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Not enough people talk about Ron Cey • .261/.354/.445 (.799 OPS), 121 OPS+ • 53.7 WAR, 316 HR, 1139 RBI, 6x AS • Part of LA's record-setting infield • 1981 WS Champ (and WS MVP) • Got MVP votes in 5 seasons • Had 20 HR 10x, 90 RBI 5x • Nicknamed "The Penguin" • Topped 200 total bases 11x • Hit 5 career walk-off homers • .803 postseason OPS (45 GP) • Knocked out of 1981 WS Game 5 • (Hit in the dome by Rich Gossage) • But came back for Game 6 heroics • Top Similarity Score: Robin Ventura • Got his nickname from his short legs • Tough competitor and a real ballplayer • Top-200 in oWAR, HR, RBI, BB, SF, IBB • Got 8 HOF votes (of 423 ballots) in 1993 • Most HR vs one pitcher: 8 off Tom Seaver • Ron Cey had 12 seasons with at least a 110 OPS+, one shy of the record for third basemen (min. 90% of appearances at 3B), tied with David Wright and trailing only Hall of Famers Chipper Jones, Mike Schmidt, and Eddie Mathews Subscriber nomination by @bikebrh

will Munetaka Murakami finish the season with zero doubles? probably not but his HR-to-2B ratio could certainly end up in relatively historic territory via @Stathead, here's a fun list... players in MLB history with at least 5x as many HR as doubles in a season (min. 10 HR)

When Kyle Schwarber woke up yesterday morning, his career WAR stood at 20.2. Waking up today, it stands at 20.8. He increased his career WAR by 3% in one day. Kyle is in his 12th MLB season. That jump HAS to be a single day record for a player this far into their career.

Yordan Álvarez is the first player ever in Astros franchise history to record 12 home runs over the March–April span of a single MLB season. @baseball_ref

Most plate appearances this season without a homer:

800+ extra-base hits and 400+ stolen bases? Mixed bag of Hall of Famers and should-be Hall of Famers. 🎩 @notgaetti 💻 @Stathead Batting Season Finder

Ildemaro Vargas ha conectado hits en sus primeros 21 de la temporada. Esa es la mejor racha para cualquier venezolano empezando una zafra. Suma 24 encuentros consecutivos con al menos un imparable conectado, igualado con “El Chico” y al acecho de “V-Mart” y “El Búfalo”. h/t: @baseball_ref #Dbacks | #ElExtrabase⚾️🇻🇪

Looking at Rogers Hornsby’s page on @baseball_ref is the same as looking at Barry Bonds or Babe Ruth. It’s just silly. Hornsby owns 6 of the top 10 highest single-season OPS+ marks by a second baseman in MLB history, including the top 4.

Only 14 players have debuted since 1990 and maintained a .300+ career batting average with more RBI than strikeouts (min. 3500 plate appearances); @SFGiants 2B Luis Arraez is the only current player meeting these criteria. The last one before him? His own GM, Buster Posey.

Randal Grichuk 2026 First 8 Games (14 PA): .000/.000/.000 Last 8 Games (21 PA): .316/.333/.526 (.860 OPS, 129 wRC+)

These two rookies are playing out of their damn minds. If they were in the same league, we would have a Rookie of the Year race for the ages on our hands.

Happy 54th Birthday, Chipper Jones. I do not have Jones down as the greatest 3B in MLB history, but I do consider him to very much be in the running for the greatest hitting 3B of all-time. He hit for average, he hit for power, he walked, and he casually drove in 1600+ runs. May very well be the offensive 3B 🐐

Warren Spahn was born on this day in 1921. One of the four faces on Left-Handed Pitcher Rushmore

Not enough people talk about HACK Wilson • .307/.395/.545 (.940 OPS), 144 OPS+ • Led NL in homers 4x in 5 seasons • The single-season RBI king (191) • Once led the league in OPS+ • Twice led the league in RBI • Thrice scored 100+ runs • 1930 NL MVP with Chicago • Famously drunk & combative • HOF '79 (Veterans Committee) • Finished top-8 in MVP voting 4x • Had a tremendous 423 TB in 1930 • Had at least 5.0 WAR 5x, 300 TB 4x • Was Chicago's everyday center fielder • Batted .319 over 12 World Series games • An interesting look (5'6" 200, size 5 feet) • @nytimes made first use of "Hack" in 1924 • (Origins of the nickname are still in dispute) • Someone said he was "built like a beer keg..." • "...and not wholly unfamiliar with its contents" • 1 of 3 seasons with 200 H, 50 HR, and 400 TB • (Joined by Babe Ruth 1921 & Jimmie Foxx 1932) • Wilson's single-season record of 191 RBI remains one of the most unbreakable in all of baseball; there have been no serious challenges to it since the 1930s and the most RBI in a season since then were 165 by Manny Ramirez in 1999, the same year that Wilson's record was officially increased from 190 to 191 after an error was discovered in an old box score

Last night was only the 4th time in the @Stathead database (since 1898) where the Cubs had multiple pitchers in a game with 5+ strikeouts & no walks

lineups from that game: baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL2…

The Chicago Cubs have a ridiculous 2B Rushmore (all 4 reside in Cooperstown) that Nico Hoerner has not quite cracked. As of today, we sit at: Ryne Sandberg 🐐 Johnny Evers Billy Herman Rogers Hornsby If Hoerner wants on, he will have to take out Hornsby, who played only 317 games with the Cubs but won an MVP and played in a WS during that time.

Said game is, however, the second to feature both teams scoring 5+ runs after both teams were held scoreless through the first eight innings, along with: -June 5 of 2013, White Sox at Mariners. 0-0 after 8, White Sox 7-5(!) win. These are the only two games since at least 1912.

The Dodgers have beaten the Giants 1,290 times. The Giants have beaten the Dodgers 1,290 times. They have a 3-game series starting tomorrow.

Yordan Álvarez became the third Cuban-born player to hit 10 home runs in the first 23 games of an Major League Baseball season. @baseball_ref