Mookie Betts joins elite 40/40 HR, SB list

Mookie Betts' HR last night put him in a special category of players to hit 40 HR's and having 40 SB's while being 23 years old or younger.

Some damn good players are on this list.

PLAYER	TM	TO	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mookie Betts	BOS	2016	277	1141	196	334	75	13	40	150	41	0.293	0.344	0.486	0.830
Bryce Harper	WSN	2016	588	2090	374	595	109	15	113	295	48	0.285	0.387	0.513	0.900
Mike Trout	LAA	2015	652	2448	477	744	143	32	139	397	113	0.304	0.397	0.559	0.956
Jason Heyward	ATL	2013	532	1885	293	489	99	14	73	234	43	0.259	0.352	0.443	0.794
Justin Upton	ARI	2011	581	2109	331	584	123	24	91	296	62	0.277	0.357	0.487	0.845
Hanley Ramirez	BOS-FLA	2007	314	1274	244	397	94	17	46	140	102	0.312	0.369	0.520	0.889
David Wright	NYM	2006	383	1420	236	434	99	7	67	258	43	0.306	0.375	0.527	0.902
Grady Sizemore	CLE	2006	363	1433	260	409	96	24	54	181	46	0.285	0.359	0.499	0.858
Adrian Beltre	LAD	2002	652	2305	302	615	114	16	76	309	53	0.267	0.327	0.429	0.756
Andruw Jones	ATL	2000	666	2335	379	635	129	21	116	361	95	0.272	0.344	0.494	0.838
Alex Rodriguez	SEA	1999	642	2572	493	791	160	11	148	463	118	0.308	0.363	0.551	0.914
Ken Griffey	SEA	1993	734	2747	424	832	170	15	132	453	77	0.303	0.375	0.520	0.895
Gary Sheffield	MIL-SDP	1992	440	1667	225	471	95	6	54	233	48	0.283	0.341	0.444	0.785
Gregg Jefferies	NYM	1991	465	1713	246	472	96	9	42	205	63	0.276	0.332	0.416	0.748
Ruben Sierra	TEX	1989	589	2274	325	620	115	30	98	374	49	0.273	0.314	0.479	0.793
Jose Canseco	OAK	1988	503	1936	302	522	101	4	111	367	71	0.270	0.339	0.498	0.837
Barry Bonds	PIT	1988	407	1502	268	388	90	17	65	165	85	0.258	0.343	0.471	0.814
Darryl Strawberry	NYM	1985	380	1335	216	348	57	15	81	250	72	0.261	0.355	0.508	0.863
Lloyd Moseby	TOR	1983	512	1793	235	462	91	19	45	222	53	0.258	0.313	0.405	0.718
Carney Lansford	CAL	1980	429	1709	264	478	80	10	42	211	54	0.280	0.326	0.412	0.738
Jack Clark	SFG	1979	469	1651	255	456	94	16	66	247	45	0.276	0.342	0.472	0.815
Ellis Valentine	MON	1978	384	1416	176	411	82	6	58	194	40	0.290	0.334	0.480	0.814
Andre Dawson	MON	1978	320	1219	157	322	54	18	44	144	50	0.264	0.309	0.446	0.755
Cesar Cedeno	HOU	1974	689	2660	415	782	164	25	90	377	205	0.294	0.346	0.476	0.822
Bobby Bonds	SFG	1969	239	929	175	239	35	11	41	125	61	0.257	0.346	0.451	0.798
Willie Davis	LAD	1963	463	1542	231	411	62	25	44	200	72	0.267	0.313	0.425	0.738
Vada Pinson	CIN	1962	644	2622	466	807	156	36	80	340	104	0.308	0.357	0.486	0.843
Orlando Cepeda	SFG	1961	602	2362	366	731	137	15	122	439	65	0.309	0.351	0.535	0.886
Frank Robinson	CIN	1959	596	2277	415	680	112	21	134	366	46	0.299	0.374	0.543	0.917
Al Kaline	DET	1958	768	2857	436	880	137	32	98	450	41	0.308	0.368	0.481	0.849
Buddy Lewis	WSH	1940	746	3089	517	943	149	54	44	377	59	0.305	0.369	0.431	0.801
Freddie Lindstrom	NYG	1929	718	2735	457	864	135	45	49	369	54	0.316	0.356	0.452	0.808

Nobody warned me about the June power outage in Boston

What happened to the Boston Red Sox line-up in June? They lost all their power.

Here are the combined numbers for April-May compared to June.

MONTHS	AB	HITS	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS	SLG  ∆	OPS  ∆
Apr-May	1860	547	134	17	65	296	177	391	0.294	0.358	0.489	0.848
June	912	247	51	2	27	117	100	176	0.271	0.345	0.420	0.765	-0.069	-0.083

Here are the details for the regulars. Travis Shaw and JBJ had a rough time in June.

Sorted by greatest drop in OPS.

