A part of what makes baseball the very best are the feats and wonderful stats accruing left and proper, each single day. We chronicle them all year long, however there’s no higher time than earlier than the calendar flips to have a look again.
It’s onerous to choose only one per crew, after one more season that gave us a lot fodder. No crew or participant could be summed up in a single stat alone, however info can entertain and provides us perception into the season that was, even when it doesn’t encapsulate the complete 12 months in a single truth. If you happen to’re on the lookout for extra in your favourite groups or gamers, try the MLB milestones reached in 2025 and the largest tales of the ’25 season.
To wrap up the 12 months and get everybody prepared for 2026, right here’s a take a look at one wonderful stat for every of the 30 groups from this previous season.
Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage wowed us all from the day he made his MLB debut on Sept. 15, setting a Blue Jays franchise file with 9 strikeouts in his first outing within the Majors. There was a lot extra to come back from him in 2025. In Recreation 5 of the World Collection, he pulled off a very uncommon feat. Yesavage struck out all 9 batters within the Dodgers’ beginning lineup, changing into the third beginning pitcher in World Collection historical past to strike out every batter in a beginning lineup. He joined Randy Johnson in Recreation 2 of the 2001 World Collection and Bob Gibson in Recreation 1 of the 1968 World Collection.
Orioles: Trevor Rogers made 18 begins in 2025 they usually had been spectacular. He had a 1.81 ERA and 0.90 WHIP and amassed 5.5 WAR, per Baseball Reference. That’s the very best WAR by a pitcher in a season the place he threw 110 innings or fewer and was primarily a starter. Let that soak in — essentially the most helpful partial season of that size by a starter. The following-highest within the AL or NL since 1900 with the identical qualifiers was Jacob deGrom in 2021, with 4.5 WAR and a 1.08 ERA in 92 innings.
Rays: In his first full MLB season, Junior Caminero crushed 45 dwelling runs. His bat pace is elite. Caminero had a mean bat pace of 78.5 mph, second-fastest in MLB behind solely Oneil Cruz (78.8 mph) amongst Statcast qualifiers. With bat pace, a quick swing is outlined as one at 75 mph or sooner — consider it like exit velocity, the place something 95 mph or above is hard-hit — and no one swung quick extra steadily than Caminero in 2025. Of his aggressive swings, 81.1% had been quick, the one participant with a fee of no less than 80%. Why will we care? In 2025, quick swings generated a slugging share of .631 together with a 54.7% hard-hit fee, in comparison with .380 and 37.2%, respectively, on non-fast swings. And for batting common? .313 when swinging quick, in comparison with .250 in any other case.
Purple Sox: Wilyer Abreu had a multi-homer recreation on June 30 in a very distinctive vogue that’s value a revisit. He hit an inside-the-park dwelling run within the fifth inning, then hit a grand slam into the stands later within the recreation within the eighth. Abreu grew to become the sixth participant to hit an inside-the-park dwelling run and a grand slam (individually) in a recreation, per the Elias Sports activities Bureau. He joined Roger Maris (Aug. 3, 1958), Jim Tabor (July 4, 1939), Charlie Gehringer (Aug. 4, 1930), Everett Scott (July 4, 1923) and Jocko Fields (June 5, 1890). That’s proper — earlier than Abreu, the final time this had occurred was in 1958.
Yankees: Aaron Choose was stellar once more in 2025, profitable his second consecutive MVP Award and third total. Choose led all MLB qualifiers in batting common, on-base share and slugging share, changing into the fifth participant within the growth period (1961) to take action. He joined Miguel Cabrera in 2013, Barry Bonds in 2002, Larry Walker in 1999 and George Brett in 1980. He additionally hit 20 first-inning dwelling runs, two greater than another participant in any single inning in a season in MLB historical past.
Guardians: One other season, one other excellent efficiency from José Ramírez. 2025 was his second season with no less than 30 dwelling runs and 40 stolen bases. The one different gamers in MLB historical past with a number of such seasons are Bobby Bonds (4), Barry Bonds and Alfonso Soriano. Solely Bobby Bonds and Ramírez did so in consecutive seasons.
