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    MLB history watch for August — and the rest of the season

    morshediBy morshediAugust 13, 2025No Comments11 Mins Read
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    Has it hit you but that by the weekend, this baseball season will likely be 75 p.c over? We’re unsure how that occurred. However should you’re questioning what’s at stake over the subsequent month and a half, keep in mind that it isn’t solely the previous couple of playoff spots.

    It’s historical past!

    So who may make that historical past? You’ve come to the precise place. Time for one more August version of our MLB Historical past Watch.


    Can’t anybody right here hit .300?


    Aaron Decide leads the majors with a .337 batting common, however he doesn’t have an excessive amount of firm above .300. (Elsa / Getty Pictures)

    Prepared for a partial listing of extinct species right here within the yr 2025? There’s the woolly mammoth … the gastric-brooding frog … and (in fact) the .300 hitter.

    All proper, I’m stretching the definition of “extinct” barely. However I feel we’ve formally arrived at a degree the place nobody will ever be allowed to say once more that the definition of a superb hitter is the species previously often known as “the .300 hitter.”

    And why is that? As a result of as batting averages throughout our land plummet, you’ve gotten a greater likelihood of seeing a streaking asteroid within the sky this week than you do of seeing a .300 hitter bouncing a single up the center. That’s only a reality.

    As we sit right here, within the second week of August, you know the way many gamers have a batting common of .300 or higher (and now have sufficient taking part in time to qualify for the batting title)? How about eight (after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. joined the group, at .300 on the nostril, Tuesday). However we’ve been bobbing between 5 and 7 for many of August, so eight truly seems like a massive quantity.

    Now, should you’re questioning what the document is for the fewest males hitting .300 in a season, I can assist with that.

    Fewest in a single league — The trendy-era document for fewest .300 hitters in a season simply within the Nationwide League is three. And it’s not as if that occurred in 1906. That document was set in 2022 and matched final yr. See a pattern there?

    However the NL is down to precisely two in the intervening time: Freddie Freeman (.304) and Xavier Edwards (.304). And each of them had averages beneath .300 as just lately as final week! (Then there’s Will Smith, who’s at .312 however about 30 plate appearances wanting qualifying.)

    Meaning the NL has an opportunity to interrupt or equal the document for fewest .300 hitters in any league in NL/AL historical past:

    NUMBER League  12 months

    1 

    AL 

    1968*

    2 

    AL

    1966

    3

    AL

    1945 and ’65

    3

    NL  

    2022 and ’24

    (*Carl Yastrzemski led AL at .301 in ’68)
    (Supply: Baseball Reference / Stathead)

    Fewest in MLB — Final week, baseball was on tempo to set a document for fewest .300 hitters throughout each leagues, when that quantity dipped to solely 5 in the entire sport (all within the American League). However maintain watching these leaderboards, as a result of the all-time document is six, and it’s positively in play.

    It was set manner again in 1968, aka, the 12 months of the Pitcher. Does it appear encouraging that we’re evaluating any facet of the state of offense in 2025 with what went on in 1968? I’d vote no!

    For what it’s value, we’ve had three seasons when solely seven hitters made it to .300 or higher: two lifeless ball period seasons (1908 and 1918) and (naturally) final yr. The place’s Luis Arraez while you want him!

    Rocky Mountain Low


    It’s been that sort of season for Tyler Freeman’s Rockies. (Joe Puetz / Getty Pictures)

    We hate to select on the Rockies, however yikes! Have you ever checked out their run differential these days?

    It’s best to, as a result of … it’s minus-327!

    And this simply in: It’s nonetheless solely August!

    So what sort of run-differential historical past can the Rockies set? They don’t need to know. Let’s inform them anyway.

    Paging Choo-Choo Coleman — Is it an indication that your group will not be having that nice a season should you’re about to move Choo-Choo’s 1962 Mets in run differential … and there’s nonetheless 1 / 4 of the season left to play?

    The Nationwide League’s modern-era document for worst differential in a full season has been held by these notorious ’62 Mets for greater than six many years (at minus-331). The Rockies are poised to blow it to smithereens in lower than 5 months. Unimaginable. And keep in mind, that Mets group had an excuse: The franchise hadn’t even existed earlier than ’62.

