The Chase

Jul 29Tarik Skubal's 1,000th Strikeout — From an Arizona tournament to a milestone in Detroit — the left-hander who got a business card and made a call.

Jul 29The Undrafted Kid — Spencer Torkelson reached 500 career hits in his fifth season with the Detroit Tigers.

Jul 28A Thousand Hits from Berlin — From a Berlin Little League to a thousand major-league hits, via pinstripe pants his mother kept cutting open.

Jul 28Gavin Williams, 500 Strikeouts In — A kid from Autryville who turned down the Rays, finished his degree, and has spent every pitch of his career in Cleveland.

Jul 26Semien's Thousand — Fourteen seasons, five teams, one fingerprint pendant — Marcus Semien crosses 1,000 runs scored.

Jul 25The Runner Who Isn't Afraid — Esteury Ruiz reached 100 career stolen bases the way he runs — without hesitation.

Jul 25Five Hundred for the Youngest Turang — The Brewers' second baseman reached 500 career hits in his fourth major-league season.

Jul 24Five Hundred Runs — Yordan Alvarez reached 500 career runs scored in his eighth season with the Astros — the only major-league team he has ever played for.

Jul 24Never Said Win — The father who never said 'win,' the brother who reminds him the game is a privilege, and a thousand hits across six clubs.

Jul 22McCannon's Hundred — 100 career home runs across five clubs and thirteen seasons — from a catcher whose mother was told he might not survive.

Jul 20The Kid Who Stayed — Trea Turner reached 200 career home runs on July 20 — a number built across three teams and a dozen seasons by a shortstop who never looked old enough to be there.

Jul 20Lake Forest to Two Thousand — Nolan Arenado reached 2,000 hits in his third city, fourteen seasons after the Rockies drafted him out of El Toro High.

Jul 19The Initials in the Dirt — Manny Machado's 1,200th RBI is the shape of a career that started with a grandfather's warm milk and a bunting lesson in Hialeah.

Jul 18Scranton to a Hundred — Six seasons, two teams, and 100 stolen bases for a kid from Scranton who once rushed for 6,080 yards in high school football.

Jul 18The Barn in Cheyenne — From a barn in Wyoming to 500 RBI in the big leagues — Brandon Nimmo's decade-long climb reaches a round number in Texas.

Jul 17The Sign and the Count — The kid who held a Yankees sign at the 2001 World Series has 2,300 career strikeouts.

Jul 17Sixteen Seasons, 2,700 Strikeouts — From a cheeseburger at Florida Gulf Coast to the Braves' rotation — Chris Sale's milestone, and the career that built it.

Jul 16The Glove He Gave Away — Devin Williams reached 100 career saves eight years after he nearly quit baseball in a minor-league game.

Jul 12The Shortstop Who Almost Went Home — A switch-hitting shortstop from Sabana Grande de Boyá reaches 500 career hits in his 502nd major-league game.

Jul 11Walter and the Thousand — Logan Gilbert's milestone is the work of a late bloomer from Apopka who found a different gear on the mound.

Jul 10The Box He Stayed In — Yordan Alvarez reaches 200 career home runs, built on a swing that kept him in the box when most young hitters would have bailed out.

Jul 7The Notebooks and the Number — Three hundred home runs, nine seasons, and the kid from Iwate whose father kept the notebooks.

Jul 7The Drive to 100 — Undrafted out of high school, he reached 100 career home runs in a 10-RBI game for Pittsburgh.

Jul 7Bo Bichette's First Thousand — A kid named after Bo Jackson, raised by an All-Star father and a mother from Porto Alegre, reaches 1,000 hits in his first season as a Met.

Jul 4Randy Arozarena's 500th Run — Five hundred runs scored, and a career that spans St. Louis, Tampa Bay, and Seattle.

Jul 3Mookie Betts, 1,200 Runs In — Thirteen seasons, two teams, and a Nashville kid who was told he was too small — now with 1,200 runs scored.

Jul 1One Hundred from Arakawa — The Cubs outfielder reached 100 career home runs in his fifth major-league season, a number built on an iron bat and golf balls in Tokyo.

Jun 30Two Hundred Fifty for the Kid from Sánchez — A boy who rode a lame horse to the field every morning is now 250 home runs into a major league career.

Jun 28Dad on the Brim — Six teams, fourteen seasons, and a word written under the brim.

