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1) Angels 1B Albert Pujols and CF Mike Trout are the 4th set of AL teammates with 26+ HR before the All Star break. (STATS LLC)
PUJOLS YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 33 2 0 2 .330 .437 .767 .500 4.44 .258 17 64 1 99 Angels 2014 34 8 12 -4 .324 .466 .790 .568 4.76 .272 28 105 5 159 Angels 2015 35 18 17 1 .325 .538 .862 .666 5.77 .256 26 56 1 84 Angels CAREER 956 825 131 .400 .586 .987 .738 8.39 .315 546 1659 99 2201 LG AVG 0 0 0 .331 .418 .749 .500 4.74 .261 224 964 139 TROUT YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 21 87 85 2 .432 .557 .988 .811 9.85 .323 27 97 33 157 Angels 2014 22 69 67 2 .377 .561 .939 .779 8.15 .287 36 111 16 157 Angels 2015 23 51 46 5 .402 .616 1.018 .828 9.35 .309 26 54 9 87 Angels CAREER 289 273 16 .396 .559 .955 .796 8.80 .306 124 361 111 580 LG AVG 0 0 0 .313 .395 .708 .500 4.18 .251 55 230 36 TEAMMATES WITH 26+ HOMERUNS BEFORE THE ALL STAR BREAK, AMERICAN LEAGUE 1961 Yankees Roger Maris (33), Mickey Mantle (29) 1996 Red Sox Jose Canseco (26), Mo Vaughn (26) 1998 Mariners Ken Griffey Jr. (35), Alex Rodriguez (27) 2015 Angels Albert Pujols (26), Mike Trout (26)
2) Yesterday, Pirates CF Andrew McCutchen moved into 8th place on the Pirates career HR list and is tied for 11th vs. the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,) McCutchen moved into 8th place for career overall bases above the league average for the Pirates and is 18th in career overall bases. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,) McCutchen moved into 10th place for career TRAA for the NL Central. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 26 45 54 -9 .404 .508 .911 .745 7.75 .317 21 84 27 157 Pirates 2014 27 58 66 -8 .410 .542 .952 .786 8.84 .314 25 83 18 146 Pirates 2015 28 26 31 -5 .398 .508 .906 .758 7.88 .300 12 56 5 85 Pirates CAREER 238 285 -47 .387 .499 .885 .712 7.36 .299 140 518 148 965 LG AVG 0 0 0 .324 .401 .725 .500 4.50 .259 85 398 59 MOST CAREER HOMERUNS, PIRATES 1 Willie Stargell 475 2 Ralph Kiner 301 3 Roberto Clemente 240 4 Barry Bonds 176 5 Dave Parker 166 6 Brian Giles 165 7 Frank Thomas 163 8 Andrew McCutchen 140 9 Jason Bay 139 10 Bill Mazeroski 138 MOST CAREER OVERALL BASES ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, PIRATES OVERALL BASES DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Honus Wagner 1918 5828 3910 2 Willie Stargell 1483 5063 3580 3 Paul Waner 1101 5070 3969 4 Ralph Kiner 1039 2960 1921 5 Arky Vaughan 964 3337 2373 6 Barry Bonds 852 2569 1717 7 Fred Clarke 739 3248 2509 8 Andrew McCutchen 718 2383 1665 9 Brian Giles 715 2015 1300 10 Roberto Clemente 686 4910 4224 MOST CAREER TRAA, NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL 1 Albert Pujols 888 Cardinals 2 Jeff Bagwell 614 Astros 3 Lance Berkman 528 Astros/Cardinals 4 Sammy Sosa 473 Cubs 5 Joey Votto 404 Reds 6 Jim Edmonds 345 Cardinals/Cubs/Brewers/Reds 7 Ryan Braun 290 Brewers 8 Brian Giles 272 Pirates 9 Mark McGwire 269 Cardinals 10 Andrew McCutchen 238 Pirates
