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0 -- Players in major league history with 60 doubles and 30 home runs in the same season. Kansas City's Mike Sweeney has 41 doubles and 25 home runs so far this year. |
Bret Boone is one of the few AL second baseman with a 25-plus home run season.
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1 -- Runs scored by the Tigers in five consecutive games last week, tying a major league record. Seven other teams have accomplished the feat, with the last being the 1968 Dodgers. |
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1-7 -- The White Sox's record this season when they enter a game with a .500 record, including five consecutive losses. Chicago is back at .500 (55-55) after beating Tampa Bay on Monday. |
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1.85 -- ERA by Braves pitcher Tom Glavine since July 1. Glavine's ERA has dropped from 4.82 to 3.94 in that span. |
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2 -- Teams with losing records at home, but winning records on the road -- the Reds and the Padres. |
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3 -- Number of times the Indians were down to their last strike Sunday night before tying the game with five runs in the ninth and beating the Mariners 15-14 in 11 innings. |
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5 -- AL second basemen who have hit more than 25 home runs in a season, including Bret Boone, who hit No. 26 on Monday. The other four are Lou Whitaker (1989), Bobby Grich ('79), Bobby Doerr ('48, '50) and Joe Gordon ('39, '40, '47 and '48). Nine NL second basemen have accomplished the feat. |
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7 -- RBIs by Braves reserve Wes Helms on Saturday against the Brewers. He had 8 RBIs in June and July combined. |
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8 -- NL pitchers who have higher batting averages (min. 40 at-bats) than Brady Anderson's .197, which is the lowest for any qualifying major league hitter. |
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9 -- Consecutive hits that have been home runs by Mark McGwire dating back to July 18. Only one other player in the past 25 years has come close to the feat -- Albert Belle with eight straight hits for home runs in 1995. |
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10-1 -- Record by the Giants since acquiring Andres Galarraga. |
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21 -- Teams with a Hall of Fame representative, leaving nine without a logo on a Cooperstown plaque -- Toronto, Tampa Bay, Seattle, Anaheim, Montreal, Florida, Houston, Arizona and Colorado. |
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26.69 -- The average age of the Devil Rays following the trades of veterans Albie Lopez, Mike DiFelice and Fred McGriff, furthering their status as the youngest club in the majors. |
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32 -- Home runs by Alex Rodriguez this season, making him the second shortstop in major league history with five 30-plus home run campaigns. The other is Ernie Banks, who reached the mark in 1955 and '57-60. |
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33 -- Triple plays in Tigers history. Detroit's past two triple plays are against the Mariners -- nine years apart. |
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68 -- Players traded in 24 deals made in July. |
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99 -- Home runs hit by Brian Giles in his first three seasons with the Pirates. The only Pittsburgh slugger to hit more home runs in his first three seasons was Ralph Kiner (114 from 1946-48). |
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109-56 -- The record of the top three teams in the AL West -- Seattle, Oakland and Anaheim -- against the AL's East and Central divisions. |
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501 -- Triple plays turned in the majors since 1901, including two in the past week (Texas on Monday; Detroit on Wednesday). |
