Historic Chases · 2026-04-21 RECONSTRUCTED

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Nightly briefing

Baseball last night

Games of 2026-04-21

No history was made last night, but the box scores still talked: Peyton Pallette earned his first career win; Dane Myers hit his first home run of the season — in his game No. 22 ▶︎ watch.

Taylor Ward has 12 doubles — projecting to 81, +2 vs Earl Webb's 67 pace. That pace would be the most doubles in any season since 1901. Needs 38 more to reach 50.

Andy Pages sits at .366 — the last .400 season was Ted Williams in 1941.

The so-what: Oneil Cruz is on a 40/40 pace — 6 HR and 10 SB, projecting to 42/70. Only five players have ever done it: Canseco, Bonds, A-Rod, Soriano, and Ohtani. Neither half carries it alone; the season has to finish on both.

Lines of the night: Munetaka Murakami, Miguel Vargas, Colson Montgomery went BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK; Sam Antonacci hit an INSIDE-THE-PARK home run — a half-dozen or so happen a season ▶︎ watch; Ke'Bryan Hayes hit his first home run of the season — in his game No. 22 ▶︎ watch; Jakob Marsee hit his first home run of the season — in his game No. 24 ▶︎ watch.

History movers: Sal Stewart — Franchise RBI: 24 now, pace 162, record 149 (George Foster, 1977); Franchise Home Runs: 8 now, pace 54, record 52 (George Foster, 1977) · Yandy Díaz — Franchise RBI: 17 now, pace 119.7, record 121 (Carlos Peña, 2007).

Historical intelligence

How the night stacked up

Pace through history

Yordan Alvarez versus the great home-run seasons

Yordan Alvarez has 10 home runs through 25 team games, 1 behind Barry Bonds's 2001 pace at the same checkpoint (11). Comparable chases finished with a median of 34 (95% CI 32-35); 5% reached 50 (3.3-7.5% at 95% confidence), from 437 comparable seasons.

Retrosheet · verified play-by-play

If the pace holds

A projected top-1 season

If Ernie Clement finishes at the current projection of 70, it would be the most doubles in any season since 1901 — no season on record has finished higher.

SABR Lahman Baseball Database · through 2025

Franchise pressure

A franchise record is under pressure

The single-season record is 121 RBI, set by Carlos Peña in 2007. Yandy Díaz projects to 120 and would finish 1 short.

SABR Lahman Baseball Database · through 2025

Only X seasons ever

Yordan Alvarez is building a rare combination

At his current pace, Yordan Alvarez would reach at least 190 hits, and 60 HR. Only 2 completed seasons in the configured historical cohort reached every mark. It is the tightest of 2 statistical combinations the engine checked. The recent company includes Sammy Sosa (1998), Babe Ruth (1927).

SABR Lahman Baseball Database · through 2025

Closest to .400