Some teams are focused on achieving the postseason and the goal of others is in the future, but each set has at least one record in scoring for the rest of the year.
Below are some records – either from the club or from one of the players – for the last six weeks of action.
Tiles: Vlad Jr. in search of the 50s
It looks tough for Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr. get the mark set by his compatriot José Baptista in 2010 when he joined 54 bambinazos, but the young gunner, who adds 35 in the year, still has a chance to reach 50.
The 47 of the also quisqueian George Bell (1987) are the second greater amount in the history of club. So while Guerrero doesn’t break the mark, he’s very close to leading in each category. Things can get interesting at the end of the campaign, with Guerrero and Shohei Ohtani battling for the home run crown.
Rays: Cross rises to historic home runs
Nelson Cruz, the 41-year-old Dominican gunner who shows no sign of slowing down in his quest for a World Series with the Rays, has two notable names at his fingertips on the quadrangular roster.
He started the day on Friday with 443 homers for life, beating Dave Kingman by 42nd place in history. If he gives seven more a year, reaching the mark of 450, he will seize the 40th place alone, beating members of the Hall of Fame Jeff Bagwell and his compatriot Vladimir Guerrero.
That would put Cross in a season over 30 toddlers to beat the immortals Willie Stargell, Stan Musial and Chipper Jones. Creu averaged 41 flights per year between 2015 and 2019.
Yankees: Chapman about 300 saves
The Cuban who owns the fastest straight in the Statcast era is in a game saved from reaching 300 in his career – a number that has only reached 30 pitchers in history, with Kenley Jansen being the most recent. Of Chapman’s 299 rescues, 137 have been with the Yankees (146 with the Reds, 16 with the Puppies).
Real: Salvador is looking for the club’s most HR record in a season
It seems to be a distant goal, because Venezuelan Salvador Perez, who gave up his 31st home run on Friday, has a projection of 41 now. The record of the Real ones is of 48, imposed by the Cuban Jorge Soler in 2019.
But in the way he’s been beating this season, who dares to say Perez can’t reach him? His 30 bambinazos are already a personal mark, after joining 27 in 2017 and 2018, and is one of five players in the Majors with at least 30 in 2021, alongside Matt Olson, Ohtani and Dominicans Fernando Tatis Jr . and Guerrero Jr.
With 20 of those home runs as a receiver, he is four of his own record of 24 tackles as a catcher in 2017.
Tigers: Miguel looking at the 3,000 hits
Once Venezuelan Miguel Cabrera joins the 500 home team, his next goal will be to become the seventh player to reach 3,000 hits and 500 toddlers – a list that includes Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, the Dominican Albert Pujols, the Cuban Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodríguez. Cabrera needs an average of just over one hit per game to get the mark this year.
Angelino: Ohtani aspires to the franchise’s quadrangular record
Shohei Ohtani’s performance this campaign has been amazing and the two-way player arrived on Friday as a Major League leader with 40 home runs. The 47-homer franchise record, set by Troy Glaus in 2000, is within Ohtani’s reach. It would be terrible success for a player who has also thrown like an ace on the mound and is the favorite to be awarded the Most Valuable Player in the American League.
Athletics: Mars goes for the title of stolen bases
No Atletico player has led the Major Leagues in scams since Rickey Henderson stole 66 bases in 1998. Obviously, if the Dominican got the feat, it should be noted that his first 22 stolen bases in the campaign were as a member of the Marlins. In just 19 games with Oakland since arriving via the exchange on July 28, the Quisqueian has stolen 13 bases in the same number of attempts. Thus, Mars came on Friday tied with Whit Merrifield in first place in the Major Leagues with 35 scams each.
Rangers: Garcia seeks the HR record of a Texas rookie
Beginner gardener Adolis Garcia connected on his 27th home run of the year in the Rangers’ loss to the Mariners on Thursday. With that figure, he surpassed Mark Teixeira (2003) to take second place in home runs for a rookie in franchise history since the club moved to Arlington in 1972. Pete Incaviglia connected 30 toddlers as a rookie in 1986. With just over a month left in the season, Garcia could easily reach Incaviglia. Garcia also has 71 tows, placing him fourth among Texas rookies behind Incaviglia (88), Teixeira (84) and David Murphy (74 in 2008).
Marlins: Aguilar tries to make personal and team history
Jesús Aguilar needs 07:00 vuelacercas to reach 100 in his career of eight campaigns in the Majors. The Venezuelan leads the Marlins with 22 home runs this season. It is the largest number of toddlers he has connected in a year since he sounded 35 in 2018. Aguilar, 31, also hopes to join Giancarlo Stanton as the only players in the franchise to lead the National League in driven races. as he has been the leader of the Old Circuit in this regard most of the season.
Nationals: Soto goes for his HR # 100 in GL
Juan José Soto could reach triple digits in home runs this season, which is just his fourth in the Majors. On Sunday he is missing 11 quadrangulars to reach the round figure. After splicing 11 toddlers in 79 games in the first half of the campaign, Soto gained momentum as he has connected 9 homers in 30 innings since the All-Star break.
Parents: Tatis seeks to make history with HR and BR
Few players in history have combined speed and power as Fernando Tatis Jr. does. The stellar of the Fathers leads the National League in quadrangular and stolen bases, something little seen. Only three players in documented history have achieved this feat, with the last Chuck Klein of the Phillies in 1932. The other two did so more than 100 years ago – Ty Cobb in 1909 and Jimmy Sheckard in 1903. oh, but baseball was very different at the time.