As the NL’s Rookie of the Year in 2023, Corbin Carroll produced 30 doubles, 10 triples and 25 homers. Last year, the doubles and home runs columns each saw the Diamondback ink in ‘22’ while adding another 14 three-base hits. This season (his age-24 campaign), he’s on pace to again produce double digits in triples while getting into the twenties in doubles and homers. Here’s the entire list of players who’ve produced three or more lines, before their age-25 seasons, of 20+ doubles, 10+ triples and 20+ homers (don’t worry, you won’t have to read long):
Joe DiMaggio in 1936, 1937 and 1938.
Dick Allen in 1964, 1965 and 1966.
All done. Unless Carroll maintains what he’s been scripting this year.
With a pair of solo homers, Corbin Carroll produced all the offense the Diamondbacks needed in a 2-1 victory over the Giants. Carroll now has 13 homers and a Major League-leading five triples on the season, helping point to an NL-best 106 total bases.
~Before Carroll, Eddie Mathews – in 1959 – had been the most recent player to produce at least 13 longballs and five three-baggers through 42 team games. The others to have hit these measures at this stage, since 1901: Babe Ruth (1921, 1928); Wally Berger (1930); Jimmie Foxx (1932); Hank Greenberg (1937); Ival Goodman (1938); Willie Mays (1954, 1958).
~Carroll’s 106 total bases are the most for any Diamondbacks player through 42 team games since Luis Gonzalez had 126 in 2001.
Rangers right-hander Tyler Mahle allowed a run in six-and-a-third innings and picked up a win as Texas topped Colorado, 2-1. Mahle owns a 1.47 ERA in his nine starts this year. The mark – for this stage of the season – is one of the best for any AL pitcher in the DH era..
AL Pitchers, 1973-2025: Lowest ERA Through 42 Team Games (min. 9 GS)
0.82 Zack Greinke in 2009
1.19 Pedro Martínez in 2000
1.20 Phil Niekro in 1984
1.21 Mike Norris in 1980
1.21 Justin Verlander in 2018
1.25 Shane Bieber in 2020
1.30 Ken Holtzman in 1973
1.47 Tyler Mahle in 2025
1.49 Kenny Rogers in 1995
Jackson Merrill tripled and singled twice in a Padres’ loss and now has strung together six straight multi-hit games. The streak ties Merrill with a bunch of others for the ninth longest in franchise history. The ones that went longer:
9 Gary Sheffield (1992)
8 Tony Gwynn (1988), Manny Machado (2022), Luis Arráez (2024)
7 Gene Richards (1977), George Hendrick (1977), Tony Gwynn (1995), Geoff Blum (2005)
José Ramírez stole three bases in a Cleveland win, giving him 255 in his career. That effort moved him past Terry Turner and into possession of the third most steals in franchise history, behind Kenny Lofton’s 452 and Omar Vizquel’s 279. This game marked the 808th time Ramírez started in a Cleveland victory, leaving him one such instance away from matching Lou Boudreau for the second most in franchise history. From there, another six will tie him with Nap Lajoie for the most.
Freddy Peralta struck out four to reach 1,001 K’s in his career – he’s the fourth pitcher in Brewers history to attain the milestone, after Yovani Gallardo (1,226), Ben Sheets (1,206) and Teddy Higuera (1,081).
Kyle Schwarber went 1-for-4 to extend his 2025 on-base streak to 41 games and move past Odúbel Herrera in 2018 for the longest to begin a season for any Phillies player since 1901. Schwarber is now tied with Albert Pujols for the fifth longest to open a campaign in the past 30 seasons.
1996-2025: Longest On-Base Streak to Begin a Year
53 Derek Jeter for the Yankees in 1999
52 Frank Thomas for the White Sox in 1996
48 Mark McGwire for the Athletics in 1996
44 Matt Holliday for the Cardinals in 2015
41 Albert Pujols for the Cardinals in 2008
41 Kyle Schwarber for the Phillies in 2025
The Cardinals defeated the Phillies for their ninth straight win – the longest winning streak for St. Louis since the 2021 club captured 17 in a row.
Pete Alonso drove in two runs, with the second of the two coming on a game-ending sac fly in the ninth. The first baseman has 36 RBI on the year – the most in the NL and tied for the second most for any Met through 42 team games. In 1982, Dave Kingman had 37 while in 2022, Alonso produced 36 at this stage. The others at 36, besides the two Alonsos: Kingman in 1976, Bernard Gilkey in 1996 and Robin Ventura in 1999.
Marcell Ozuna was 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a Braves win. His 35 free passes are the most in the Majors and tied for the third most for any Brave through 41 team games, since 1901. In 1954, Eddie Mathews had 37, while Bob Elliott drew 36 in 1948. Ozuna is tied with Dale Murphy (1987).
In a Cubs win, catcher Miguel Amaya was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles. Chicago’s backstops – Amaya and Carson Kelly – own a collective .947 OPS this season. This mark is the best in the NL and would be, by far, the best for the club in the divisional era. Right now, the top mark for an entire Cubs season belongs to the collection from 2017, who posted an .870. That catching group was made up of Willson Contreras, Alex Avila, Miguel Montero and René Rivera along with a sprinkle of 35 total plate appearances from a few others.
Taylor Ward’s grand slam in the ninth broke a 5-5 tie and launched the Angels to a win. The game-changer was Ward’s fifth career slam, leaving him three behind Garret Anderson for the most in Angels history. Ward is also one behind Mike Trout for the lead among active players for the franchise.
Batting leadoff, Trent Grisham homered twice to aid in a Yankees win. The center fielder has produced two multi-homer games this season, with the first coming as the team’s number nine hitter. He’s the only Yankee ever to have multi-homer games from both the first and last spots in the order in the same season.
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.