HELL FROZE OVER AS SCHERZER AND LESTER BOTH HOMERED
Three to Know for August 1:
- NL All-Star starter Max Scherzer hit his first career homer in a game the Nationals lost to the Marlins. It was his first HR in 262 career at-bats. Scherzer has a decent .191 career BA.
- Jon Lester reached the 2000 strikeout mark on the mound and hit his first major league homer at the plate, as his Cubs topped Arizona. Lester also singled to up his career BA to .081.
- Hell froze over
25 to Know: Most AB with one career homer among active players
| Player | AB | From | To | G | PA | BA | Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Hamels | 618 | 2006 | 2017 | 358 | 702 | .173 | PHI-TEX |
| Clayton Kershaw | 558 | 2008 | 2017 | 292 | 674 | .154 | LAD |
| Ricky Nolasco | 381 | 2006 | 2017 | 319 | 468 | .134 | FLA-MIA-LAD-MIN-LAA |
| Kyle Kendrick | 374 | 2007 | 2017 | 259 | 441 | .139 | PHI-COL-BOS |
| Dan Robertson | 351 | 2014 | 2017 | 148 | 386 | .262 | TEX-LAA-SEA-CLE |
| Christian Colon | 349 | 2014 | 2017 | 142 | 386 | .252 | KCR-MIA |
| Jason Hammel | 338 | 2006 | 2017 | 334 | 384 | .154 | TBD-TBR-COL-BAL-OAK-CHC-KCR |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 326 | 2009 | 2017 | 220 | 382 | .169 | WSN-DET |
| Ian Kennedy | 319 | 2007 | 2017 | 262 | 397 | .129 | NYY-ARI-SDP-KCR |
| Edinson Volquez | 308 | 2005 | 2017 | 277 | 362 | .091 | TEX-CIN-SDP-LAD-PIT-KCR-MIA |
| Bartolo Colon | 292 | 1997 | 2017 | 525 | 319 | .086 | CLE-MON-ANA-LAA-BOS-CHW-NYY-OAK-NYM-MIN-ATL |
| Clayton Richard | 264 | 2008 | 2017 | 237 | 306 | .117 | CHW-SDP-CHC |
| Max Scherzer | 262 | 2008 | 2017 | 299 | 308 | .191 | ARI-DET-WSN |
| Jhoulys Chacin | 260 | 2009 | 2017 | 191 | 288 | .192 | COL-ARI-ATL-LAA-SDP |
| Wade Miley | 212 | 2011 | 2017 | 191 | 247 | .151 | ARI-BOS-BAL-SEA |
| Chris Young | 207 | 2004 | 2017 | 271 | 246 | .150 | TEX-SDP-NYM-SEA-KCR |
| Wily Peralta | 200 | 2012 | 2017 | 132 | 232 | .100 | MIL |
| Jacob deGrom | 198 | 2014 | 2017 | 106 | 225 | .197 | NYM |
| Shelby Miller | 198 | 2012 | 2017 | 127 | 243 | .111 | STL-ATL-ARI |
| Jon Lester | 197 | 2006 | 2017 | 341 | 236 | .081 | BOS-OAK-CHC |
| Andrew Cashner | 195 | 2010 | 2017 | 233 | 220 | .164 | CHC-SDP-MIA-TEX |
| Matt Harvey | 190 | 2012 | 2017 | 96 | 203 | .121 | NYM |
