In 89 at bats, Christian Yelich has 13 home runs.
In 664 at bats, the Detroit Tigers have 11 home runs.
Mike Trout has been intentionally walked six times.
Besides Trout's own Angels, no TEAM in the American League has recorded more than six intentional walks.
The American League, with the Designated Hitter is thought of as the slugging league.
Hmmm.
Here are the top five teams in baseball in stolen bases...
Kansas City- 27
Seattle- 22
Chi White Sox- 20
Texas- 19
Tampa Bay- 19
The Washington Nationals have 14 stolen bases. The only N.L. team ranking in the top nine of thievery.
Gio Urshela had two rbi in his game vs. the Angels last night, giving him four on the season.
His four rbi match the totals of Nickolas Castellanos, Joey Votto, and Zack Greinke.
Seattle has 160 runs.
Miami has 60 runs.
Cincinnati has 133 hits.
Seattle has 107 extra base hits.
As a team, Cincinnati is hitting below the Mendoza line at .197
17 of 30 teams have more strike outs than innings pitched.
We used to think of a Quality Start as laughable.
I mean how easy was it to throw six innings, while giving up three earned runs?
In 24 games, the Milwaukee Brewers have had just three such starts.
Pittsburgh has had 14 Quality Starts in 20 games played.
The Tigers have won 10 games.
Shane Greene has 10 Saves.
The Cubs, Rockies, and Nationals have won 10 games.
Their Closers each have two Saves.
Think about how hot Cody Bellinger has been to start the season.
In 1924, Rogers Hornsby maintained the same batting average as Bellinger all year.
.424
The highest batting average of the live ball era.
In the decade of the 1920's, Hornsby hit .382
A batter having a 4-0-1-0 box score would lower their average most years.
This year, MLB batters are hitting .245
Bryce Harper got tossed from the game last night.
It halted the longest streak of not getting thrown out for a player from a team.
A Phillies player had not been ejected since 2015.
For Harper, it is the twelfth time already being ejected in his career
Tied with Matt Kemp for most of active players.
Also, Harper has been ejected 12 times by 12 different umpires.
It also stopped an 'on base streak' for Harper.
Besides the media, does anybody really give a rat's ass about 'on base streaks' ?
Not a soul cared about the record when set by Ted Williams (even Williams)
Now, with hitting streaks limited due to lowered batting averages, the media tries to make them a thing. Ugh.
As a team, the Braves boast the highest On Base Percentage in baseball at .360
10 teams have scored more runs than the Braves.
Jose Ramirez' Slugging Percentage is .228
Billy Hamilton's Slugging Percentage is .262
These are the players with the power of 10 (home runs and stolen bases combined)
Christian Yelich 13/3
Cody Bellinger 11/4
Joc Pederson 10/0
Khris Davis 10/0
Marcell Ozuna 8/3
Christian Walker 7/3
Fernando Tatis Jr. 6/4
Trevor Story 5/6
Tim Anderson 4/9
Tommy Pham 4/6
Dee Gordon 2/8
Let's take the top four home run hitters from the previous list.
Combined, they have 44 home runs.
Combined, they have scored 82 runs.
Scoring more from their own homers than depending on teammates when reaching base with a hit or walk.
Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Nolan Arenado, and Dee Gordon have 14 RBI.
Seriously.