Stats of the Week: Carroll's wheels, White Sox HR buddies, PCA's heroics and more

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (Aug. 14-20).

Triples abound: Corbin Carroll hit his 15th triple of the season on Saturday. He now has two seasons with at least 15 triples, 15 home runs and 15 stolen bases. That’s tied for the most such seasons in a career in MLB history, with Jose Reyes, Carl Crawford and Juan Samuel. Only Carroll (2025-26) and Crawford (2005-06) did so in consecutive seasons.

What a duo: Sunday was the 10th time Miguel Vargas and Munetaka Murakami have homered in the same game this year, tied for most in White Sox history by a duo, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. They are tied with Luis Robert Jr./Jake Burger in 2023, Jim Thome/Jermaine Dye in 2006 and Frank Thomas/Carlos Lee in 2003. If you’re curious, the MLB record is 16, by Rafael Palmeiro/Alex Rodriguez in 2002.

Grand opening, grand closing: Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a leadoff home run on Monday, then ended the game with a walk-off home run. He became only the sixth player with a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game, per Elias, joining Chris Young on Aug. 7, 2010, Ian Kinsler on July 19, 2009, Reed Johnson on June 15, 2003, Darin Erstad on June 25, 2000, and Vic Power on May 7, 1957. Only Crow-Armstrong and Power did this with a first-pitch leadoff homer.

Grand opening again: He wasn’t done. Crow-Armstrong then led off the game with a homer on Tuesday. He became the 13th player since at least 1900 with a leadoff home run in the next team game after he hit a walk-off home run, per Elias. Crow-Armstrong was the first player to do so since Jose Altuve on June 15-16, 2021, and the first Cubs player in that span. He’s also the first player with multiple leadoff homers and a walk-off homer in a two-game span.

Hello, it’s me: Jo Adell currently has the longest home run this season for both the Guardians, with a 455-foot homer on Tuesday, and Angels, at 449 feet on May 10. No player has finished a season having hit the longest home run for multiple teams in the same season since Statcast began tracking (2015), per MLB’s Jason Bernard.

Big shutout: The Brewers won, 22-0, on Tuesday. That’s tied for the largest shutout win since the start of 1888 and is the largest at home in that span. The other 22-0 wins in that span were by Cleveland on Aug. 31, 2004, at the Yankees and the Pirates on Sept. 16, 1975, at the Cubs. The last larger shutout was by the Philadelphia Quakers (now Phillies), 24-0, at the Indianapolis Hoosiers on June 28, 1887. The last larger at home was by the Giants, 24-0, over the Buffalo Bisons on May 27, 1885.

Shotime: Shohei Ohtani hit two homers on Monday and another on Tuesday. He’s up to 139 homers with the Dodgers total. That’s the fourth-most home runs by a player in his first three seasons with a team, behind Mark McGwire (STL: 159), Alex Rodriguez (TEX: 156) and Babe Ruth (NYY: 148).

Power and speed: Carson Benge hit his 15th home run on Wednesday. He became just the second rookie in Mets history with at least 15 home runs and 15 stolen bases in a season, joining Darryl Strawberry in 1983. Benge is one outfield assist away from becoming the third Mets player in the last 35 years with at least 15 home runs, 15 stolen bases and 10 outfield assists in a season, joining Carlos Beltrán in 2006 and Bernard Gilkey in 1996.

Super Sal: Sal Stewart leads MLB with 96 RBIs entering Friday. Just two rookies have led at least their league in RBIs for a season (RBI official since 1920): Walt Dropo in 1950 (144 RBIs) and Ted Williams in 1939 (144 RBIs per Elias). Both led MLB. Will Stewart become the third?

Current Ironman: Matt Olson has played 910 consecutive games entering Friday, dating to May 2, 2021. His streak is the eighth-longest in MLB history. The only other streaks of at least 700 consecutive games in the divisional era (since 1969) are, of course, Cal Ripken Jr. (2,632 games, 1982-98), as well as Steve Garvey (1,207, 1975-83), Miguel Tejada (1,152, 2000-07), Pete Rose (745, 1978-83) and Dale Murphy (740, 1981-86).