Over a five-year stretch from 1948-1952, the average Ralph Kiner season looked like this: 109 runs scored, 44 home runs, 112 RBI, 119 walks. Only 10 different players – apart from Kiner – have assembled that line in a season, and that’s what Kiner averaged. And if that perspective is not impressive enough, consider the names of those 10: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Mike Schmidt, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, David Ortiz and Aaron Judge. That stretch, which saw Kiner lead the NL in home runs every year, might not have the same allure as other spectacular half-decade submissions, but it probably should.
As it happens, Kiner’s average is pretty similar to what Aaron Judge has averaged over his five-year run that started in 2021 and is winding down now: 108 runs scored, 48 home runs, 109 RBI, 102 walks. It’s just one of the links between the two sluggers.
Aaron Judge homered twice (and added a single) for his 45th career multi-homer game, leaving him one shy of matching Mickey Mantle for the second most ever for a Yankee (Babe Ruth sits up at 68). But wait, there’s more.
~Judge’s two solo home runs (his 45th and 46th home runs of the year) lifted him to 100 RBI on the season, which was the final piece of the puzzle in a second straight 40-homer, 100-run, 100-RBI, 100-walk campaign. 15 different players – besides Judge – have authored at least two of these in a row, with Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds making multiple appearances. Here’s the full list.
Consecutive 40-HR, 100-R, 100-RBI, 100-BB Seasons
4 Ralph Kiner (1948-1951)
3 Babe Ruth (1926-1928)
3 Babe Ruth (1930-1932)
3 Barry Bonds (2000-2002)
3 Jim Thome (2001-2003)
2 Babe Ruth (1920-1921)
2 Babe Ruth (1923-1924)
2 Lou Gehrig (1930-1931)
2 Hank Greenberg (1937-1938)
2 Frank Thomas (1995-1996)
2 Barry Bonds (1996-1997)
2 Mark McGwire (1998-1999)
2 Jeff Bagwell (1999-2000)
2 Troy Glaus (2000-2001)
2 Sammy Sosa (2001-2002)
2 Adam Dunn (2004-2005)
2 David Ortiz (2005-2006)
2 Albert Pujols (2009-2010)
2 José Bautista (2010-2011)
2 Aaron Judge (2024-2025)
~Judge has authored four seasons featuring 40+ home runs, 100+ walks, 100+ runs and 100+ RBI. He’s one of eight to have at least that many:
10 Babe Ruth
7 Barry Bonds
5 Lou Gehrig, Jim Thome
4 Jimmie Foxx, Ralph Kiner, Frank Thomas, Aaron Judge
~Judge’s second homer of the night gave him 361 for his career, tying Joe DiMaggio for fourth on the Yankees’ lifetime leaderboard. Judge’s 361 are the fourth most ever for a player through his first 10 seasons, behind Albert Pujols’ 408, Eddie Mathews’ 370 and Ralph Kiner’s 369.
~Judge’s 45 multi-homer games have come within the frame of his first 1,129 contests. No one has more at this exact step, with Judge ahead of Ralph Kiner (37) and Juan González (34).
35-year-old Giancarlo Stanton went yard for the 20th time in 2025, giving the Yankees their seventh player this year with at least 20 longballs. The seven tie the team mark for the most, a level first established by the 2009 World Series champs and then equaled in 2019. Stanton’s blast was the 449th of his career, moving him into a tie with Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir Guerrero for 41st on the all-time list. 449 through an age-35 season comes in as the 22nd most ever, directly behind Mike Schmidt and his 458.
Bryce Harper collected his 400th career double to check off another nice milestone. The 32-year-old can place that figure next to more than 1,000 walks, runs and RBI and more than 350 home runs. Few players have been able to say the same, at this age-stage of a career.
Through Age-32 Season: 400+ Doubles, 350+ HR, 1,000+ Runs, RBI & Walks
| Player | 2B | HR | R | RBI | BB |
| Lou Gehrig | 428 | 378 | 1,466 | 1,570 | 1,139 |
| Jimmie Foxx | 407 | 500 | 1,591 | 1,744 | 1,294 |
| Mel Ott | 415 | 415 | 1,510 | 1,555 | 1,335 |
| Albert Pujols | 505 | 475 | 1,376 | 1,434 | 1,027 |
| Bryce Harper | 400 | 361 | 1,149 | 1,046 | 1,093 |
Gunnar Henderson banged out his 31st double of the year for his 205th career extra-base hit. The shortstop is now tied with shortstop Vern Stephens for the sixth most in Orioles franchise history for a player through his age-24 season. This leaderboard looks like this:
323 Manny Machado
275 Cal Ripken, Jr.
247 Eddie Murray
238 Harlond Clift
226 Boog Powell
205 Vern Stephens
205 Gunnar Henderson
Rays leadoff hitter Chandler Simpson went 4-for-4 and stole his 40th base of the year. The 24-year-old is compiling an uncommon line in this, his debut season.
~For one, Simpson has coupled his 40 steals with zero home runs – a kind of line that just doesn’t appear too often anymore. This century, three players have concluded a season with at least 40 thefts and no longballs, with Ben Revere in 2012 the last to do it. In the past 30 seasons, it’s only Luis Castillo (1999), Scott Podsednik (2005) and Juan Pierre (2007) along with Revere. In the 30 years before that (1966-1995), there were 19 examples of this.
