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0 -- Players who have driven in more runs than Indians outfielder Karim Garcia since his call up on Aug. 6. Garcia has 47 RBIs in 40 games. |
 Mike Bordick is closing in on the record for consecutive errorless chances by a shortstop. AP |
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.963 -- Winning percentage by Randy Johnson in 73 September starts since 1993. He's 26-1. |
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2 -- Baserunners gunned down by Twins All-Star Torii Hunter in the fourth inning last Tuesday. The last player with two outfield assists in one inning was ... Hunter on Aug. 23 last year! |
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4 -- Pitchers who have won 20 games in a season pitching in both leagues: Joe McGinnity (1902), Patsy Flaherty (1904), Hank Borowy (1945), Rick Sutcliffe (1984). Bartolo Colon, 19-7 with Cleveland and Montreal, is on deck. |
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5 -- Switch hitters have hit 40 or more home runs in a season: Mickey Mantle (1956, 1958, 1960, 1961), Ken Caminiti (1996), Todd Hundley (1996), Chipper Jones (1999) and Lance Berkman, who joined the club last week. |
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12 -- No-hit bids carried into the seventh inning this season by Oakland A's pitchers. Barry Zito took a no-hitter into the eighth Friday night against Seattle. |
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22 -- Hits collected by the Cubs in Thursday's 15-12 loss to the Reds. The last team to get 22 hits and lose a nine-inning game was Oakland in 1980. |
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23 -- Percent of Baltimore's 65 wins that belong to Rodrigo Lopez. The right-hander leads all AL rookies in wins (15), ERA (3.38) and strikeouts (124).
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40 -- Players in major league history who have driven in 1,500 runs. Fred McGriff joined the club with a two-run homer Friday night in Cincinnati. Every eligible player with 1,500 RBIs except Andre Dawson is in the Hall of Fame. |
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51 -- Home runs by Alex Cabrera for the Seibu Lions, five shy of the Pacific League's single-season record. Cabrera, who played for the Diamondbacks in 2000, has 19 games remaining to break the mark set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and matched by Tuffy Rhodes last year. |
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65 -- Consecutive innings that New York Yankees pitchers did not issue a walk before Orlando Hernandez licked his fingers on the mound Wednesday night while the Orioles' Chris Richard had a full count in the eighth inning. That's an automatic ball, giving Richard the walk. |
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83 -- Players who have homered in their first major league at-bat. White Sox catcher Miguel Olivo did it Sunday with a three-run blast off Andy Pettitte. |
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96 -- Plate appearances between stikeouts for Barry Bonds, who finally whiffed Sunday. It was the longest such streak in at least 30 years. |
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97 -- Consecutive errorless games at shortstop by Mike Bordick, an AL record. The major league record is 101, held by Rey Ordonez. |
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100 -- Losses for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. At 48-100, the Rays became the quickest AL team to lose 100 games since the '49 Washington Senators. They also became the first team to lose 100 in consecutive seasons since the Toronto Blue Jays did it from 1977-79. |
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144 -- Team games John Smoltz needed to record 50 saves, one faster than Bobby Thigpen needed in 1990 when he set the single-season saves record (57) with the White Sox. |
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398 -- At-bats before Dodgers leadoff hitter Dave Roberts became the last major league regular to ground into a double play. |
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4,564 -- Unclaimed A.J. Burnett bobblehead dolls after only 10,436 fans attended Friday night's Braves-Marlins game at Pro Stadium Stadium. |