One thing (the American League edition)

A team-by-team tour of the AL

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As we race down the home stretch of the 2023 seasons, here’s one statistic about each of the 15 American League clubs.

And, in case you missed it, we checked in on the National League yesterday.

One thing (the National League edition)

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AL EAST

Baltimore Orioles: The Orioles are 158-109 (.592) in 267 games since catcher Adley Rutschman made his ML debut May 21, 2022. Only the Braves, Dodgers and Astros have a better record in MLB in that span.

In the 267 games before Rutschman was promoted, the O’s went 96-171 (.360), the worst record in all of Baseball in that stretch, which covered all or part of 4 seasons from the end of 2019 through the early weeks of 2022.

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Boston Red Sox: Kenley Jansen’s next save will give him 30 for the 9th consecutive full season. 9 30-save seasons overall will tie him for 4th in ML history behind only 3 Hall of Famers.

MOST 30 SAVE SEASONS

1. Mariano Rivera 15

2. Trevor Hoffman 14

3. Lee Smith 10

4. Joe Nathan and Billy Wagner 9

In his 14th season, having previously pitched for the Dodgers (2010-21) and Braves (2022), Jansen has 420 career saves, and could crack the all-time top 5 before the end of the season.

ML CAREER SAVES LEADERS

1. Mariano Rivera 652

2. Trevor Hoffman 601

3. Lee Smith 478

4. Francisco Rodriguez 437

5. John Franco 424

6. Billy Wagner 422

7. KENLEY JANSEN 420 (active)

The 35-year-old from Curacao is also climbing the career strikeout list among relief pitchers.

ML CAREER STRIKEOUT LEADERS, RELIEVERS

1. Hoyt Wilhelm 1,363

2. Rich Gossage 1,340

3. Lee Smith 1,225

4. Billy Wagner 1,196

5. Rollie Fingers 1,183

6. Craig Kimbrel 1,180 (active)

7. Jesse Orosco 1,169

8. Lindy McDaniel 1,165

9. KENLEY JANSEN 1,159 (active)

10. Aroldis Chapman 1,142 (active)

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