Stats of the Week: Homer-happy teammates, loads of Miz fireballs and more!

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (July 24-30).

Dynamic duo: CJ Abrams hit his 25th home run of the season on Saturday. Abrams and James Wood are the second pair of teammates in MLB history to each have at least 25 home runs and 15 stolen bases in their team’s first 105 games, joining José Ramírez and Francisco Lindor with Cleveland in 2018.

Nobody beats the Miz: Jacob Misiorowski did it again on Sunday. He threw 66 pitches at 100+ mph, the most in a game under tracking (2008). Sixty-three of those were 101+ mph, the most. 54 of those were 102+ mph, the most. Thirty-three of those were 103+ mph, the most. And seven of those were 104+ mph, tied for the most. He had nine strikeouts at 102+ mph, the most in a game. Eight of those were 103+ mph, the most. And three of those were 104+ mph, the most.

Birthdays are important: Max Scherzer returned from the injured list on Monday, and he did so on his birthday. It was his seventh career birthday start, the third most among pitchers since at least 1900, behind Sad Sam Jones (nine) and Bobo Newsom (eight). His 56 career birthday strikeouts are 14 more than anyone else.

Rolling: With his start Tuesday, Gavin Williams has now struck out more than 10 batters and issued no more than one walk in four straight outings. That’s the second-longest such streak since at least 1900, behind only 2018 Chris Sale, with five straight.

Contrasts: The Tigers scored in every inning they batted on Tuesday, doing so for the third time in franchise history, per Elias. They also did not allow a run. Detroit became the second team since 1900 to score in every inning it batted and not allow a run in that game, joining the Pirates on Sept. 6, 1935, against the Dodgers.

Shotime: Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run on Tuesday, his 28th since joining the Dodgers. That tied Davey Lopes for the second most in franchise history, behind Mookie Betts’ 32. He’s up to 132 homers with the Dodgers total. That’s the sixth-most home runs by a player in his first three seasons with a team, behind Mark McGwire (STL: 159), Alex Rodriguez (TEX: 156), Babe Ruth (NYY: 148), Khris Davis (OAK: 133) and Roger Maris (NYY: 133).

Milestones abound: Spencer Torkelson hit his 100th career home run on Wednesday, in the same game where Tarik Skubal notched his 1,000th career strikeout. The Tigers became the fourth team in MLB history to have players hit career homer No. 100 and get pitching strikeout No. 1,000 in a game, per Elias. They joined the A’s on June 1, 2006 (Mark Kotsay HR, Barry Zito K), the Cubs on June 9, 1983 (Jay Johnstone, Dick Ruthven) and the Red Sox on July 4, 1979 (Dwight Evans, Mike Torrez).

K zone for Sale: Chris Sale made his 20th start of the season three days before his 37th birthday. Through his 20th start on Wednesday, he has a 2.08 ERA. That’s the third lowest by a pitcher that old through 20 starts in a season since 1950, behind only 2005 Roger Clemens (1.40) and 2022 Justin Verlander (1.73).

Road warrior: Cam Schlittler made his 14th road start of the season on Wednesday and now has a 1.10 ERA away from the Bronx this year. That’s the lowest ERA in a pitcher’s first 14 road starts of a season since Roger Clemens had a 1.00 mark in 2005. It was Schlittler’s 20th career road start. His 1.54 ERA is the second lowest by any pitcher in his first 20 career road starts since earned runs became official in 1913, per Elias. He trails only Paul Skenes, at 1.30.

Current Ironman: Matt Olson has played 891 consecutive games entering Friday, dating to May 2, 2021. His streak is the ninth longest in MLB history. The only other streaks of at least 700 consecutive games to begin in the divisional era (1969) are, of course, 1982-98 Cal Ripken Jr. (2,632 games), as well as 1975-83 Steve Garvey (1,207), 2000-07 Miguel Tejada (1,152), 1978-83 Pete Rose (745) and 1981-86 Dale Murphy (740).