STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
MLB Statistically Speaking
April 21, 2018 at 10:34PM
Eddie Rosario didn't hit a home run in San Juan like fellow Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor did last week, but he's already among the greatest Puerto Rican home-run hitters the Twins have ever employed.
Most career HRs by Twin born in Puerto Rico
61 — Pedro Munoz (1990-95)
52 — Eddie Rosario (2015-18)
35 — Kennys Vargas (2014-17)
26 — Vic Power (1962-64)
8 — Bombo Rivera (1978-80)
8 — Javier Valentin (1997-2002)
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The Twins entered the weekend with nine stolen bases as a team, and nobody had yet been thrown out. That's nearly halfway to the MLB record, one that the 2007 Twins came within one steal of equaling.
Most consecutive steals to start a season
20 — 2006 Orioles (25 games)
19 — 2007 Twins (17 games)
19 — 1987 Cubs (13 games)
17 — 2015 Reds (15 games)
17 — 2006 Padres (19 games)
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After an incredible 25-year career that saw him become MLB's all-time stolen bases leader and the greatest leadoff hitter ever, Rickey Henderson died Friday at age 65.