Royals: Bobby Witt Jr. continued to impress in 12 months 4. He had 38 stolen bases, his fourth straight season with no less than 30. He’s considered one of seven gamers to have no less than 30 stolen bases in every of his first 4 profession seasons for the reason that fashionable stolen base rule was adopted (1898), together with Ichiro Suzuki, Delino DeShields, Vince Coleman, Rickey Henderson, Jerry Remy and Artwork Devlin. Witt is the one participant in MLB historical past with no less than 30 stolen bases and 10 dwelling runs in every of his first 4 seasons, and he’s truly had no less than 20 homers in every.
Tigers: Tarik Skubal gained his second consecutive AL Cy Younger Award for his work within the common season, however his postseason efficiency deserves a point out, too. Although the Tigers went on to lose in additional innings, Skubal’s ALDS Recreation 5 was one for the ages. He set a postseason single-game file with seven consecutive strikeouts at one level and ended up with 13 complete, essentially the most by a pitcher in a winner-take-all recreation in postseason historical past. Alongside along with his 14 strikeouts in Recreation 1 of the Wild Card Collection, Skubal grew to become the primary pitcher in postseason historical past with a number of 13-plus strikeout video games in a single postseason. The one others with two in a postseason profession are Bob Gibson and Gerrit Cole.
Twins: The Twins put collectively a 13-game profitable streak in Might, after authoring a 12-game profitable streak in 2024. Since 1900, there have now been 12 situations of a crew profitable 12 or extra in a row in consecutive seasons. The Twins had been the primary to take action since Cleveland gained 14 straight in 2016 and had their AL-record 22-game win streak in 2017.
White Sox: Colson Montgomery hit 21 dwelling runs in a 71-game rookie marketing campaign, getting off to a quick begin. He hit his tenth profession dwelling run on Aug. 11, in his thirty second profession recreation. That was the third-fewest profession video games to 10 dwelling runs in White Sox historical past, trailing Zeke Bonura in 1934 (25 video games) and José Abreu in 2014 (26 video games). The 23-year-old Montgomery additionally grew to become the youngest participant in White Sox historical past with no less than 10 dwelling runs in an 18-game span.
Angels: On June 23, the Angels had eight of their first-round Draft picks seem in a recreation, in Zach Neto, Nolan Schanuel, Mike Trout, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Christian Moore, Reid Detmers and Sam Bachman. It was the primary time that occurred for a crew for the reason that Brewers on July 3, 1991, with Paul Molitor, Dan Plesac, Robin Yount, B.J. Surhoff, Dale Sveum, Invoice Spiers, Gary Sheffield and Greg Vaughn, per Elias. The very subsequent day, in his twelfth profession recreation, Moore hit a game-tying dwelling run within the eighth inning after which hit a walk-off dwelling run within the tenth. He grew to become the second participant in MLB historical past with a multi-homer recreation together with a walk-off dwelling run inside his first 12 profession video games, becoming a member of Matt Thaiss on July 28, 2019 — additionally for the Angels.
Astros: Hunter Brown made his first All-Star crew in 2025 and went on to complete third within the AL Cy Younger Award voting. An enormous cause why he was so efficient was limiting onerous contact. Brown allowed only a 32.2% hard-hit fee, the second-lowest among the many 151 pitchers to permit no less than 250 batted balls this season, behind solely Ranger Suárez (31.1%).
Athletics: Nick Kurtz made an impression for the A’s this season and cemented it with a unanimous AL Rookie of the 12 months Award. His teammate Jacob Wilson additionally had a terrific 12 months and completed second for the award. The A’s grew to become the ninth crew to have gamers end first and second for Rookie of the 12 months in the identical season. They joined the 2022 Braves (Michael Harris II, Spencer Strider), 2011 Braves (Craig Kimbrel, Freddie Freeman), 1989 Cubs (Jerome Walton, Dwight Smith), 1984 Mariners (Alvin Davis, Mark Langston), 1975 Purple Sox (Fred Lynn, Jim Rice), 1963 White Sox (Gary Peters, Pete Ward), 1960 Orioles (Ron Hansen, Chuck Estrada/Jim Gentile tied) and 1957 Phillies (Jack Sanford, Ed Bouchee).
