MLB by the numbers: Papi nears more records on wild night
Every team was in action Tuesday night, and baseball fans weren't disappointed with what transpired.
There was a wild contest at Fenway Park, future Hall of Famers padded their already outstanding career totals, and there were several gigantic home runs. Yes, there were a lot of home runs tonight. It all added up to some fascinating numbers for us to dissect. Let's dig deep into tonight's craziness by the numbers.
428: Career home runs for Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, who took Steven Wright deep in the first inning at Fenway Park. That homer pushed him past new Hall of Famer Mike Piazza for 48th on the all-time list.
997: Extra-base hits by David Ortiz in a Red Sox uniform, a number he reached with a home run off Mike Pelfrey. Only Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski have recorded over 1,000 extra-base hits with the team.
61: Extra-base hits by Ortiz as a 40-year-old, leaving him one shy of the record for his age bracket.
24: Consecutive games in which the Padres have homered. They're the sixth team to homer in 24 straight games, and are just three shy of the major-league record. Alex Dickerson extended the streak for a second straight night.
913: Total number of feet Dickerson's home runs have traveled in the last two days. Dickerson crushed a 449-foot bomb into Rogers Centre's fifth deck off Bo Schultz on Monday, then took Marcus Stroman for a 467-foot ride Tuesday night.
2,997: Career hits for Ichiro Suzuki after his eighth-inning single off Andrew Bailey, leaving him three shy of the 3,000-hit club. A few pitches later, he took off for second and recorded his 507th career stolen base.
1949: The last time, before Tuesday, a Cardinals player - Stan Musial - hit homers in both ends of a doubleheader twice in one year. Jedd Gyorko pulled it off at Citi Field against the Mets on Tuesday, six days after he pulled it off in both ends of a double dip against San Diego.
138: Home runs hit by the Cardinals in 2016 after Gyorko's two bombs. That number bests their season total from all of last year by one, making them the first team in baseball to surpass their home-run total from a year ago.
5: Consecutive 20 home-run seasons for Kyle Seager, who hit No. 20 off Francisco Liriano. Seager's the sixth Mariners player with five or more 20-homer seasons, joining Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Alex Rodriguez, Raul Ibanez, and Jay Buhner.
1: Home run allowed to a pitcher by Felix Hernandez over his excellent career. It was hit on Tuesday by Pirates starter Francisco Liriano, and it traveled 416 feet.
8: Number of earned runs allowed by James Shields in his last 42 innings pitched following 7 2/3 shutout innings against the Cubs. In his first 13 2/3 innings pitched with the White Sox Shields allowed 24 earned runs.