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0 -- Four-game sweeps by the Mariners against the Angels before last weekend. Seattle held Anaheim to a total of five runs in the four-game whitewash. |
Darren Oliver is a four-game winner thanks to some help from the Rangers' offense. Donald Miralle/Allsport
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.714 -- Batting average as a pinch hitter by Arizona's Erubiel Durazo (5-for-7). Durazo also has a major league-best three home runs and five RBIs as a pinch hitter. |
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1 -- Times through Sunday the Braves scored more than four runs in a game since their 10-4 Opening Day win against the Reds. Atlanta has scored the fewest runs in the majors.
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1-8 -- Home record by the Oakland Athletics, worst in the majors. Last season, the A's had the third-best home record in baseball at 47-34. |
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2 -- Teams other than Minnesota with five or more triples. The Twins' Christian Guzman has a league-best five triples, more than every team but Colorado (six) and Milwaukee (five). |
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2.88 -- Team ERA by the Colorado Rockies on the road, second lowest in the National League. The Rockies have an NL-worst 7.02 ERA at home. |
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3-0 -- Baltimore's record in extra-inning games. The Orioles are 5-11 in nine-inning games. |
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4 -- Cubs games in which reliever Jeff Fassero has not appeared. Fassero leads the majors with 14 appearances. |
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5 -- Pitchers who won their first three starts of the season --- the Chicago Cubs' Kevin Tapani and Jason Bere, Texas' Darren Oliver, Minnesota's Brad Radke and Toronto's Chris Michalak. Oliver and Radke each have won four consecutive starts to begin the year. |
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8 -- Home runs allowed by Tigers pitcher Dave Mlicki this season, most in the majors. |
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9 -- Hits needed by Yankees outfielder Paul O'Neill to become the 15th active player to reach 2,000 career hits. Houston's Craig Biggio is 10 hits shy of the milestone. |
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10 -- Consecutive Sunday home games lost by Pittsburgh before the Pirates' 3-2 victory against the Cubs on April 22. |
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15 -- Consecutive games that the Kansas City Royals have homered. The Royals have been held homerless once this season, a 1-0 loss to the Yankees on April 5. |
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16.7 -- Stolen base percentage by Pirates catcher Jason Kendall (one steal in six attempts). In 1998, Kendall was caught only five times en route to a career-best 26 steals. |
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20 -- At-bats by Cardinals reserve Larry Sutton, the most of any player this season without a hit. |
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33 -- Runs scored by the Texas Rangers in Darren Oliver's four starts. Not surprisingly, Oliver is 4-0. |
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35 -- Four-hit games in the majors this season. Only Minnesota's Corey Koskie and Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki have two four-hit games. |
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41.3 -- Percentage of pitches in which Cubs catcher Todd Hundley has swung and missed, most in the majors. Cleveland's Russell Branyan is worst in the AL at 41 percent. |
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47-10 -- Combined score of the six Red Sox-Devil Rays games this season. Boston is 6-0 against Tampa Bay with 13 meetings remaining on the schedule. |
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61.5 -- Percentage of Barry Bonds' hits this season that have been home runs (8 of 13). |
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68 -- Games it took Florida second baseman Luis Castillo to reach five RBIs last season. Castillo reached the mark in only 14 this year. |
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90 -- Consecutive sellouts at San Francisco's Pacific Bell Park, longest in the majors. Cleveland's record streak of 455 consecutive sellouts ended earlier this season. |
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200 -- Consecutive homerless games by Dodgers infielder Jeff Reboulet before Sunday's game-tying, three-run homer against the Padres. Reboulet's last home run was July 22, 1998. |
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2,441 -- Days between managing victories by new Devil Rays manager Hal McRae. His last win before Saturday's victory against Baltimore was Aug. 9, 1994 as Kansas City's skipper. |