    Paging Wilcy Moore — So now the Rockies are solely 22 runs away from the trendy MLB document — once more, that is for a full season — of minus-349, held by Wilcy Moore’s 1932 Pink Sox. And I’m guessing that shouldn’t take lengthy. In any case, we’re speaking a few Rockies group that just got outscored by 39 runs in a single sequence final week towards Toronto.

    Paging Harry Colliflower — Have I discussed it’s August? So in fact I needed to know whether or not any group has ever had a run differential this far beneath sea stage this early in a season.

    I requested my mates at STATS Carry out. I wasn’t shocked to be taught that the Rockies have locked up the ugliest run differential, via their first 120 video games, for the reason that official Worst Crew Ever, Harry Colliflower’s 1899 Cleveland Spiders (last document 23-134).

    Worst run differential via 120 video games (all time)

    1.

    1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys   

    -580

    2.

    1899 Cleveland Spiders 

    -501

    3.

    1897 St. Louis Browns  

    -460

    4.

    1889 Louisville Colonels 

    -399

    5.

    1895 Louisville Colonels

    -381

    Worst run differential via 120 video games (since 1900)

    1.

    2025 Colorado Rockies

    -327*

    2.

    1911 Boston Rustlers

    -296

    3.

    2023 Oakland Athletics

    -290

    4.

    1916 Philadelphia Athletics

    -283

    5.

    1932 Boston Pink Sox

    -281

    6.

    1939 Philadelphia Athletics

    -270

    (*By way of 119 video games)
    (Supply: STATS Carry out)

    Right here’s a rule of thumb. In case your group is the primary something since these 1899 Spiders, instances are robust!

    Andrew’s unusual brew 

    Do the Brewers have some form of magic potion they sprinkle on all people who stops by to play baseball within the shadow of Bernie Brewer? Perhaps we should always ask Andrew Vaughn. He’s positively basked in that sprinkle.

    Let’s break down his 2025 season. See if something uncommon pops out at you.

    Vaughn’s OPS in 48 video games with the White Sox — .531

    Vaughn’s OPS in 27 video games with the Brewers — 1.055

    This is similar individual! He simply appears to be having a season not like anyone’s in (right here comes that magic phrase once more) historical past. So, we requested STATS to verify this for us.

    PLAYERS WITH SUB-.600 OPS FOR ONE TEAM AND 1.000+ OPS FOR SECOND TEAM IN SAME SEASON*

    Andrew Vaughn, 2025 White Sox/Brewers

    Don’t search for any extra names. We’re executed!

    (*minimal 100 plate appearances for every group)

    That’s proper. If Vaughn retains rocking that 1.000 OPS, he’ll be the primary participant ever to tug this off for 2 groups in the identical yr, in any order! However let’s reduce the remainder of the game some slack and decrease this bar barely, from 1.000 to .950. If we simply try this, he lastly will get some firm.

    PLAYERS WITH SUB-.600 OPS FOR ONE TEAM AND .950+ OPS FOR SECOND TEAM IN SAME SEASON

    Andrew Vaughn, 2025 White Sox/Brewers

    Eduardo Pérez, 2006 Mariners/Indians

    It’s nice to see our amigo Eduardo on the listing. He had a .545 OPS for Seattle that yr and a .979 OPS for Cleveland. There’s only one slight — OK, make that monstrous — distinction: He did this in reverse. In different phrases, he was nice in Cleveland, then acquired traded to Seattle and was, um, not so nice.

    So let’s do that within the correct order — and decrease the bar once more, to a .935 OPS — and require that the man altering groups cleared that bar for his second group of the yr. That brings this enjoyable identify into play:

    JIM EDMONDS, 2008

    For ’08 Padres — .498 OPS

    For ’08 Cubs — .937 OPS

    However is it OK to watch that Edmonds’ .937 OPS is a great distance from 1.055? So should you watch Andrew Vaughn work his magic in Milwaukee as of late and assume, “I by no means noticed that earlier than,” it’s as a result of no person ever noticed that earlier than.

    Shoh time 


    Shohei Ohtani’s first two seasons with the Dodgers: fairly, fairly, fairly good. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Pictures)

    Is it even authorized to do one among these Historical past Watch columns and not using a Shohei Ohtani part? I’m fairly certain it’s not — on both aspect of the Pacific. So let’s take one other take a look at the Biggest Shoh on Earth.

    Right here’s my historic sizzling take, and I’m sticking to it: What we’re watching, within the two seasons since Ohtani turned a Dodger, is the best first two seasons any participant has ever had after altering groups.

