Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle them throughout the year, but there’s no better time than before the calendar flips to take a look back.
It’s hard to pick just one per team, after yet another season that gave us so much fodder. No team or player can be summed up in one stat alone, but information can entertain and give us insight into the season that was, even if it doesn’t encapsulate the entire year in one fact. If you’re looking for more on your favorite teams or players, check out the MLB milestones reached in 2025 and the biggest stories of the ’25 season.
To wrap up the year and get everyone ready for 2026, here’s a look at one amazing stat for each of the 30 teams from this past season.
Blue Jays: Trey Yesavage wowed us all from the day he made his MLB debut on Sept. 15, setting a blue Jays franchise record with nine strikeouts in his first outing in the Majors. There was so much more to come from him in 2025. In Game 5 of the World Series, he pulled off a especially rare feat.Yesavage struck out all nine batters in the Dodgers’ starting lineup, becoming the third starting pitcher in World Series history to strike out each batter in a starting lineup. He joined Randy Johnson in Game 2 of the 2001 World Series and Bob Gibson in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series.
Orioles: Trevor Rogers made 18 starts in 2025 and they were spectacular. He had a 1.81 ERA and 0.90 WHIP and amassed 5.5 WAR, per baseball Reference. That’s the highest WAR by a pitcher in a season where he threw 110 innings or fewer and was primarily a starter. Let that soak in — the most valuable partial season of that length by a starter.The next-highest in the AL or NL since 1900 with the same 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 home runs. His bat speed is elite.Caminero had an average bat speed of 78.5 mph,second-fastest in MLB behind only Oneil Cruz (78.8 mph) among Statcast qualifiers. With bat speed, a fast swing is defined as one at 75 mph or faster — think of it like exit velocity, where anything 95 mph or above is hard-hit — and nobody swung fast more frequently than Caminero in 2025. Of his competitive swings, 81.1% were fast, the only player with a rate of at least 80%. Why do we care? In 2025, fast swings generated a slugging percentage of .631 along with a 54.7% hard
MLB Statlines: Notable Achievements from Around the League
Rays: Zach Eflin became the first pitcher in MLB history to record two complete game shutouts in a single postseason. The only others with two in a postseason career are Bob Gibson and Gerrit Cole.
Twins: The Twins put together a 13-game winning streak in May, after authoring a 12-game winning streak in 2024. Since 1900, there have now been 12 instances of a team winning 12 or more in a row in consecutive seasons. The Twins were the first to do so since Cleveland won 14 straight in 2016 and had their AL-record 22-game win streak in 2017.
White Sox: Colson Montgomery hit 21 home runs in a 71-game rookie campaign, getting off to a fast start. He hit his 10th career home run on Aug. 11, in his 32nd career game. That was the third-fewest career games to 10 home runs in White Sox history,trailing Zeke Bonura in 1934 (25 games) and José Abreu in 2014 (26 games). The 23-year-old Montgomery also became the youngest player in White Sox history with at least 10 home runs in an 18-game span.
Angels: On June 23, the Angels had eight of their first-round Draft picks appear in a game, in Zach Neto, Nolan Schanuel, Mike Trout, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Christian Moore, Reid Detmers and Sam Bachman. It was the first time that happened for a team since the Brewers on July 3, 1991, with Paul Molitor, Dan Plesac, Robin Yount, B.J. Surhoff, Dale Sveum, bill Spiers, gary Sheffield and Greg Vaughn, per Elias. The very next day, in his 12th career game, Moore hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning and then hit a walk-off home run in the 10th. He became the second player in MLB history with a multi-homer game including a walk-off home run within his first 12 career games, joining Matt Thaiss on July 28, 2019 — also for the Angels.
Astros: hunter Brown made his first All-Star team and went on to finish third in the AL cy Young Award voting. A big reason why he was so effective was limiting hard contact. Brown allowed just a 32.2% hard-hit rate, the second-lowest among the 151 pitchers to allow at least 250 batted balls this season, behind only Ranger Suárez (31.1%).
Athletics: Nick Kurtz made an impact for the A’s.
Rising Stars and Notable Feats: A Look at MLB’s Emerging Talents and Team Performances
Several players and teams made headlines throughout the 2025 MLB season with impressive performances and historic achievements. Here’s a look at some of the standout moments:
Indians (Guardians): agustin Ramirez burst onto the scene with a remarkable start to his MLB career in late April. He hit a double in his debut, followed by two doubles in his second game, a double and triple in his third, and two home runs in his fifth. Ramírez became the first player since 1900 to record three games with multiple extra-base hits within his first five career games.
