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Milestones reached in 2022

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Aaron Judge: 62 home runs

Judge now stands alone in the American League record books after he surpassed Roger Maris' 61 dingers, which stood as the league record since 1961

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Max Scherzer: 200 wins

If not for a pitch limit coming off the IL, who knows what might have been? It was vintage Max Scherzer, who fired 6 perfect innings to secure his 200th career victory

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Adam Wainwright/Yadier Molina: 325 starts

The Cardinals' legendary duo set the AL/NL record for most combined starts by a pitcher-catcher battery, surpassing the former mark held by Tigers greats Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan

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Julio Rodríguez: 25 HRs + 25 steals

Rodríguez became MLB's fastest player to 25-25 (125 games), beating Mike Trout's former record (128)

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Edwin Díaz: 200 saves

At 28 years and 144 days, Díaz became the third youngest to reach 200 saves, trailing Francisco Rodríguez (26 years, 239 days) and Craig Kimbrel (27 years, 11 days)

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Nelson Cruz: 2,000 hits

He has more than 450 homers to his name, but Nelson Cruz, 42, calmly pokes a single through the right side for this milestone

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Aaron Judge: 200 homers

Judge's push for the record books included this milestone dinger, which was his sixth in as many games

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Paul Goldschmidt: 1,000 RBIs

This knock made Goldschmidt the 118th player in AL/NL history with 300 HRs, 1,000 runs scored and 1,000 RBIs

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Paul Goldschmidt: 300 homers

This milestone near the end of a spectacular first half made Goldschmidt just the 10th active player with 300 HRs

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Freddie Freeman: 1,000 RBIs

A torrid stretch brought Freeman this milestone with L.A. after he tallied his first 941 RBIs with the Braves

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Madison Bumgarner: 2,000 strikeouts

Most of Bumgarner's feats came in San Francisco, but his longevity paved the road for a big K with Arizona

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Yankees: 58 homers in June

Thanks to sluggers like Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, the Yanks set an AL/NL record for the month of June

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Mike Trout: 1,000 runs

A career full of milestones hit another thanks to Trout's hustle on an infield dribbler

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Shohei Ohtani: 100 homers

Amid a standout season on the mound, Ohtani also reached triple digits at the plate

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Yadier Molina: 1,000 RBIs

Molina became just the seventh player in Cardinals history to drive in 1,000 runs

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Dusty Baker: 2,000 managerial wins

Baker became the 12th AL/NL manager – and first Black skipper -- to reach 2,000 wins

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Clayton Kershaw: Dodgers' K record

Career strikeout No. 2,697 moved Kershaw past Don Sutton and into the all-time franchise lead

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Starling Marte: 300 steals

A season after recording a career-high 47 stolen bases, Marte reached another high point

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Miguel Cabrera: 3,000 hits

In his 20th season, Miggy became the first Venezuelan-born player to reach 3,000 hits

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Juan Soto: 500 hits

Soto, who also picked up his 100th career HR in '22, became the 7th active player with 500 hits at age 23 or younger

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José Ramírez: 1,000 hits

Ramírez picked up this milestone shortly after finalizing a 7-year extension with the Guardians

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Alyssa Nakken: First female on-field coach

Nakken took over 1st base coaching duties during a Padres-Giants tilt in San Francisco