3) Yesterday, Nationals RF Bryce Harper moved into 9th place for career HR above the league average for the Expos/Nationals. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 20 26 26 0 .368 .486 .854 .675 6.69 .274 20 58 11 118 Nationals 2014 21 4 6 -2 .344 .423 .768 .556 5.14 .273 13 32 2 100 Nationals 2015 22 61 60 1 .466 .707 1.173 .881 12.86 .341 26 61 4 80 Nationals CAREER 112 108 4 .372 .507 .879 .689 7.03 .284 81 210 35 437 LG AVG 0 0 0 .327 .420 .748 .500 4.56 .265 39 180 30 MOST CAREER HOMERUNS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, EXPOS/NATIONALS HOMERUNS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Gary Carter 116 220 104 T2 Andre Dawson 115 225 110 T2 Vladimir Guerrero 115 234 119 4 Tim Wallach 65 204 139 5 Ryan Zimmerman 56 189 133 6 Ellis Valentine 50 95 45 7 Larry Walker 46 99 53 8 Adam Dunn 45 76 31 9 Bryce Harper 42 81 39 10 Bob Bailey 41 118 77
4) Yesterday, Red Sox DH David Ortiz moved into 4th place for BB above the league average for the AL East and is 8th in career BB. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 37 47 47 0 .395 .564 .959 .737 7.73 .309 30 103 4 137 Red Sox 2014 38 25 25 0 .355 .517 .873 .643 6.12 .263 35 104 0 142 Red Sox 2015 39 -1 -1 0 .326 .435 .762 .485 4.52 .231 15 43 0 80 Red Sox CAREER 496 497 -1 .377 .542 .920 .661 7.34 .283 481 1576 15 2191 LG AVG 0 0 0 .338 .422 .760 .500 5.07 .272 221 1036 133 MOST CAREER WALKS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST WALKS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Wade Boggs 596 1412 816 Red Sox/Yankees/Rays 2 Dwight Evans 543 1391 848 Red Sox/Orioles 3 Carl Yastrzemski 467 1195 728 Red Sox 4 David Ortiz 452 1019 567 Red Sox 5 Willie Randolph 451 1080 629 Yankees/Brewers 6 Ken Singleton 422 886 464 Orioles 7 Lou Whitaker 369 1197 828 Tigers 8 Jorge Posada 363 936 573 Yankees 9 Jason Giambi 354 619 265 Yankees 10 Carlos Delgado 335 827 492 Blue Jays MOST CAREER WALKS, AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST 1 Wade Boggs 1412 Red Sox/Yankees/Rays 2 Dwight Evans 1391 Red Sox/Orioles 3 Lou Whitaker 1197 Tigers 4 Carl Yastrzemski 1195 Red Sox 5 Cal Ripken 1129 Orioles 6 Derek Jeter 1082 Yankees 7 Willie Randolph 1080 Yankees/Brewers 8 Bernie Williams 1069 Yankees 9 David Ortiz 1019 Red Sox 10 Robin Yount 966 Brewers
5) Yesterday, Giants C Buster Posey moved into 6th place for times reached base safely above the league average for the San Francisco Giants (since the move). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 26 26 26 0 .371 .450 .821 .656 5.95 .294 15 72 2 148 Giants 2014 27 34 31 3 .364 .490 .854 .677 6.31 .311 22 89 0 147 Giants 2015 28 21 20 1 .377 .495 .872 .702 6.63 .308 14 58 1 82 Giants CAREER 157 156 1 .374 .488 .862 .689 6.54 .308 97 410 7 685 LG AVG 0 0 0 .321 .395 .715 .500 4.24 .254 55 257 42 MOST CAREER TIMES REACHED BASE SAFELY ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS REACHED BASE DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Barry Bonds 1764 3984 2220 2 Willie Mays 791 3347 2556 3 Willie McCovey 707 3206 2499 4 Will Clark 385 1816 1431 5 J.T. Snow 218 1658 1440 6 Buster Posey 215 1045 830 7 Darrell Evans 213 1570 1357 8 Bobby Bonds 200 1637 1437 9 Jack Clark 199 1542 1343 10 Jeff Kent 177 1436 1259