Mariners: Julio Rodríguez hit 32 dwelling runs and notched 30 stolen bases, changing into the one participant in Mariners historical past with a number of 30-30 seasons. Rodríguez is as much as 112 dwelling runs and 116 stolen bases in his first 4 MLB seasons. He’s the one participant with no less than 110 dwelling runs and 100 stolen bases in his first 4 seasons. If we glance by age as an alternative, he’s the third participant with no less than 110 dwelling runs and 110 stolen bases earlier than turning 25, together with Alex Rodriguez and Mike Trout.
Rangers: We had been handled to a full season of Jacob deGrom in 2025, as he made 30 begins for the primary time since 2019 and was a certified pitcher (no less than one inning pitched per crew recreation) for the primary time since 2020. From April 18 by means of July 1, deGrom allowed six hits or fewer and two runs or fewer in 14 straight begins. That marked the longest such streak by a conventional starter since 1900.
Braves: Ronald Acuña Jr. returned on Might 23 and hit a leadoff dwelling run — due to course he did. He grew to become the primary participant in MLB historical past to overlook no less than 150 video games after which hit a leadoff homer in his first recreation again, per STATS. He completed the 12 months with 21 dwelling runs, together with 4 of no less than 450 ft, second-most in MLB behind solely Kyle Schwarber (5). Acuña has 27 profession dwelling runs of no less than 450 ft, together with playoffs, two greater than anybody else in MLB for the reason that begin of 2018.
Phillies: Kyle Schwarber had one other highly effective season for the Phillies, hitting a career-high 56 dwelling runs. These included 23 off left-handed pitchers. That was essentially the most dwelling runs by a lefty batter off lefty pitchers in a season, per Elias. The file had been 22, by Matt Olson in 2021 and Stan Musial in 1949. Schwarber additionally hit 4 dwelling runs in a single recreation on Aug. 28, the file third four-homer recreation by a person in 2025. It was his third recreation with no less than three dwelling runs since becoming a member of the Phillies, tying Mike Schmidt for essentially the most such video games in franchise historical past.
Marlins: Agustín Ramírez acquired off to a strong begin to his profession in late April. He hit a double in his MLB debut, two doubles in his second recreation, a double and triple in his third recreation and two dwelling runs in his fifth recreation. Ramírez grew to become the primary participant to have three video games with a number of extra-base hits in his first 5 profession video games since 1900.
Mets: In his first 12 months in Queens, Juan Soto continued to point out elite plate self-discipline and energy, plus added in a baserunning twist. 21.6% of his swings had been blasts, the very best fee within the Majors, and 26.3% of his contact was blasts, which additionally led. What does that imply? A blast is a batted ball that has each a quick swing (75+ mph) and is squared up, which suggests it reached no less than 80% of attainable exit velocity based mostly on bat pace and pitch pace. In different phrases — crushed. MLB hitters hit .547 with a 1.139 slugging share and 99.8% hard-hit fee on blasts in 2025.
Nationals: Daylen Lile had a September to recollect, hitting .391 and slugging .772 in 25 video games. He hit six dwelling runs and 7 triples. He grew to become the sixth participant with no less than seven triples and 6 dwelling runs in a calendar month within the final 120 seasons, becoming a member of Willie Mays in June 1957, Babe Herman in July 1929, Ty Cobb in Might 1921, Ed Lennox in Might 1914 and Frank Schulte in July 1911.
Brewers: 21-year-old Jackson Chourio made his presence identified in his second postseason look in as many MLB seasons. In Recreation 1 of the NLDS, Chourio had a double and a single within the first inning, then added one other single within the second. He grew to become the primary participant in MLB historical past with three hits within the first two innings of a postseason recreation. Then in Recreation 2, Chourio homered off a 101.4 mph pitch, the quickest pitch hit for a postseason homer beneath pitch monitoring (2008), a mark tied by Seiya Suzuki in Recreation 5 of the identical collection. By 12 profession postseason video games, Chourio is hitting .341 with a 1.044 OPS.
