The Dodgers have hit 42 home runs this season, surpassing 41 in 2019 for the most in the first 22 games of a season in franchise history

The Dodgers & Giants head-to-head all-time in the regular season is tied, 1,288 wins each (with 19 ties, h/t @EliasSports)
 
When the Dodgers led, 1,288 to 1,287, last year, it was the first time they led the all-time head-to-head since after a game on Aug 8, 1896, when they led 49-48

Nick Kurtz has drawn a walk in 11 consecutive games

Only longer such streaks in A’s franchise history:

1993 Rickey Henderson: 15
1933 Max Bishop: 15
1905 Topsy Hartsel: 15
1929 Mickey Cochrane: 13
1990 Rickey Henderson: 12

Leody Taveras’ 12th-inning slam is the second-latest grand slam by innings in Orioles/Browns franchise history, behind only:

4/6/18 Pedro Alvarez in the 14th

OMG 😍

wHeEeEeEeEe!!

Most home runs in first 8 games played in a season, since at least 1900:

1976 Mike Schmidt: 8
2026 Dalton Rushing: 7
2016 Trevor Story: 7

Longest on-base streaks, Dodgers since 1900:

1954 Duke Snider: 58 games
2000 Shawn Green: 53
2025-26 Shohei Ohtani: 52 *active
1900-01 Willie Keeler: 50
1975-76 Ron Cey: 47

h/t @EliasSports

Most consecutive outs recorded without allowing a hit to begin a season, Orioles in expansion era (1961):

Rico Garcia, 2026 -- 33 *active
Yennier Cano, 2023 -- 33

MLB-wide most to start season in span: 2024 Ronel Blanco, 44

Followed by: 35 by 2023 Austin Cox, 2020 Josh Hader, 1998 Brad Clontz

Daily Statcast leaders for Day 26 (April 19) of the MLB season:

Exit velocity
Distance
Pitch velocity
Swings & misses

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Munetaka Murakami is the first player since at least 1900 with five or more home runs and 20+ walks in his first 22 career games

He’s just the ninth player in that span with 20+ walks in his first 22g and one of two in the last 70 years (1995 Quilvio Veras)

This week’s Numbers Game from the BBTN podcast!

Thanks so much to @Buster_ESPN & @CTSchwink !!

Longest scoreless IP streaks, Padres history:
 
2006 Cla Meredith: 33 2/3
2025-26 Mason Miller: 32 2/3 *active
1980 Randy Jones: 30
1988 Mark W. Davis: 27 2/3
1970 Dave A. Roberts: 27 2/3

h/t @EliasSports

Mason Miller this season: 27 strikeouts, 38 batters faced

That 71.1% strikeout rate is the highest by a pitcher in his first 11 appearances of a season since at least 1900

Munetaka Murakami is the second player since at least 1900 with two home run streaks of 3+ games within his first 22 career MLB games, joining 2017 Rhys Hoskins

There have been 8 home runs at 114+ mph this season

Munetaka Murakami is the only player with two of them

Munetaka Murakami’s eight home runs are the most of any Japanese-born player in his first 22 MLB games

He has three more than any other Japanese-born player in first 22 MLB games, ahead of Shohei Ohtani, who had five in his first 22 games as a hitter

Yankees duos with 8+ HR each in team’s first 22 games:

2026 Aaron Judge, Ben Rice
2022 Judge, Anthony Rizzo
1956 Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle

Blue Jays tied two franchise records:

8 consecutive batters reaching safely to start game (5/31/14)

7 consecutive base hits to start game (9/15/07)

Most first-inning home runs, Yankees history:

Babe Ruth: 126
Mickey Mantle: 103
Aaron Judge: 90
Lou Gehrig: 86

Longest on-base streaks, Dodgers since 1900:

1954 Duke Snider: 58 games
2000 Shawn Green: 53
2025-26 Shohei Ohtani: 51 *active
1900-01 Willie Keeler: 50
1975-76 Ron Cey: 47

Daily Statcast leaders for Day 25 (April 18) of the MLB season:

Exit velocity
Distance
Pitch velocity
Swings & misses

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This is José Ramírez’s 28th career multi-homer game, two more than anyone else in Cleveland history

5+ HR & 10+ SB in team’s first 23 games of season, since 1900:

2026 José Ramírez
2025 Oneil Cruz
2024 Elly De La Cruz
2005 Brian Roberts
1976 Joe Morgan
1976 Cesar Cedeno
1967 Lou Brock
1967 Tommie Agee
1922 Ken Williams

At 33, Ramírez is the oldest on the list

Amed Rosario’s 112.1 mph home run today was the hardest-hit batted ball of his career

Longest scoreless IP streaks, Padres history:
 
2006 Cla Meredith: 33 2/3
2025-26 Mason Miller: 31 2/3 *active
1980 Randy Jones: 30
1988 Mark W. Davis: 27 2/3
1970 Dave A. Roberts: 27 2/3

h/t @EliasSports

Mason Miller this season: 25 strikeouts, 35 batters faced

That 71.4% strikeout rate is the highest by a pitcher in his first 10 appearances of a season since at least 1900

Dalton Rushing is the first player with 5+ home runs in his first six games of a season having played in back-to-back team games no more than once during the 6-game span, since at least 1900

h/t @EliasSports
tysm @jakemintz.bsky.social for a q that inspired this!

Longest on-base streaks, Dodgers since 1900:

1954 Duke Snider: 58 games
2000 Shawn Green: 53
2025-26 Shohei Ohtani: 50 *active
1900-01 Willie Keeler: 50
1975-76 Ron Cey: 47