6) Yesterday, Reds 3B Todd Frazier became the 1st player in Reds history with 25+ 2B & 25+ HR before the All Star break. (playindex)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 27 -7 -5 -2 .314 .407 .721 .466 4.13 .234 19 73 6 150 Reds 2014 28 15 20 -5 .336 .459 .795 .612 5.52 .273 29 80 20 157 Reds 2015 29 17 18 -1 .335 .583 .918 .650 6.46 .281 25 56 8 84 Reds CAREER 29 40 -11 .327 .473 .800 .564 5.26 .262 98 291 38 560 LG AVG 0 0 0 .323 .422 .745 .500 4.56 .257 64 234 35
7) Yesterday, the Rays set a team record with their 11th consecutive win against an opposing starting LHP (2004, 10). (Rays team notes)
8) Yesterday, Rangers P Colby Lewis passed 1000 career IP.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 WHIP W L SV NW NL TEAM 2012 32 12 3.43 16 16 105 93 7.97 1.08 6 6 0 7 5 Rangers 2014 34 -24 5.18 29 29 170.1 133 7.03 1.52 10 14 0 9 15 Rangers 2015 35 -8 4.77 18 18 111.1 80 6.47 1.26 8 4 0 5 7 Rangers CAREER -39 4.83 199 161 1005.1 826 7.39 1.38 62 62 0 58 66 LG AVG 0 4.47 1005.1 755 6.76 1.35 57 56
9) On Friday, the Yankees started the season 4-0 in Fenway Park for just the 3rd time in team history (1980, 7-0 (whole season); 2012, 4-0). (Elias) (The Yankees ended their perfect Fenway Park record yesterday)
10) On Friday, the Phillies reached 60 losses before the All Star break (29-60) for the 1st time since 1997 (they lost #61 yesterday). (Phillies team notes)
11) Twins 2B Brian Dozier‘s 48 extra base hits are a Senators/Twins record for before the All Star break (Heinie Manush, 1934, 46; Bob Allison, 1964, 46). (MLB Network) On Friday, Dozier became the 2nd player in team history with 2 walkoff HRs in the same homestand (Roy Sievers, 1958). (Twins team notes) Dozier is on pace to become the 4th different 2B to lead the AL in extra base hits. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,) Dozier is on pace to become the 1st 2B in AL history and the 3rd 2B in MLB history to lead his team in HR for 3 consecutive years. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2013 26 0 -6 6 .312 .414 .726 .463 4.20 .244 18 66 14 147 Twins 2014 27 16 13 3 .345 .416 .762 .568 5.24 .242 23 71 21 156 Twins 2015 28 13 17 -4 .332 .517 .849 .642 6.19 .259 19 49 9 87 Twins CAREER 15 6 9 .320 .420 .740 .510 4.65 .244 66 219 53 474 LG AVG 0 0 0 .322 .405 .727 .500 4.55 .260 53 228 32 2B WHO LED THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IN EXTRA BASE HITS 1901--Nap Lajoie 76 A's 1904--Nap Lajoie 69 Indians 1910--Nap Lajoie 62 Indians 1945--Snuffy Stirnweiss 64 Yankees 2002--Alfonso Soriano 92 Yankees 2015--Brian Dozier 48 Twins MOST CONSECUTIVE YEARS LEADING HIS TEAM IN HOMERUNS, 2B 1 Rogers Hornsby 1921-25 5 T2 Rogers Hornsby 1927-29 3 T2 Dan Uggla 2009-11 3 T2 Brian Dozier 2013-15 3 T5 Larry Doyle 1910-11 2 T5 Charlie Gehringer 1932-33 2 T5 Tony Cuccinello 1933-34 2 T5 Joe Gordon 1947-48 2 T5 Jim Lefebvre 1965-66 2 T5 Ryne Sandberg 1989-90 2 T5 Bret Boone 2003-04 2
12) Yesterday, Yankees 2B Rob Refsnyder became the 11th player to make his MLB debut with the Yankees this season, which is tied for the 2nd highest figure for the Yankees since the end of WW II (2007, 13; 1946, 11; 2011, 11). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia,)
13) On Thursday-Friday, the Mets had consecutive games in which their starters had 10+ SO (Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard) for the 1st time since 1999 (Rick Reed, Kenny Rogers). (Mets team notes)
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