Each season is one other likelihood for MLB’s gifted gamers to indicate us all that they will accomplish. Getting into the 12 months, it’s at all times enjoyable to anticipate which profession milestones may be reached or surpassed within the upcoming spherical of 162 video games. However over the course of the season, there are additionally single-season marks damaged that we wouldn’t have even seen coming.
Right here’s a glance again at 10 people who reached milestones within the 2025 season.
Strider entered the season with 495 Okay’s in his profession in simply 329 2/3 innings, placing him on monitor to not simply attain the milestone, however get there in fewer innings than some other pitcher who began in no less than 50% of his appearances by the point of his five hundredth strikeout, in response to the Elias Sports activities Bureau. On April 16, in his first outing of the season, he did precisely that within the fifth inning, getting there in 334 profession innings. That surpassed Freddy Peralta’s 372 innings for the fewest amongst major starters.
Soto’s 769 profession walks getting into the season have been probably the most in MLB historical past for a participant earlier than turning 26 and the second most earlier than turning 27, behind Mickey Mantle’s 797. Soto was 29 walks from breaking the pre-27 report and he’d but to even play a regular-season recreation as a 26-year-old.
On Could 6, Soto drew his 797th and 798th profession walks, setting the mark for probably the most earlier than turning 27 with loads of the season left. So what did he do? He ended up setting the report for many earlier than turning 28, too, earlier than he even turned 27 himself. That mark had additionally belonged to Mantle (at 892 walks) till Soto drew his 893rd on Sept. 23. Soto ended the 12 months with 896 walks, probably the most earlier than turning 27 and the place to begin as he prepares so as to add to the pre-28 report in 2026.
Ohtani entered the season with 225 dwelling runs. On June 14, he hit a leadoff dwelling run for No. 249, then hit his 250th within the sixth inning. On the time, he additionally had 156 profession stolen bases. Ohtani reached 250 homers and 150 stolen bases in 944 profession video games, the fewest of any participant in MLB historical past, surpassing Alex Rodriguez (977 video games). And Ohtani had solely truly batted in 928 of his video games at that time, as a result of he didn’t hit in pitching begins early in his profession. He nonetheless set the mark handily.
Olson performed his 700th consecutive recreation on June 26, a streak that dates again to Could 2, 2021. He ended the season at 782, a streak he’ll carry into ‘26 because the Twelfth-longest in MLB historical past. The one different streaks of no less than 700 consecutive video games to start within the divisional period (1969) belong to, after all, Cal Ripken Jr. (2,632 video games; 1982-98), Steve Garvey (1,207; 1975-83), Miguel Tejada (1,152; 2000-07), Pete Rose (745; 1978-83) and Dale Murphy (740; 1981-86).
The sure Corridor of Famer entered the season with 2,968 profession strikeouts. He reached 3,000 with the ultimate out of the sixth inning on July 2. The three,000 mark is actually elite territory: Of the 20 pitchers to succeed in it, the one ones not within the Corridor of Fame are Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling, plus Kershaw, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, who are usually not but eligible. Kershaw joined Walter Johnson (Senators) and Bob Gibson (Cardinals) as the one pitchers with 3,000 or extra profession strikeouts all for one staff.
Choose entered the season with 315 profession dwelling runs in 993 video games, probably the most in MLB since his debut season of 2016. He reached 300 homers in 2024 in 955 video games, the fewest in MLB historical past, so we have been prepared for him to set the identical report for 350. And that he did on July 12, hitting No. 350 in profession recreation No. 1,088. That’s by far the fewest profession video games to 350, besting Mark McGwire’s 1,280.
Alonso entered the 12 months third on the Mets’ all-time dwelling run listing with 226, behind solely Darryl Strawberry (252) and David Wright (242). He hit No. 253 on Aug. 12 to turn out to be the franchise’s chief in profession dwelling runs. He ended the season — and his Mets tenure, after signing with the Orioles — with 264. The one different energetic gamers who lead a franchise all-time in homers, no matter whether or not they’re at the moment on that staff, are Mike Trout (Angels), Giancarlo Stanton (Marlins) and Manny Machado (Padres).
Verlander entered the season tenth all-time with 3,416 strikeouts. He reached 3,500 on Aug. 10, tied Walter Johnson for ninth at 3,515 on Aug. 21 and handed Johnson on Aug. 26. Subsequent up was Gaylord Perry, in eighth, with 3,534. Verlander handed him on Sept. 6 and ended the season with 3,553 strikeouts.
Trout started the season with 378 profession dwelling runs, on the verge of turning into the 59th participant in MLB historical past with no less than 400. He hit No. 400 on Sept. 20, turning into the fifteenth participant with no less than 400 dwelling runs and 200 stolen bases. If we take it one step additional, the 34-year-old Trout was simply the seventh participant with no less than 400 dwelling runs and 200 stolen bases earlier than turning 35, becoming a member of Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Barry Bonds and Reggie Jackson.
Right here’s one we didn’t know we’d be counting right down to as 2025 started, nevertheless it grew to become obvious early on. Getting into the season, probably the most dwelling runs in a season for a catcher enjoying that place within the recreation was 42, by Javy Lopez in 2003. Raleigh hit 49 as catcher to set that report, and one other 11 whereas serving as DH. The earlier most for a major catcher (min. 50% of video games there) was 48 by Salvador Perez in 2021, so Raleigh’s 60 dwelling runs set that mark after which some. And, after all, he’s additionally a switch-hitter. The prior single-season homer report for switch-hitters was 54, by Mickey Mantle in 1961.