~In the Modern Era, there are only two players to post this kind of line (40+ SB, 0 HR) in a debut season: Cleveland’s Alex Cole in 1990 and way back in 1910, Rollie Zeider for the White Sox.
~With the big night at the plate, Simpson lifted his average to .292. There are only three players in the Modern Era to have a debut season featuring at least 40 stolen bases and a .300 or better average. There’s Mitchell Page in 1977, there’s Alex Cole in 1990 and there’s Ichiro Suzuki in 2001. Cut the average down to Simpson’s current mark and only one other name makes the grade – Rafael Furcal, who batted .295 in 2000.
Kevin Gausman faced just three over the minimum (he allowed two singles and a walk) in a thoroughly dominant two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts as his Blue Jays took down the Astros.
~Gausman’s line provided the Blue Jays franchise with the 44th shutout on two-or-fewer hits*, and only the second in the past 10 years, after Chris Bassitt’s two-hitter on May 12, 2023. By Game Score, Gausman’s 91 comes in tied (with nine other outings) for the sixth best among the 44. Brandon Morrow’s 100 – for his one-hitter with 17 strikeouts and two walks on August 8, 2010 – is tops. *This count of 44 doesn’t include a two-hit shutout over five innings for Jim Clancy in 1977.
~Gausman’s thirties have been much more productive than his twenties, with his work since 2021 offering a .574 winning percentage (62-46), a 125 ERA+ (3.31 ERA), a 1.134 WHIP and a 9.9 K/9 figure. His age-22 through age-29 seasons (2013-2020) saw him post a .431 winning percentage (50-66), a 100 ERA+ (4.26 ERA), a 1.329 WHIP and an 8.5 K/9. Right now, his 2025 WHIP (0.996) would be the lowest of his career, as would his hit rate – 6.7 per nine.
CJ Abrams stole his 30th base of the year, his third straight campaign with at least that many.
~Abrams is the seventh Expo/National to put together three (or more) consecutive 30-theft campaigns, with Tim Raines speeding past the rest.
10 Tim Raines (1981-1990)
4 Delino DeShields (1990-1993)
4 Marquis Grissom (1991-1994)
4 Trea Turner (2016-2019)
3 Rodney Scott (1979-1981)
3 Otis Nixon (1988-1990)
3 CJ Abrams (2023-2025)
~Abrams is one of eight shortstops in the Modern Era to have at least three 30-steal seasons through an age-24 campaign, a list populated by one deadballer and seven from the Wild Card Era.
Most 30-SB Seasons for a SS (at least 50% of Games at SS), Through Age-24 Season
4 Donie Bush (1909-1912)
4 Elvis Andrus (2009-2011, 2013)
3 Édgar Rentería (1997-1999)
3 José Reyes (2005-2007)
3 Hanley Ramírez (2006-2008)
3 Bobby Witt, Jr. (2022-2024)
3 Elly De La Cruz (2023-2025)
3 CJ Abrams (2023-2025)
Vinnie Pasquantino’s two-run home run gave him 30 homers and 102 RBI for the year – the 11th Royal ever to post a 30-100 campaign. Going around the diamond, there is Pasquantino and John Mayberry (1975) at first, Bobby Witt, Jr. (2024) at shortstop, George Brett (1985) and Dean Palmer (1998) at third and Salvador Perez (2021) behind the dish. In left field, there’s Bo Jackson in 1989 and in right, Danny Tartabull (1987 and 1991) and Jermaine Dye (2000). Jorge Soler (2019) takes the DH role.
Seattle’s Bryce Miller fanned a career-best 11 while issuing no walks. Philadelphia’s Jesús Luzardo struck out 10 with no walks.
~For the Mariners’ right-hander, this individual line marked the 28th in team history to reach 11 K’s with no walks. Félix Hernández is responsible for seven of the 28, the most, followed by Randy Johnson (six), Mike Moore (three) and Taijuan Walker (three).
~For the Phillies’ left-hander, this outing marked the third time this season he’s reached double-digits in strikeouts while issuing no walks. Zack Wheeler had six such appearances this year, for the most by any Phillies pitcher in the Modern Era. After that, there’s Wheeler (2021) and Cliff Lee (2013), each with four. At three, we have Steve Carlton (1980), Curt Schilling (1996 and 1997) and Aaron Nola (2021) before getting to Luzardo.
Randy Vásquez (6.0 IP, 4 H) and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout for the Padres in a 2-0 win, San Diego’s 16th team shutout of the year. The tally matches the 2023 and 2024 clubs’ accumulations for the sixth most in franchise history. Next up – if there is another – gets this team to match the 1972 and 1984 team totals.
Playing in his 40th game, Marlins outfielder Jakob Marsee went 2-for-4 with a double – his 15th multi-hit game. Dating back to Jackie Robinson’s first season with the Dodgers (1947), Marsee is one of 90 players with at least 15 multi-hit games through 40 career contests, with the top tally, 21, shared by Manny Jiménez (1962) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001). Curtis Goodwin and Rocco Baldelli come in next, with 20, and then Richie Ashburn, Kevin Stocker and Hunter Pence each produced 19.
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.