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Baseball Time Machine: Miguel Cabrera's MLB debut On June 20, 2003, Miguel Cabrera made his Major League Baseball debut with the Marlins, batting 8th and playing LF against the Devil Rays.

Today’s Baseball Time Machine is Miguel Cabrera’s debut.

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20.06.2025 19:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Daily baseball stats: June 20, 2025 DAILY BASEBALL STATS: JULY 20, 2025

Today’s daily baseball stats have been posted. Today’s edition features 27 notes from around the majors.

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20.06.2025 19:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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World Series 46: 1939 Reds vs. 2014 Royals SERIES 46

The next World Series recap of the tournament has been posted. The 1939 Reds played the 2014 Royals.

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19.06.2025 19:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Baseball Time Machine: The return of Billy Martin I’m debuting my newest addition, the Baseball Time Machine.

I debut a new feature in my Substack: the Baseball Time Machine. Today’s first episode is The Return of Billy Martin.

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19.06.2025 19:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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World Series 45: 1965 Twins vs. 2012 Tigers SERIES 45

The next World Series recap of the tournament has been posted. The 1965 Twins played the 2012 Tigers.

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18.06.2025 15:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Daily baseball stats: June 18, 2025 In addition to free Tuesday and free Thursday, I’ve decided to add a random free Wednesday to this week.

The latest baseball stats report has been posted. Today’s report features the Yankees’ struggles, a home-run oddity and much more. That’s 25 different baseball notes to keep you informed.

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18.06.2025 15:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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World Series 44: 1949 Dodgers vs. 2022 Phillies SERIES 44

The next World Series recap of the tournament has been posted. The 1949 Dodgers played the 2022 Phillies. Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges faced Bryce Harper’s Phils.

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17.06.2025 14:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Daily Baseball stats: June 17, 2025 Welcome to all of our new subscribers.

Today’s daily baseball stats have been posted. Among today’s highlights are Aaron Judge has a K problem against the Red Sox, Angels-Yankees scoreless through 9, Ohtani’s return to the mound & much more.

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17.06.2025 13:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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World Series 42: 1990 A's vs. 2023 Diamondbacks Yesterday, I accidentally sent out series 43 when it was series 42’s turn.

The next World Series recap of the tournament has been posted. The 1990 A’s played the 2023 Diamondbacks.

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16.06.2025 17:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Daily baseball stats: June 16, 2015 DAILY BASEBALL STATS: JUNE 16, 2025

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16.06.2025 17:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jose Ramirez’s 39-game on-base streak ended. It was the longest by a Cleveland hitter since Victor Martinez (45 games in 2005-06).

16.06.2025 13:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Nationals’ 8-game losing streak is their longest since a 9-game streak in 2022.

16.06.2025 13:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Royals matched their longest losing streak of the season: 6 games.

16.06.2025 13:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Mariners won their 22nd consecutive game when hitting a grand slam.

The Mariners tied their franchise record with their 5th grand slam before the end of June. It was the 5th time they’ve done it and first since 2002.

16.06.2025 13:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The White Sox tied the Braves for the MLB lead with their 19th 1-run loss.

16.06.2025 13:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Astros trailed the Twins, 1-0, entering the 9th before winning 2-1 in 10 innings. It was the first time the Astros won a game when being shut out entering the 9th since June 29, 2022.

16.06.2025 12:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The A’s swept the Royals for the first time since September 12-15, 2016.

16.06.2025 12:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Marlins had their 1st series sweep of the season.

The Astros are the only team left that hasn’t swept a series. At the other end of the spectrum, the Mets lead MLB with 6 sweeps.

16.06.2025 12:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Grant Holmes struck out 15 batters in 6.1 IP. He gave up just 3 runs in the Braves’ 10-1 loss.

It was the 2nd most K in any game by a pitcher whose team gave up 10+ runs in a game. Randy Johnson struck out 16 in ARI's 13-11 win over MIL on Sept. 27, 2001. Johnson allowed 5 runs in 6.2 IP that day.

16.06.2025 12:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Angels gave up 10+ runs for the 7th time this season. Only the A’s (16) have done it more in the AL.

16.06.2025 12:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Rockies had their 4th game this year with 10+ runs. It was their 2nd on the road.

In franchise history, 77.3% of the Rockies’ 10+ run games have come at home (433 of 560).

16.06.2025 12:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Orioles scored 10+ runs for the 2nd time in a 5-game span. The only other time they did it before then was Opening Day.

16.06.2025 11:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Elly De La Cruz joined Frank Robinson (1959), Johnny Bench (1970) and Eric Davis (1984) as the only Reds to homer in 4 consecutive games at age 23 or younger.

16.06.2025 11:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Yankees and Mets were both swept for the first time this season. The Reds are the only team left in MLB that hasn’t been swept.

At the other end of the spectrum, it’s no surprise that the Rockies led MLB by getting swept 11X. The White Sox (7) and A’s (6) are the only others with more than 5.

16.06.2025 11:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Red Sox beat the Yankees, 2-0. The Red Sox threw their 5th shutout of the season and have been shut out once.

BEST RECORDS IN THE MAJORS WHEN EITHER TEAM THROWS A SHUTOUT

Red Sox 5-1, .833
D-backs 5-1, .833
Cardinals 8-3, .727
Padres 12-5, .706
Yankees 7-3, .700

16.06.2025 11:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aaron Judge’s last 162 games: .357/.475/.732, 61 HR, 147 RBI, 138 runs, 429 total bases

16.06.2025 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Manny Ramirez 36
Jim Rice 36
Aaron Judge 32
Dwight Evans 32
Rafael Devers 31
Jorge Posada 31

16.06.2025 11:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In his last game with the Red Sox, Rafael Devers homered for his 500th career XBH.

MOST CAREER HOME RUNS IYANKEES VS. RED SOX

Babe Ruth 102
Lou Gehrig 70
Mickey Mantle 69
Ted Williams 62
David Ortiz 52
Carl Yastrzemski 52
Joe DiMaggio 46
Alex Rodriguez 39
Yogi Berra 38

16.06.2025 11:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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World Series 43: 1974 Dodgers vs. 1997 Indians SERIES 43

The next World Series recap of the tournament has been posted. The 1974 Dodgers played the 1995 Indians. A HOF candidate had a historic series to win MVP.

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15.06.2025 17:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Daily baseball stats--June 15, 2025 DAILY BASEBALL STATS—JUNE 15, 2025

Today’s daily baseball stats have been sent out. Today’s stats report features Clayton Kershaw, Aaron Judge, Clayton Kershaw, Jose Ramirez, Mike Trout and more.

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15.06.2025 17:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0