Mets: Juan Soto continued to demonstrate his elite plate discipline and power in his first year in Queens, adding a new dimension to his game with his baserunning. He led the Majors with a 21.6% blast rate (swings with both fast speed and square contact) and a 26.3% blast contact rate, indicating consistently crushed balls. MLB hitters achieved a .547 average, a 1.139 slugging percentage, and a 99.8% hard-hit rate on blasts in 2025.
Nationals: Daylen Lile enjoyed a memorable September, hitting .391 with a .772 slugging percentage in 25 games. He showcased his power with six home runs and his speed with seven triples, becoming only the sixth player in the last 120 seasons to achieve at least seven triples and six home runs in a single month, joining legends like Willie Mays and Babe Herman.
Brewers: 21-year-old Jackson Chourio made a significant impact in his second postseason appearance. In Game 1 of the NLDS, he recorded three hits in the first two innings – a first in MLB history. Game 2 saw him hit a home run off a 101.4 mph pitch, the fastest pitch ever hit for a postseason home run since pitch tracking began in 2008 (tied by Seiya Suzuki later in the series). Through 12 career postseason games, Chourio boasts a .341 average and a 1.044 OPS.
Cardinals: The Cardinals demonstrated strong offensive prowess early in the season,hitting .304 as a team and collecting 101 hits in their first nine games.They achieved double-digit hits in each of those games, a feat only surpassed by the 1999 Cleveland team, which had a ten-game streak to start the season.
Cubs: Pete Crow-Armstrong showcased his dynamic power-speed combination, achieving a 30-30 season with 31 home runs and 35 stolen bases.He reached the 25-25 milestone in just 92 games, the fourth-fewest games needed to achieve this feat in a season.
MLB Standout Stats: Recent Records and Historic Feats (Through September 2024)
Here’s a look at some notable recent achievements and past milestones across Major League Baseball, updated through September 2024:
Astros: Yordan Álvarez set a new MLB record for the hardest-hit home run, clocking in at 118.8 mph on September 17, 2024. https://www.mlb.com/news/yordan-alvarez-hardest-hit-home-run The previous fastest had been 103.2 mph hit by Ian Happ in 2024. From August 13,2017,until August 2,2024,Rafael Devers had held the record at 102.8 mph. On that day in 2024,Josh Bell,then on the D-backs,set the record at 102.9 mph, which he held until the Happ home run on september 17. Now, it’s Álvarez’s.
Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani continues to achieve unprecedented success,winning his fourth MVP Award. He is the only player to win the MVP unanimously multiple times and the second player to win MVP in each of his first two seasons with a team, following Roger Maris in 1960-61 with the Yankees. https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-wins-al-mvp-award Ohtani also became the second player to win both MVP and the World Series in consecutive years, joining Joe Morgan in 1975-76.
Giants: On July 8, Patrick Bailey hit the first walk-off inside-the-park home run since Tyler Naquin on August 19, 2016.https://www.mlb.com/news/patrick-bailey-walk-off-inside-the-park-home-run Before that, the Giants’ last walk-off inside-the-park home run was hit by Angel Pagan on May 25, 2013 – their only other one as 1932. Bailey became the third catcher with a walk-off inside-the-park home run, joining Bennie Tate (August 11, 1926) and Pat Moran (August 4, 1907).
Then, on September 12, Bailey added a walk-off grand slam to his resume. He became the first player in MLB history with a walk-off inside-the-park home run and a walk-off grand slam in the same season. Roberto Clemente previously achieved both feats in the same play on July 25, 1956.
Padres: fernando Tatis Jr. reached 100 career stolen bases on May 3, adding to his already impressive 135 home runs. He reached at least 100 stolen bases and 130 home runs in just 547 games, the fewest games in MLB history to achieve both milestones. https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-100-stolen-bases-130-home-runs
Rockies: On August 1, the Rockies mounted a remarkable comeback, winning 17-16 against the Pirates after allowing nine runs in the first inning.they became the sixth team in MLB history to win a game after conceding at least nine runs in the first inning. https://www.mlb.com/news/rockies-comeback-win-after-allowing-9-runs-in-1st The other teams to accomplish this feat are the cleveland Indians (August 23, 2006), the Philadelphia Phillies (June 8, 1989
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