Daily baseball stats: June 26, 2025

DAILY BASEBALL STATS: JUNE 26, 2025

1. MacKenzie Gore, who was traded from the Padres to the Nationals in the first Juan Soto trade, has started against the Padres in Petco Park on June 25 for three consecutive years.

2. Nick Pivetta had 10 strikeouts in seven shutout innings against the Nationals. Prior to yesterday, he was 0-7, 10.13 ERA in 10 career starts against Washington.

3. The Padres threw their MLB-leading 13th shutout of the season. They had 16 all of last year, which was second to the Braves (17).

The Padres set their franchise record with 13 shutouts before the All-Star break.

MOST SHUTOUTS BEFORE THE ALL-STAR BREAK, PADRES
2025 13
2007 12
2010 12
1985 11
2022 19

4. The Padres had their 4th 1-0 win of the season, which ties the Yankees for the most in the majors. That is as many of they have had in the previous three seasons combined.

The franchise record is 6, in 1985 and 2010.

5. The Paul Skenes-Jacob Misiorowski matchup was the 7th time in the Statcast era that both starters threw at least 1 pitch at 100+ MPH.

Misiorowski has thrown 5 pitches at 102+ MPH in his first 3 starts. That’s already the 3rd most, for any starting pitcher’s career in the Statcast era.

MOST PITCHES 102+ MPH, CAREER, STATCAST ERA
Hunter Greene 11
Jordan Hicks 6
Jacob Misiorowski 5
Nathan Eovaldi 3
Mason Miller 2 (he did start at the beginning of his career)
Ben Joyce 2 (made 1 “start” an opener in 2024)
Jacob deGrom 2
Spencer Strider 1
Noah Syndergaard 1
Tarik Skubal 1

6. Despite Paul Skenes’s 2.12 ERA, the Pirates are still just 8-9 in his starts. They’ve scored just 1.78 runs/game in the 9 losses.

7. The Red Sox have lost all 10 of Richard Fitts’s career starts. The previous franchise record was the first 6, by Danny MacFayden (1926-27).

The franchise record for any point in a pitcher’s career is 16, by Jim Lonborg in 1969.

8. Jacob deGrom took a perfect game in the 7th inning against the Orioles. He was just the 2nd pitcher to do that this season. Jacob Misiorowski did it last Saturday. deGrom had a no hitter through 7 before Colton Cowser singled. His previous longest no-hit bid was 6.2 innings vs. the Giants on August 2, 2014, before Pablo Sandoval had a 2 out double in the 7th.

9. Jacob Latz and deGrom became the first set of Rangers’ starters to have no-hit bids of 6+ innings back-to-back.

10. Jacob deGrom set a Rangers record with his 13th consecutive start of 2 runs or fewer.

MOST CONSECUTIVE STARTS, 2 RUNS OR FEWER, RANGERS
Jacob deGrom 13 2025
Barry Moore 12 1968-69 (when the team was Washington Senators)
Jon Gray 10 2024
Tyler Mahle 10 2025

11. The Rangers got their 8th shutout of the year. Only the Padres (13) and Guardians (9) have more. The Orioles have been shut out 8 times. Only the Rangers and Pirates (10 each) and Royals and Reds (9 each) have more.

12. The Guardians played just their 18th 1-run game of the season. That’s the lowest in the majors.

13. Juan Soto set the record with his 27th career multi-HR game prior to his 27th birthday.

MOST CAREER MULTI-HR GAMES PRIOR TO A PLAYER’S 27TH BIRTHDAY

Juan Soto 27
Jimmie Foxx 26
Eddie Mathews 25
Mel Ott 25
Alex Rodriguez 25
Ralph Kiner 24
Manny Machado 23
Ken Griffey Jr. 21
Willie Mays 21
Jim Rice 21
Hal Trosky 21

14. Yandy Diaz extended his hitting streak to 15 games. He’s hitting .476/.529/.762 during the streak. His career high is 20, done last June.

15. Max Fried gave up just 1 unearned run in 7 innings in the Yankees’ 7-1 win over the Reds to avert a series sweep. The Yankees are now 9-1 when Fried starts after a team loss while he is 8-1, 0.93 ERA.

16. Aaron Judge’s last 162 games: .352/.474/.717, 59 HR, 140 RBI, 134 runs, 420 total bases

17. Ian Happ became the 4th Cubs hitter in modern history to hit 10 lead off HR.

MOST LEADOFF HR, CUBS, SINCE 1900
Alfonso Soriano 22
Rick Monday 17
Dexter Fowler 12
Ian Happ 10
Brian McRae 8

18. The Cubs beat the Cardinals, 8-0. It was the 342nd shutout between these rivals since 1900. That’s the 3rd most in any matchup.

MOST TOTAL SHUTOUTS IN HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUP SINCE 1900
Giants vs. Dodgers 372
Cubs vs. Pirates 365
Cubs vs. Cardinals 342
White Sox vs. CLE 334
Braves vs. Reds 332

It was the Cubs’ 182 shutout against the Cardinals. That passed Dodgers vs. Giants for the 5th most.

MOST SHUTOUTS AGAINST A TEAM, SINCE 1900
Cubs vs. Pirates 193
Giants vs. Dodgers 191
Orioles vs. Red Sox 190 (includes Browns)
Reds vs. Cubs 189
Cubs vs. Cardinals 182
Dodgers vs. Giants 181
Braves vs. Dodgers 180
Phillies vs. Dodgers 180
Tigers vs. White Sox 177
Reds vs. Dodgers 175

19. The Astros beat the Phillies 1-0 and 2-0 the past 2 games. It’s the first time the Astros won back-to-back shutouts, while scoring 2 runs or less in both games, for the first time June 20-21, 1992. It’s the first time the Phillies were shut out in back-to-back games, while giving up 2 runs or less in both games, was April 19-20, 1996.

20. Max Muncy hit his 2nd grand slam in 3 games. His 8 grand slams are tied for the 2nd most in Dodgers history.

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAMS, DODGERS
Gil Hodges 14
Carl Furillo 8
Max Muncy 8
Mike Piazza 8
Cody Bellinger 7
Matt Kemp 7

21. There were 7 shutouts yesterday. That’s tied for 2nd most in any day since the mound was lowered to its current height in 1969.

MOST SHUTOUTS IN A DAY, SINCE 1969
June 4, 1972 8
Sept, 5, 2006 7
July 27, 2013 7
May 17, 2015 7
June 24, 2025 7