On April 24, 1964, the Giants pummeled the Reds, 15-5. This being the mid-1960s, it’s not a shock to see that Willie Mays was greatly involved in letting Cincinnati have it. It was a bit of an everything game for the inner circle great – five runs scored, a pair of singles, two walks, two RBI, a homer, and most consequently to today’s notes, a stolen base. Before Mays took off for second in the top of the first, there was no notation of any player in the Majors marrying the power and speed of 250 home runs and 250 stolen bases. After Mays took second on that attempt in the top of the first, there was.
José Ramírez collected his 250th career stolen base.
~ Ramírez is one of 24 players in history to have at least 250 steals and 250 homers (he’s hit 260 longballs). Among these two dozen, he’s the only third baseman (at least 51% of a player’s total games at third) and joins Carlos Beltrán as the only switch-hitters.
~Players to Get to 250 SB & 250 HR Through Their Age-32 Seasons
| Player | SB Through Age-32 Season | HR Through Age-32 Season |
| Bobby Bonds | 407 | 296 |
| Andre Dawson | 264 | 274 |
| Barry Bonds | 417 | 374 |
| Álex Rodríguez | 283 | 553 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 286 | 273 |
| José Ramírez | 250 | 260 |
~With Ramírez having played every game of his big league career with Cleveland, the franchise is one of six to be able to claim a player who produced at least 250 home runs and 250 stolen bases for it. The Giants have two – Willie Mays and Barry Bonds. The Astros have Craig Biggio; the Brewers claim Robin Yount; the Cubs offer Ryne Sandberg; and the Yankees have Derek Jeter.
~The full roster of the 250-250 club, organized by decade of debut season in the NL or AL:
1950s Willie Mays, Vada Pinson
1960s Joe Morgan, Bobby Bonds
1970s Don Baylor, Robin Yount, Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Kirk Gibson
1980s Ryne Sandberg, Eric Davis, Barry Bonds, Craig Biggio, Gary Sheffield, Steve Finley
1990s Reggie Sanders, Álex Rodríguez, Mike Cameron, Derek Jeter, Bobby Abreu, Carlos
Beltrán, Alfonso Soriano
2000s Hanley Ramírez
2010s José Ramírez
~In this game, a 4-3 victory in 10 innings, Ramírez played a starring role in the late-game theatrics, driving in the tying run with a single in the 10th, stealing second, and then scoring the winning run. This game marks the 803rd time Ramírez has started in a win for Cleveland – the fourth most in franchise history:
815 Nap Lajoie
809 Lou Boudreau
804 Tris Speaker
803 José Ramírez
802 Omar Vizquel
Seiya Suzuki drove in three with a pair of homers, Kyle Tucker added a solo shot, and the Cubs rode to an 8-3 win over the Pirates. The two Cubs – who’ve basically held down the 2-3 spots in the batting order this season – are tied for third in the NL with 28 RBI. With each of them at this level at this stage – through 32 team games – they’ve got some connections to the past:
1901-2025: Cubs Teammates With 28+ RBI Through 32 Games
1916 Heinie Zimmerman & Cy Williams
1929 Hack Wilson & Charlie Grimm
2016 Ben Zobrist & Anthony Rizzo
2025 Seiya Suzuki & Kyle Tucker
The Tigers topped the Angels 10-4 to run their record to an AL-best 20-12. Detroit also leads the league with a 3.04 ERA and ranks third among all AL teams with 155 runs scored. Some franchise-specific context for these 32-game tallies:
~The 20 wins through 32 contests are the most since the 2014 Tigers opened 21-11. This start marks the fourth time this century Detroit has won at least 20 of its first 32, with the other two seasons coming in 2006 and 2007 (20-12 in both).
~The 3.04 ERA is the team’s lowest through 32 games since the 1984 club posted a 2.62. This 3.04 ranks as the fourth lowest in the expansion era. Aside from the 2.62 in ’84, the 1968 team had a 2.79 and the 1972 club posted a 2.35 through 32 games. For those connecting the dots, all three of those other clubs reached the postseason.
~The 155 runs scored are the most since the 2017 team plated 158. That team had a negative run differential; the 2014 club had been the last – before the 2025 incarnation – to have scored at least 155 runs 32 games in and to have been on the plus side in differential.
~Detroit’s +46 run differential through 32 games in 2025 is the best at this stage since the 2013 team was a +49. For the entirety of the franchise’s existence, the +46 ranks as the eighth best, with the +91 from the 1984 club standing at the very top.
Kyle Schwarber drew a walk and has now reached safely in all 31 games he’s played this year. This streak to open a season, which is the second longest for the Phillies since 1901, after Odúbel Herrera’s 40-gamer in 2018, is also tied for the 11th longest this century. Since 2000, Matt Holliday’s 44-game stretch to open his 2015 campaign is the longest. At 31 games, Schwarber is tied with Milton Bradley (2003), Alfonso Soriano (2007) and Luke Voit (2019).
Bobby Witt., Jr. homered to extend his hitting streak to 22 games. Now, the shortstop is tied with Brian McRae for the fourth longest single-season streak for any Royal. During his 22-gamer in 1991, McRae batted .366; Witt., Jr. is now at .363.
Boston’s Alex Bregman connected on his AL-leading 12th double of the season (he’s tied with Bobby Witt., Jr.). Those dozen are the most two-base hits for anyone through 33 Red Sox games since Mookie Betts had 12 in 2018. Mike Lowell had the most, 19 in 2006; those 19 are one more than Earl Webb had had through 33 Red Sox games in 1931 when he went on to set the Major League record with 67 two-base hits. Lowell completed his year with 47 (as did Betts in 2018).
Thanks to Baseball Reference and its extraordinary research database, Stathead, for help in assembling this piece.
Roger Schlueter
As Sr. Editorial Director for Major League Baseball Productions from 2004-2015, Roger served as a hub for hundreds of hours of films, series, documentaries and features: as researcher, fact-checker, script doctor, and developer of ideas. The years at MLB Production gave him the ideal platform to pursue what galvanized him the most – the idea that so much of what takes place on the field during the MLB regular and postseason (and is forever beautifully condensed into a box score) has connections to what has come before. Unearthing and celebrating these webs allows baseball to thrive, for the present can come alive and also reignite the past.