Not really oddities, but I happened upon the fact that Albert Pujols has 121 career sacrifice flies, putting him 4th all-time, tied with Hank Aaron. Doubtful he'll get another 7 this year, but if he can get 2 more he'll tie Robin Yount for third. Two very long-time teammates are first and second - Eddie Murray with 128 and Cal Ripken Jr. with 127. Miguel Cabrera is the only other active player with 100, on the money, which is 33rd all time.
Although Pujols is a part-timer playing out the string now, his assault on the all-time records remains noteworthy every time he does basically anything at the plate Consider he's:
Sixth all-time in games played, and will catch and pass Ty Cobb this year. Pujols has 3,209, Cobb has 3,034.
Seventh all-time in at-bats with 12,280. he's 56 behind Eddie Murray, for 6th.
Twelfth all-time in runs scored with 1,890. He's 43 behind Jeter for 11th so won't catch him.
Eleventh all-time in hits at 3,340. Yaz is 9th at 3,419, so that won't happen this year.
Third all-time in total bases with 6,110, and a real shot at passing Stan Musial (6,134) before the end of the year. Hank Aaron is in first on another planet at 6,856.
Fifth in doubles at 680, won't catch Cobb who has 724 for 4th.
Fifth in HR at 686. A-Rod is fourth at 696, but that would take another year to have a chance to get there or to get to 700.
Third in RBI at 2,174. He'd have to play at least half of another season to get to Ruth at 2,214. He's 123 behind Hank Aaron for first all time. Only 5 guys ever have reached 2,000 RBI, and one was Cap Anson who played his entire career in the 1800s where stats were slightly sketchy.
Second all-time in intentional walks with 316. Captain Melonhead is first with 688. The most comically stupid baseball record of all time.
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