. He hit 22 of his 29 homers at dwelling, and had an total common dwelling run distance of 426 ft, 12 ft additional than the typical distance for every other batter with no less than 25 dwelling runs. In truth, it was the longest common dwelling run distance for any batter in a season tracked by Statcast (min. 25 HR).
