Plenty of historic feats in a jam-packed stats of the week

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (Aug. 16-22).

Happy Hollidays: Jackson Holliday registered his first career four-hit game on Friday. At 20 years and 256 days old, Holliday became the fifth-youngest player in Orioles/Browns franchise history with a four-hit game, older than only Jay Porter (8/19/52: 19y, 215d), Kid Butler (6/19/1907: 19y, 314d), Brooks Robinson (9/25/57: 20y, 130d) and Dick Kokos (7/24/48: 20y, 147d).

Action Jacksons: There were triples abound for the youngsters on Friday, as Jacksons Chourio, Holliday and Merrill each hit one. They became the first trio of players, all at age 21 or younger, to each have a triple on the same day since Jack Clark, Robin Yount and Terry Puhl on Aug. 27, 1977.

Bobby baseball: Bobby Witt Jr. hit his 25th home run of the season on Friday to cement his second career 25-HR, 25-SB season. That’s already tied with Carlos Beltrán and Bo Jackson for the most such seasons in Royals franchise history. Remember, he’s just 24 years old.

Run ADC: Adrian Del Castillo crushed a grand slam on Monday, playing in his hometown of Miami as a big leaguer in just his ninth career MLB game. He ended the day with 14 career RBIs, tied with 1929 Dale Alexander for second-most in a player’s first nine career games since RBIs became official in 1920, behind only 1977 Mitchell Page’s 15.

Going back-to-back: On Tuesday, Juan Soto and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back home runs for the fifth time this season. That’s tied for the second-most times hitting back-to-back homers by a Yankees duo in a season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. They are tied with 2005 Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez, 1936 Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig and 1927 Babe Ruth and Gehrig. The only duo with more was Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira in 2009 with six.

The Volunteer Fireman: Ben Joyce struck out Bobby Witt Jr. to end the game on Tuesday, with pitches of 104.8 mph, 104.5 mph and 103.2 mph, all of which induced swings. The strikeout was the first under pitch tracking (2008) of three pitches, three whiffs, all at 103.0+ mph, per MLB’s Jason Bernard. The only other three-pitch strikeout, all at 103.0+ mph, in that span was Joyce’s of J.D. Martinez on Aug. 3, 2024 (called strike, foul, swinging strike).

Mr. Smile: Francisco Lindor hit his 25th home run of the season on Wednesday to go along with his 25 stolen bases. This is the third time in his career he’s reached 25-25 in a season. Lindor is the first shortstop in MLB history with three such seasons (min 50% of games at SS each season).

Cruz Control: Elly De La Cruz notched his 60th stolen base of the season on Wednesday, becoming the fifth individual player with a 20-HR, 60-SB season. He joined 2023 Ronald Acuña Jr., Rickey Henderson (1985, 1986, 1990), 1986 Eric Davis and Joe Morgan (1973, 1976). There have now been eight such seasons in MLB history, four of them by Reds players.

Pip Pip Chourio: Jackson Chourio had his first career four-hit game on Wednesday. At 20 years and 163 days old, he was the youngest player with a four-hit game since Juan Soto on June 29, 2018. The only other players to do so at that age or younger since 2000 are 2014 Rougned Odor, 2012 Bryce Harper, 2010 Starlin Castro (three games) and 2003 Miguel Cabrera.

Current Ironman: Matt Olson has played 585 consecutive games entering Friday, dating to May 2, 2021. There have been only six other streaks of at least 500 since 2000, per Elias. They belong to 2000-07 Miguel Tejada (1,152 consecutive games), 2018-22 Whit Merrifield (553), 2010-14 Prince Fielder (547), 2000-03 Alex Rodriguez (546), 2003-06 Hideki Matsui (518) and 2004-07 Mark Teixeira (507).