This week in baseball stats, from Shohei to Wisdom
Here’s our weekly have a look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the final week in baseball (April 13-19).
Volpe milestones: Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe hit his first profession house run on Friday, and it was of the leadoff selection. At 21 years and 351 days previous, Volpe grew to become the third-youngest Yankees participant with a leadoff homer, older than solely Mark Koenig (4/23/26: 21 years, 278 days) and Mickey Mantle (9/13/51: 19 years, 328 days). The subsequent day, he grew to become the youngest Yankees participant with a minimum of three stolen bases in a sport. He was the primary Yankee to take action since Ichiro Suzuki had 4 stolen bases on Sept. 19, 2012. And how about this? At 38 years and 333 days, Ichiro was the oldest Yankee with a minimum of three stolen bases in a sport.
Springer dinger: Speaking of leadoff house runs, George Springer hit the 53rd of his profession on Friday, tying Craig Biggio for third-most all-time. He trails solely Rickey Henderson (81) and Alfonso Soriano (54). The homer had a 115.9 mph exit velocity, the third-hardest leadoff house run tracked by Statcast (since 2015), behind solely Jorge Soler (117.9 mph, 10/3/21) and Shohei Ohtani (116.1 mph, 6/25/21).
Mets’ distinctive innings: On Friday, the Mets scored six or extra runs on one or no hits in two separate innings. In different phrases, loads of runs on not loads of hits. Since 1974, that had solely occurred twice in a season as soon as prior — in 1998, in two separate video games by two completely different groups. The Mets grew to become the primary group to do that in two separate innings in the identical sport since a minimum of 1957, in keeping with the Elias Sports Bureau.
Another Yankees report for Cole: Last season, Gerrit Cole set a Yankees single-season report with 257 strikeouts. On Sunday, he tied a franchise mark along with his twenty third sport with a minimum of 10 strikeouts since becoming a member of the Yankees, matching Ron Guidry. In a far completely different period, Cole received there in his 79th begin for the membership, whereas Guidry made 323 begins, notching his twenty third 10-strikeout sport in his 312th.
A traditional matchup: Sunday Night Baseball between the Rangers and Astros was additionally the 194th regular-season matchup between legendary managers Bruce Bochy and Dusty Baker. That tied Bochy and Clint Hurdle for the third-most matchups between two managers within the Wild Card period, behind solely Baker and Tony La Russa (215) and Bochy and Bud Black (210). Their first matchup was May 4, 1995, with Baker’s Giants at Bochy’s Padres.
A smart man as soon as stated: Patrick Wisdom is off to a robust begin for the Cubs to this point this yr. He hit his seventh and eighth house runs on Monday, reaching the mark in simply the Cubs’ fifteenth sport of the yr. That’s tied with 1925 Gabby Hartnett for the third most by a Cubs participant within the group’s first 15 video games of a season. Only 1958 Lee Walls and 1954 Hank Sauer had extra, with 9 every.
Ohtani’s hard-hit prowess: Shohei Ohtani’s first-inning house run on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium had a 116.7 mph exit velocity. It was his seventh profession homer with a 116-plus mph exit velocity, third most by any participant tracked by Statcast, behind solely Giancarlo Stanton (26) and Aaron Judge (15). Keep in thoughts that span dates to 2015, and on this case contains the postseason – and Ohtani didn’t debut till ‘18.
Burger’s smash: That wasn’t the one well-crushed baseball on Tuesday. Jake Burger hit a 118.2 mph house run, marking the White Sox hardest-hit homer tracked by Statcast. In truth, it was their second-hardest hit batted ball of any variety, behind solely a 118.4 mph Daniel Palka double on June 5, 2018. Including common season and playoffs, Burger is one in every of 11 gamers with a minimum of one 118+ mph house run since 2015. The others: Stanton (12), Judge (5), Matt Olson, Pete Alonso, Kyle Schwarber, Manny Machado, Aristides Aquino, Ohtani, Franchy Cordero and Gary Sánchez.
Kershaw dazzles: On Tuesday, Clayton Kershaw notched his two hundredth profession win with a classic outing, going seven scoreless with three hits allowed and no walks. It was his 61st profession scoreless begin of seven innings, the second most by a Dodger since 1900, trailing solely Don Sutton. In addition, Kershaw recorded his sixty fifth profession begin with a minimum of seven innings and three or fewer hits allowed. The solely pitchers with extra such begins since 1900 are Nolan Ryan (134), Roger Clemens (80), Randy Johnson (78) and Tom Seaver (66).
More Rays streaks: The Rays’ season-opening successful streak could also be over, however there’s one other streak nonetheless intact. The group has homered in every of its first 19 video games this season. That’s the second-longest house run streak to open a season, behind solely the 2019 Mariners, who did so in 20 straight video games. On the opposite facet of the ball, the Rays haven’t allowed many runs. Their six shutouts are tied for probably the most in a group’s first 19 video games of a season in MLB historical past, with the 1981 Rangers, 1966 Cleveland, 1945 Tigers and 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings.