Jun 28The Walk-On's Thousand — Shane Bieber reached 1,000 career strikeouts — a decade after arriving at UC Santa Barbara without a scholarship.

Jun 28A Hundred in Houston — Isaac Paredes reached 100 career home runs in his seventh season — a career that began with two-mile walks to Little League in Hermosillo.

Jun 27The Arm From Texarkana — Michael Wacha's 1,500 strikeouts span fourteen seasons and six teams, but the thread runs back to an American Legion game his father coached.

Jun 27The Long Way from Kauai — From a Hawaiian surf trip that never ended to nine major-league stops, Kirby Yates reached his hundredth save.

Jun 27Bamm-Bamm at Five Hundred — The 5-foot-9 second baseman who rebuilt his swing in Nashville has 500 career RBI.

Jun 26The Notebook at Five Hundred — The Twins right-hander crossed 500 career strikeouts at 25, four seasons after his debut in Tampa Bay.

Jun 26The Oath and the Number — Paul Skenes reached 500 career strikeouts in his third season. The path to the mound ran through the Air Force Academy.

Jun 24300, Twice Over — The Dodgers' shortstop reached 300 career home runs in June — a number he has bowled before.

Jun 23The Outfielder Who Couldn't Throw — Sandy Alcantara reached 1,000 career strikeouts in his ninth major-league season.

Jun 19The Kid at a Thousand — A shortstop from Santiago reaches 1,000 hits across nine seasons and three clubs, still carrying the humility his mother taught him.

Jun 19A Hundred Saves and a Daughter Named Ellis — Pete Fairbanks's path to 100 saves ran through two elbow surgeries, three teams, and a daughter named Ellis.

Jun 19A Thousand for the Hometown Team — A Denver kid who took his glove to bed has spent ten years striking out hitters for the only club he's ever known.

Jun 17A Hundred With the Other Hand — Eduardo Rodríguez reached 100 career wins as a left-handed pitcher — which he became after breaking his right arm at age seven.

Jun 15Five Hundred in Relief — A 10th-round pick who once drove to spring training wondering if baseball was over has logged his 500th career strikeout.

Jun 13Jake Burger's Hundred — A career nearly lost to injury reaches a round number, and the man who almost walked away is still swinging.

Jun 131,200 Runs for the Ironworker's Son — Fifteen seasons, two MVPs, and 1,200 runs — scored by a Las Vegas ironworker's son.

Jun 12Gunnar Henderson, at a Hundred — The career behind Gunnar Henderson's 100th home run — one team, 620 games, and a field in Selma.

Jun 11The Reliever Who Almost Wasn't — Devin Williams reached 500 career strikeouts in June — a number built entirely in relief, by a pitcher who nearly walked away from the game.

Jun 10Stay In — Max Scherzer's 3,500 strikeouts span 19 seasons, seven organizations, and a refusal to come off the mound.

Jun 10A Thousand Times Across — George Springer's 1,000 career runs span 13 seasons, two teams, and a life that began in New Britain.

Jun 10Five Hundred — Two elbow reconstructions, seven major-league seasons, and the 500th strikeout.

Jun 9What Color Is the Sky — Josh Bell's 200th home run caps an eleven-year career across seven franchises, shaped in a Coppell backyard by a father who turned him around at five.

Jun 92,500 Hits, One Swing — Seventeen seasons and a father who has been on the other end of batting practice since the beginning.

Jun 9The Picture He Carried — Fernando Tatis Jr. reached 500 career runs — a number built from a boyhood on rocky infields and seven seasons in San Diego.

Jun 3One Uniform, One Thousand — Ten seasons, one team, one jersey given to his mother — and now a thousand hits.

Jun 2The One in the Cage — Paul Goldschmidt's 1,300th career run is the product of sixteen seasons built on tee work, mentorship, and showing up.

May 29Five Hundred Runs From Sagua la Grande — Yandy Díaz's 500th career run traces back to a raft, a beach, and a phone call to his mother.

May 29The Position He Chose — Geraldo Perdomo reached 500 hits playing shortstop — the position he took up after his cousin's death.

May 27The Goofy Kid at a Thousand — Eight seasons, two cities, and a thousand hits for the Polar Bear.

May 23The Long Sleeves — Freddie Freeman reached 1,400 career runs in his seventeenth season — a career shaped by loss, a promise, and a father who stayed.

