On May 21, the Seattle Sasquatch reached the 500-win
milestone: they were the first team to reach this milestone. On May 22, Cabo
San Lucas became the second team to reach the 500-win plateau.
Seattle rookie first baseman and designated hitter Kiichi
Amano leads all of baseball with 20 home runs. He leads the league in slugging,
.696, and is third in OPS, 1.091.
Nottinghamshire has a team on-base percentage of
.404. It's worth noting that only 47 players in major league history have a
career on-base percentage north of .404. It's surprisingly difficult to find a
ranking of best team on-base percentage in baseball history, but if one
blogger is to believed, there have only been two teams in history that
cracked the .400 on-base percentage level, the 1894 Phillies and the Orioles.
Of course, 1894 was one of those crazy-offense years like 1930 or 1987. The
pitching rubber had, in 1893, been pushed back to 60-feet-6-inches, and the
game had not fully adapted to this change. Hugh Duffy of Boston set the
all-time batting average record of .440, and the Phillies entire outfield
batted over .400. Anyway, Nottinghamshire's on-base percentage is ridiculous.
On May 24, San Francisco's Sergio Esquivel hit a two-run
home run, a three-run home run, and a bases loaded triple. He drove in nine
runs, scored four, and even stole a base.
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