MONTHS	PLAYER	AB	HITS	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS	SLG  ∆	OPS  ∆
Apr-May	Shaw	195	57	17	2	7	35	0.292	0.358	0.508	0.866
June	Shaw	84	18	5	0	1	9	0.214	0.277	0.310	0.587	-0.198	-0.279
Apr-May	Bradley, Jr	178	59	13	4	9	37	0.331	0.409	0.601	1.010
June	Bradley, Jr	87	19	6	2	4	13	0.218	0.333	0.471	0.804	-0.130	-0.206
Apr-May	Pedroia	207	64	14	1	7	25	0.309	0.370	0.488	0.858
June	Pedroia	102	30	6	0	0	5	0.294	0.371	0.353	0.724	-0.135	-0.134
Apr-May	Vazquez	105	24	6	1	1	8	0.229	0.270	0.333	0.603
June	Vazquez	53	10	2	0	0	3	0.189	0.246	0.226	0.472	-0.107	-0.131
Apr-May	Bogaerts	217	76	18	0	6	30	0.350	0.401	0.516	0.917
June	Bogaerts	105	34	3	0	3	20	0.324	0.377	0.438	0.815	-0.078	-0.102
Apr-May	Ortiz	176	59	23	1	14	47	0.335	0.416	0.716	1.132
June	Ortiz	83	28	8	0	4	16	0.337	0.461	0.578	1.039	-0.138	-0.093
Apr-May	Betts	230	65	11	4	12	40	0.283	0.325	0.522	0.847
June	Betts	115	34	7	0	4	14	0.296	0.331	0.461	0.792	-0.061	-0.055
Apr-May	Ramirez	190	56	9	1	4	31	0.295	0.355	0.416	0.771
June	Ramirez	96	22	4	0	4	14	0.229	0.324	0.396	0.720	-0.020	-0.051
Apr-May	Young	65	17	9	0	1	6	0.262	0.342	0.446	0.788
June	Young	65	19	3	0	5	9	0.292	0.333	0.569	0.902	0.123	0.114

And the rest of the players.

MONTHS	PLAYER	AB	HITS	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS	SLG  ∆	OPS  ∆
Apr-May	Hernandez	15	4	0	0	1	3	0.267	0.312	0.467	0.779
June	Hernandez	21	5	1	0	0	2	0.238	0.333	0.286	0.619	-0.181	-0.160
Apr-May	Swihart	49	12	0	3	0	4	0.245	0.345	0.367	0.712
June	Swihart	13	4	0	0	0	1	0.308	0.438	0.308	0.746	-0.059	0.034
Apr-May	Holt	113	27	4	0	3	19	0.239	0.310	0.354	0.664	0	0
June	Brentz	22	7	2	0	1	3	0.318	0.348	0.545	0.893	0	0
June	Marrero	7	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.286	0	0
Apr-May	Rutledge	43	13	6	0	0	3	0.302	0.388	0.442	0.830
June	Rutledge	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-0.442	-0.830
June	Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0
Apr-May	Sandoval	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.000	0.143	0	0
Apr-May	Castillo	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.750	1.250
June	Castillo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-0.750	-1.250
Apr-May	Hanigan	62	11	3	0	0	8	0.177	0.250	0.226	0.476
June	Hanigan	8	2	0	0	0	2	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	0.024	0.024
June	LaMarre	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.000	0.167	0	0
June	Leon	30	14	4	0	1	6	0.467	0.543	0.700	1.243	0	0
Apr-May	Price	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333
June	Price	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	-0.333
Apr-May	Porcello	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.666
June	Porcello	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-0.333	-0.666

2016 Steven Wright vs 1995 Tim Wakefield vs 2012 R.A. Dickey thru 15 starts

How does Steven Wright's first 15 starts in 2016 stack up against Tim Wakefield's first 15 starts in his incredible 1995 season for the Red Sox and R.A. Dickey's first 1 starts in his Cy Young Award winning 2012 season?

You decide.

PLAYER	YEAR	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
Steven Wright	2016	15	8	5	0.615	2.18	3	103	78	25	39	84	1.14
Tim Wakefield	1995	15	12	1	0.923	1.66	5	113 2/3	90	21	31	71	1.06
R.A. Dickey	2012	15	11	1	0.917	2.31	3	105	72	27	24	106	0.91

MLB team records from May 26 through June 27th

The Boston Red Sox started their swoon on May 26th and it continues through today.

Here are the records and run differentials for the 30 teams in MLB from May 26th through June 27th.

Sorted by lowest winning percentage.

TEAM	G	W	L	PCT	RS	RA	DIFF
PHI	31	7	24	0.226	110	176	-66
SEA	30	10	20	0.333	150	161	-11
PIT	32	11	21	0.344	128	166	-38
TBR	31	11	20	0.355	121	166	-45
LAA	30	11	19	0.367	136	151	-15
CHW	28	11	17	0.393	120	154	-34
BOS	30	12	18	0.400	152	168	-16
MIN	29	12	17	0.414	135	166	-31
NYM	29	13	16	0.448	94	114	-20
ATL	31	14	17	0.452	113	142	-29
OAK	28	13	15	0.464	123	119	4
CIN	30	14	16	0.467	153	175	-22
MIL	29	14	15	0.483	115	134	-19
SDP	29	14	15	0.483	159	165	-6
ARI	31	15	16	0.484	137	152	-15
NYY	30	15	15	0.500	132	143	-11
DET	30	15	15	0.500	146	153	-7
COL	31	16	15	0.516	189	168	21
STL	28	15	13	0.536	136	106	30
KCR	29	16	13	0.552	133	138	-5
LAD	30	17	13	0.567	118	101	17
MIA	30	17	13	0.567	136	117	19
WSN	30	17	13	0.567	154	128	26
TOR	30	18	12	0.600	169	138	31
CHC	30	18	12	0.600	140	101	39
BAL	31	19	12	0.613	181	158	23
SFG	29	19	10	0.655	148	101	47
CLE	30	20	10	0.667	155	103	52
HOU	30	21	9	0.700	152	108	44
TEX	30	23	7	0.767	162	125	37