    I do know Babe Ruth would love a phrase. However since he’s not accessible for remark at this explicit second, I’ll present you why I’m proper.

    The 100-1.000 Membership — I’ll concede that Ohtani hasn’t launched 100 homers as a Dodger but. He’s “solely” at 97. However let’s assume he hits 4 extra. Right here, in keeping with STATS, are the one gamers in historical past to affix a brand new group, hit 100 homers and compile an OPS of 1.000 or higher of their first two seasons with that group:

    Participant      TEAM  HR OPS

    Shohei Ohtani  

    LAD

    97 

    1.029

    Babe Ruth  

    NYY

    113 

    1.368

    Alex Rodriguez

    TEX 

    109

    1.018

    Asterisk alert: Roger Maris additionally hit 100 homers (precisely) in his first two seasons with the Yankees, 1960-61. And whereas his OPS was “solely” .974, his Adjusted-OPS+ (164) was truly increased than Alex Rodriguez’s (159). Fill in your favourite steroid period commentary right here.

    However now let’s maintain going.

    The 240-1.000 Membership — Maybe you’ve seen, although, that Ohtani additionally does “different stuff.” We’ll get to the pitching and base-running stuff in a second, however there’s additionally this: He has scored practically 50 extra runs than anybody else within the Nationwide League in these two seasons. So take a look at all of the gamers within the trendy period with as many runs scored and nearly as good an OPS as him of their first two years after altering groups:

    Participant   TEAM Runs OPS

    Shohei Ohtani  

    LAD

    248

    1.029

    Babe Ruth   

    NYY

    335 

    1.368

    Lefty O’Doul 

    PHIL

    274

    1.074

    (SOURCE: STATS Carry out)

    A-Rod (258, 1.018) barely misses this group. And if we drop the “modified groups” a part of this, Ted Williams (265, 1.040 in his first two big-league seasons) would be part of the band. However by now it’s clear: This argument goes to return all the way down to Shohei versus the Bambino. No shock there. So now let’s seal the deal.

    The 75-25 Membership — In equity to the Babe, he was a greater base runner than you’d in all probability count on. Guess you didn’t know that in 1921, whereas he was busy bopping 59 homers, he additionally stole 17 bases. Nonetheless, he was barely wanting the 50-50 Membership, a membership based by (yep) Ohtani.

    And on the mound, Ruth additionally might need been probably the most dominant left-handed starter of his time for a few seasons there. However that was in Boston. After he acquired to New York, he just about gave up his pitching act. Due to this fact …  the Bambino has a tricky time matching Ohtani’s ridiculous all-around numbers of their first two seasons with their new groups:

    PLAYER   SB SO*

    Ohtani  

    76 

    25

    Ruth

    31

    2

    (*strikeouts as a pitcher)

    Let’s assume this via. I don’t need to promote Ruth brief right here, if solely as a result of he’s Babe Freaking Ruth. The yr he gained his first AL dwelling run title, in 1918, the man who led the Nationwide League (Gavy Cravath) hit eight dwelling runs. So I get it. I perceive what the Babe represented in his time. When Ruth was bashing these 113 homers and rolling up that 1.368 OPS in 1920-21 within the Bronx, that was as arduous to understand then as sending a rocket to the moon.

    I also needs to acknowledge that of all the boys who hit 97 dwelling runs or extra of their first two seasons with a brand new group, Ruth’s 31 steals have stood for a century as probably the most amongst non-Ohtanis. So clearly, there’s a case to be made right here for the Bambino. Nonetheless …

    This isn’t some sort of actuality present Battle of the Legends. We’re not right here to check Ruth’s impression on the game and the tradition with Ohtani’s. We’re not even factoring in what Ruth did as a pitcher earlier than he acquired to New York — or the house run feats that took on a lore of their very own in his later years.

    No, that is strictly a First Two Seasons with a New Crew competitors. And if we’re measuring within the full spectrum of all the things Ohtani has executed in L.A. — the homers and the steals and the run-scoring and the work on the mound (which is just going to develop in stature over the subsequent two months) — then I’m satisfied I picked the precise winner: Shohei.

    Babe Ruth could have modified baseball. However Shohei Ohtani has modified our definition of what we thought was potential. So right here’s one last sizzling take from the August Historical past Watch column:

    He isn’t executed!

    (Prime picture of Andrew Vaughn: Patrick McDermott / Getty Pictures)



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