Cardinals: The Cardinals hit .304 as a crew within the first 9 video games of the season, racking up 101 hits. They reached no less than 10 hits in every of their first 9 video games, the second-longest such streak to start out a season for the reason that mound was moved to its present distance (1893), behind solely Cleveland in 1999 (10), per Elias.
Cubs: Pete Crow-Armstrong confirmed off his power-speed mixture with a 30-30 season, amassing 31 dwelling runs and 35 stolen bases. He acquired to 25-25 significantly rapidly, and we don’t simply imply by dash pace. His 92 video games had been the fourth-fewest video games performed to succeed in no less than 25 homers and 25 stolen bases in a season. Solely Eric Davis in 1989 (69 video games), Alfonso Soriano in 2002 (91) and Bobby Bonds in 1973 (91) acquired there sooner
Pirates: Oneil Cruz hit a 122.9 mph dwelling run on Might 25. That’s the hardest-hit batted ball tracked by Statcast, breaking his personal prior file of 122.4 mph. Cruz has six profession batted balls of no less than 120 mph. The one different participant with a number of beneath Statcast is Giancarlo Stanton (16).
Reds: Elly De La Cruz was electrical but once more in 2025. On March 31, he hit two dwelling runs and a double, and notched a stolen base. It was the third time in his profession he had three extra-base hits and no less than one stolen base in a recreation. That broke a tie with Joe Morgan and Orlando Cepeda for essentially the most such video games earlier than turning 24 years outdated in no less than the final 125 seasons. Three such video games are tied for the fourth-most total in that span no matter age, behind solely Morgan (5), Honus Wagner (5) and Barry Bonds (4).
D-backs: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a house run off a 103.9 mph pitch from Mason Miller on Aug. 5. That’s the quickest pitch hit for a homer beneath pitch monitoring (2008). The earlier quickest had been 103.2 mph hit by Ian Happ in 2024. From Aug. 13, 2017, till Aug. 2, 2024, Rafael Devers had held the file at 102.8 mph. On that day in 2024, Josh Bell, then on the D-backs, set the file at 102.9 mph, which he held till the Happ dwelling run on Sept. 17. Now, it’s Gurriel’s.
Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani retains profitable MVP Awards and doing historic issues within the course of. He’s the one participant to win MVP unanimously a number of instances, and has now achieved so 4 instances. He’s the second participant to win MVP in every of his first two seasons with a crew, becoming a member of Roger Maris in 1960-61 with the Yankees. He’s additionally the second to win each MVP and the World Collection in consecutive years, becoming a member of Joe Morgan in 1975-76.
Giants: On July 8, Patrick Bailey hit the primary walk-off inside-the-park dwelling run since Tyler Naquin on August 19, 2016. The final earlier than that? Angel Pagan on Might 25, 2013, for the Giants. That’s the Giants’ solely different one for the reason that begin of 1932. Bailey grew to become the third catcher with a walk-off inside-the-park dwelling run, becoming a member of Bennie Tate on Aug. 11, 1926, and Pat Moran on Aug. 4, 1907.
Then, on Sept. 12, Bailey crushed a walk-off grand slam. He grew to become the primary participant in MLB historical past with a walk-off inside-the-park dwelling run and a walk-off grand slam on separate performs in a season. It’s value noting that Roberto Clemente had each on one play on July 25, 1956.
Padres: Fernando Tatis Jr. reached 100 profession stolen bases on Might 3, to go together with his 135 dwelling runs on the time. He reached no less than 100 profession stolen bases and 130 profession dwelling runs in 547 video games, the fewest video games to succeed in these marks in MLB historical past.
Rockies: On Aug. 1, the Rockies allowed 9 runs within the first inning to the Pirates however nonetheless went on to win, 17-16. They grew to become the sixth crew to win after permitting no less than 9 runs within the first inning in MLB historical past, per Elias. They joined Cleveland on Aug. 23, 2006, the Phillies on June 8, 1989, the Phillies on Sept. 30, 1913, the Reds on Might 17, 1896, and the Cleveland Blues on June 21, 1884.
