Rookie Eddie Rosario of the #Twins had more triples (15) this year than the entire Washington Nationals team (13).

The most runs by one team in a postseason game was on October 10th, 1999, when the Red Sox beat the Indians 23 to 7.

Mark McGwire is the only player with more than 500 home runs and less than 2,000 total hits.

Carlos Beltran has the longest postseason home run streak at 5 games.

Albert Pujols and Paul Molitor are the only players to have 5 hits in a World Series game.

The 1905 New York Giants threw 4 shutouts to win the World Series. Christy Mathewson threw 3 of the 4 (27 IP, 0 ERA).

Game 7 of the 1960 World Series featured 0 strikeouts, the only time a 0 strikeout game has occurred in the postseason.

The 1914 Boston Braves have both the worst first half (33-44) and best second half (61-16) ever for a team who has won the World Series.

In Game 4 of the 1996 ALDS, the Orioles struck out 23 times against the Indians, the most in a single postseason game.

Who will have the better year?

Howie Kendrick has 120 bases loaded plate appearances without a grand slam, the most by an active player.

Mark McGwire is the only player to have 150+ strikeouts and 150+ walks in a single season.

Pitcher Jamie Moyer gave up home runs to 332 different batters in 43 different parks across 4 decades.

Hits leaders, last 10 seasons (2008–2017): 1. Robinson Cano (1,867) 2. Miguel Cabrera (1,794) 3. Nick Markakis (1,718) 4. Albert Pujols (1,624) 5. Dustin Pedroia (1,620) Of these players, only Dustin Pedroia lead the league/MLB in hits in a single season.

Number of times a batter had 150+ strikeouts in a season during the 1960s: 10 Number of batters with 150+ strikeouts in the 2017 season: 26

Max Scherzer is the only pitcher to record 230+ strikeouts in each of the last 5 seasons. Chris Sale is the only other pitcher with 200+ strikeouts in each of the last 5 seasons.

⚾ Quiz: Who is the only batter to have an OBP (on base percentage) over .500 in one season, and NOT lead baseball in OBP that year? (min 400 plate appearances) Bonus points for answering who lead OBP with .526 that year.

The 2018 season is on pace to be the first ever season with more strikeouts than hits.