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Fun Facts and Figures on the San Diego Padres, as compiled by the team’s Communications Department
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The 12 game hitting streak for Franmil Reyes is the longest by a #Padres hitter this season.
With LAD's 11-7 loss today @ STL, it moved the Padres into 1st place in the NL West. Per Elias Sports Bureau the last time the Padres have been in 1st place in the NL West after the first 13 games in a season was in 1998, the year they won the NL pennant. SD was 11-2 on April 13, 1998.
With Cal Quantrill and Josh Naylor, the #Padres are the only team in MLB to have more than 1 Canadian-born player on their current 40-man roster. With both playing in today’s game, it's the first time 2 Canadian-born Padres played in the same regular-season game, per Elias Sports Bureau
With his 1st MLB hit in the T-8th in the #Padres 19-4 win @ TOR, RHP Phil Maton became the first NL pitcher of any kind (relief or starter) to ever get his 1st-career hit when playing away vs. an AL team Elias Sports Bureau
In 2019, Eric Lauer was the 1st pitcher in SD history to start on Opening Day as a rookie or 2nd-year player. This year with Paddack, it’s the 2nd time in 100 years a team started a rookie or a 2nd-year pitcher on OD in back-to-back seasons (1996-7 Royals). Elias Sports Bureau
Per Elias Sports Bureau the #Padres are also the first team in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams in any 6-game span.
Joe Musgrove’s no hitter came on the 8206th game in #Padres history. Per Elias Sports Bureau he’s the 5th pitcher in MLB history to miss out on a perfect game because of a HBP. Also: Hooks Wiltse (1908), Lew Burdette (1960), Kevin Brown (1997) and Max Scherzer (‘15)