May 22FN — Manny Machado reached 2,100 career hits on May 22, fifteen seasons after his major-league debut.

May 21The Hundred and the Hallway — The hundredth stolen base of a career built on the bat — and on a hallway in Santo Domingo where the first bases were imaginary.

May 18The Field Was the Relief — George Springer reached 1,500 career hits in May — a number built over 13 seasons and two teams by a player who found relief from a childhood stutter on the baseball field.

May 15Five Hundred Runs and a Camp in Carmichael — The Guardians' first baseman reached 500 career runs in his first Cleveland season — a nine-year arc from Sacramento State, alongside a high school service project that carried through his career.

May 15The Hallway to Two Hundred Fifty — The 250th home run came eight years to the day after his debut — and years after a father's bottle caps in a Santo Domingo hallway.

May 12Named After a Ballpark — Shea Langeliers reached 100 career home runs in May. The name came first.

May 12Schwarber at 350 — Twelve seasons, four clubs, and a left-handed bat that came back from a torn knee to help win a World Series.

May 12Still Alive — The Red Sox outfielder reached 100 career stolen bases on May 12, his sixth season with the only club he has known.

May 11The Yard and the Number — Six franchises, fourteen seasons, and the 2,000th strikeout — the career of Kevin Gausman.

May 8The First Round Number — The Nationals' shortstop reached 500 career hits on May 8, his fifth season in the majors.

May 7Yandy Díaz's Thousand — A defector who never expected the majors reaches a round number in his tenth season.

May 7The Cages — Paul Goldschmidt's 2,200th hit is a number built on a father's torn shoulder and an eighth-round pick who kept swinging.

May 7Keep Your Hand Raised — A designated hitter who moved through four organizations in seven seasons reached 500 major-league hits on May 7.

May 6The Baby Giraffe Grows Up — The 6-foot-8 right-hander from Santa Clarita reached 1,000 career strikeouts this May, his third season with the Dodgers.

May 6The Quiet Thousand — Bryan Reynolds reached 1,000 career hits in the only uniform he has ever worn.

May 4Over the House — The Wiffle ball that cleared the house in Lilburn, the father who coached two sons, and the 300 home runs that followed.

May 4Five Hundred Hits — Adley Rutschman reached 500 hits at 28, with one team and a family's athletic roots behind him.

Apr 29The Alpha at 1,200 — Nolan Arenado's career RBI milestone, built from a competitive kid who once bunted to win.

Apr 22The Call He Tried to Make — Eight seasons in Pittsburgh, 500 RBI, and the coach who wouldn't take the scholarship back.

Apr 21A Thousand Runs, Built in Lake Forest — The third baseman crossed 1,000 career runs scored in his 14th season. The competitiveness came from his mother; the obsession from his father.

Apr 20The Glove That Got Him Here — Miguel Rojas reached 1,000 hits the same way he reached the majors — by surviving on defense when the bat wasn't enough.

Apr 18The Barn and the Thousand — Brandon Nimmo reached 1,000 career hits in a Rangers uniform. The road started in Cheyenne, where Wyoming had no high school baseball.

Apr 15The Cage Behind the House — Cal Raleigh's 500 career hits arrived in April — six seasons, one team, and 166 home runs for a .217 catcher.

Apr 12The Kid From Buford — Brandon Marsh reached 500 career hits on April 12. The path ran from Buford, Georgia, to Philadelphia.

Apr 3Yordan Alvarez, 500 RBI, and the Ride That Started It — A career built in Houston began with a forgotten minivan and a teenager who didn't know what a trade was.

Apr 3Riley Greene's First Five Hundred — Five seasons in Detroit, built on an Oviedo front lawn where the lights stayed on after dark.

Mar 28Reid Detmers and the 500 — The Angels left-hander reached 500 career strikeouts in March, six seasons into a career rooted in central Illinois.

Mar 28From Millville to 1,200 — Mike Trout's run to 1,200 started with a scout who knew his father and a habit that ruins the laundry.

Mar 26The First Hundred — Five seasons in Philadelphia, 100 stolen bases, and a homework notebook full of autographs.

Mar 26Getting Comfortable — Five hundred hits for a utility man shaped by a military childhood.

Mar 25A Thousand From Rocklin — The kid who grew up a hundred miles from Oracle Park has struck out a thousand big-league hitters, all for the team he grew up watching.