Daily baseball stats: July 3, 2025
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DAILY BASEBALL STATS: JULY 3, 2025
1. The Pirates threw a shutout in all 3 games of a series for the first time since October 2-3, 1976. Both of their series were against the Cardinals.
The Pirates have 10 shutouts this season. That’s tied with the Cardinals for 2nd in the majors, behind the Padres (13). The Pirates have also participated in 20 shutouts (10-10 record), which is the most in the majors.
MOST SHUTOUTS PRIOR TO THE ALL-STAR BREAK, PIRATES
1992 13
2013 13
1975 10
2018 10
2025 10
2. 7 of the Cardinals’ last 8 games have been shutouts (2-5 in the shutouts). Overall, they are 10-8 this season in shutouts.
3. The Pirates 31 inning scoreless streak is their 2nd longest in the past 50 seasons (35 in June 2015).
4. Mitch Keller set the PNC Park record for career strikeouts.
MOST CAREER STRIKEOUTS IN PNC PARK
Mitch Keller 389
Paul Maholm 383
Francisco Liriano 371
Gerrit Cole 356
A.J. Burnett 294
5. Aroldis Chapman became the 14th pitcher to record 350 career saves.
6. The Marlins 8-game winning streak ended, 1 shy of the franchise record.
7. Aaron Judge broke Alex Rodriguez’s Yankees record with his 147th HR to tie the game or give the Yankees the lead. (Complete records on this only go back to 1961).
MOST CAREER HOME RUNS, YANKEES, THAT TIED THE GAME OR GAVE THE TEAM THE LEAD
Aaron Judge 147
Alex Rodriguez 146
Derek Jeter 139
Bernie Williams 117
Don Mattingly 103
8. Aaron Judge’s last 162 games:.351/.478/.720, 59 HR, 135 RBI, 135 runs, 419 total bases
9. The Blue Jays have a share of first place in July or later for the first time since the morning of September 7, 2016.
10. This is the first time since the morning of April 13 that the Yankees don’t have sole possession of first place.
11. Riley Greene hit 2 HR in the 1st game of the Tigers’ doubleheader, to give him 21 for the season. He’s the first Tiger with 20 prior to the All-Star break since J.D. Martinez had 25 in 2015.
12.The Tigers had their 11th game with 10+ runs this season. They had 12 last year.
Since 2000, the only time the Tigers had more before the All-Star break were 2007 (14) and 2000 (12).
13. The Tigers played their 23rd doubleheader since the start of 2022. That’s the most in the majors.
MOST DOUBLEHEADERS SINCE 2022
Tigers 23
Guardians 21
Mets 21
Cardinals 18
Yankees 16
14. MacKenzie Gore’s 2 K were his season low. But, he still set the franchise record for strikeouts by a LHP prior to the All-Star break.
MOST STRIKEOUTS, SEASON, LHP, EXPOS/NATIONALS, PRIOR TO THE ALL-STAR BREAK
MacKenzie Gore 2025 131
Patrick Corban 2019 129
Gio Gonzalez 2012 118
MacKenzie Gore 2024 116
Gio Gonzalez 2013 114
15. Jorge Soler hit his 200th career HR.
16. Matt Olson hit his 9th career grand slam. That’s tied for 3rd most among active players.
MOST GRAND SLAMS, ACTIVE PLAYERS
Manny Machado 12
Giancarlo Stanton 11
Javier Baez 9
Cody Bellinger 9
Nick Castellanos 9
Aaron Judge 9
Matt Olson 9
George Springer 9
17. Trea Turner reached 300 career stolen bases.
MOST STOLEN BASES, ACTIVE PLAYERS
Starling Marte 358
Jose Altuve 321
Trea Turner 300
Jose Ramirez 264
Andrew McCutchen 220
18. Joey Ortiz has 4 HR in his last 6 games, after hitting 2 HR in his first 77 games of the season.
19. The Mets played their 35th doubleheader since 2021.
MOST DOUBLEHEADERS, SINCE 2021
Mets 35
Tigers 28
Guardians 28
Cardinals 22
White Sox 21
Nationals 21
20. Jose Altuve moved into 2nd place on the Astros career hits list.
MOST CAREER HITS, ASTROS
Craig Biggio 3060
Jose Altuve 2315
Jeff Bagwell 2314
Jose Cruz 1937
Cesar Cedeno 1659
Lance Berkman 1648
Bob Watson 1448
Terry Puhl 1357
Jim Wynn 1291
Bill Doran 1139
21. Randy Arozarena has homered in 3 straight regular season games for the first time in his career.
He also did it in the 2020 ALDS.
22. The Giants played their MLB-high 36th 1-run game. The franchise record before the All-Star break is 40 (1978).
The Giants became the first team in the majors with 20 1-run wins.
23. Clayton Kershaw became the 20th pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts.
MOST CAREER STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHER WHO PLAYED HIS WHOLE CAREER WITH 1 TEAM
Walter Johnson 3515
Bob Gibson 3117
Clayton Kershaw 3000
Bob Feller 2581
Felix Hernandez 2524
Don Drysdale 2486
Sandy Koufax 2396
Jim Palmer 2212
Adam Wainwright 2202
Whitey Ford 1956
24. The Dodgers had their MLB leading 44th game with 2+ HR. The Dodgers are 35-9 in those games.
The Dodgers have hit 110 HR in their multi-HR games. More than 2/3 of the majors (21 of 30) don’t have 110 total HR this season.
25. It was the 125th time the Dodgers hit multiple HR in a Kershaw start. That is a franchise record.
MOST TIMES HITTING 2+ HOME RUNS IN A PITCHERS START, DODGERS
Clayton Kershaw 125
Don Sutton 95
Don Drysdale 94
Don Newcombe 85
Johnny Podres 71
It is the 7th most all-time for a single team.
MOST TIMES HITTING 2+ HOME RUNS IN A PITCHERS START, SINGLE TEAM
Andy Pettitte Yankees 156
Warren Spahn Braves 147
Mark Buehrle White Sox 136
John Smoltz Braves 133
Tim Wakefield Red Sox 127
Tom Glavine Braves 126
Clayton Kershaw Dodgers 125
Justin Verlander Tigers 124
Mickey Lolich Tigers 124
Adam Wainwright Cardinals 123
The overall all-time record is Greg Maddux, with 211.
26. Carlos Santana hit his 226th HR with Cleveland, to tie for 5th on the franchise’s career hit.
MOST CAREER HOME RUNS, CLEVELAND
Jim Thome 337
Jose Ramirez 268
Albert Belle 242
Manny Ramirez 236
Earl Averill 226
Carlos Santana 226
27. Shota Imanaga gave up back-to-back home runs for the first time in his MLB career.