RELATED: Albert Pujols Passes Alex Rodriguez With Home Run No. That’s not to discredit some of the power hitters that came before the Statcast era, but it’s certainly a luxury we get to enjoy today. While we have been projecting the distance of home runs for decades, there’s no confirming the legitimacy or accuracy of them prior to the 2015 season. According to the MLB, the distance is calculated by ‘finding the parabolic arc of the baseball and projecting the remainder of its flight path.’ The introduction of Statcast in all 30 ballparks in 2015 – they did a test run in 2014 – improved the accuracy of home run distance projections. This new state-of-the-art technology allows for greater analysis of the game. Cron, hit a home run that traveled 504 feet at Coors Field – one of the longest home runs since 2015, when the MLB entered the Statcast era. On September 9th, Colorado Rockies’ first baseman, C.J. Cron Hits Second-Longest Home Run in Statcast Era Here Are Some of the Other Longest Home Runs Since 2015 Do you think we’ll see another team achieve this unlikely stat in the near future? I’d like to think so. The other offenses that score at a high rate include the Atlanta Braves (4.76 runs per game), San Francisco Giants (4.69 runs per game), and New York Mets (4.66 runs per game). YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: 30 of the Best Moments From MLB’s All-Star Week I wouldn’t be surprised if either of those two teams come close to scoring 25 runs in a game this season – it can happen! The only two teams scoring at a higher rate are the Los Angeles Dodgers, who score 5.14 runs per game, and the New York Yankees, who score 5.36 runs per game. As it stands right now, they rank third in the entire MLB with 4.88 runs scored per game – their offense is explosive. While it’s not easy and obviously doesn’t happen often – just 20 MLB teams have done it since 1900 – it makes sense that it was the Toronto Blue Jays who achieved it. Travis Metcalf and Marlon Byrd also hit home runs. Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ramon Vazquez stole the show, combining for eight hits, four home runs, nine runs scored, and 14 runs batted in. The Rangers finished the game with 29 hits, including a team-high five hits from David Murphy. The Rangers had just a 5-3 lead after the fifth inning, but scored nine runs in the sixth inning, 10 runs in the eighth, and six runs in the ninth inning. On August 22, 2007, the Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 in what was the most runs scored by a team since 1900. 1tVC4a45D4- Fifth Quarter Stats August 22, 2020 On this day in sports history, The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, scoring the most runs by a team in modern MLB history (1900).Īll 10 players Texas sent to the plate had at least 1 hit and 1 run scored (Game 1 of a DH). Let’s take a look at the other 19 MLB teams to score at least 25 runs since 1900. Every starting batter had at least two hits and they scored in every inning except the seventh and eighth. Let’s not forget about Kevin Gausman, who pitched five innings and struck out 10 batters.Īll in all, the Blue Jays tallied 29 hits in the win and five home runs – including two from Jansen. Raimel Tapia, Alejandro Kirk, Bo Bichette, Matt Chapman, Teoscar Hernandez, and Danny Jansen chipped in with three hits each – with Tapia and Jansen each adding six runs batted in. stole the show with six hits and five RBIs. When MLB teams put on a performance like the Blue Jays did last weekend, the first thing I look at is the stat sheet – there has to be some crazy stat lines in there and that’s exactly what we got on Friday. RELATED: MLB Teams Likely to Get 100 Losses This Year: YIKES MLB Teams to Score 25 or More Runs Since 1900 Conor P. Their 28 runs is tied for the fifth-most in MLB history, but it was the most runs scored in Blue Jays’ history and there were several other franchise records broken that night. In doing so, they joined an exclusive list of just 20 MLB teams to record at least 25 runs in a game since 1900. The Blue Jays already had a 3-0 lead after the second inning, but put up a seven-run effort in the third inning, a four-run effort in the fourth, a massive 11-run effort in the fifth, a two-run effort in the sixth, and the historic 28th run in the top of the ninth inning. It was a 28-5 victory for the Blue Jays and it came against a divisional opponent in the Boston Red Sox – a truly historic day in baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays made history last Friday when they became one of the few MLB teams to ever score more than 25 runs in a single game.
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