Have you caught your breath from Friday's action yet?
That's okay, take another moment. From All-Star injuries to history-making plays, just about everything happened in the world of baseball on Friday. One southpaw gave up some rare homers to left-handed hitters, a right-handed ace lowered his home ERA to record heights, and decreased velocity left baseball fans concerned for one of the game's rising stars. The only way to properly dissect this crazy night, of course, is to take a look at the action by the numbers.
1.43 - Career ERA of Marlins ace Jose Fernandez at Marlins Park, the best home ERA among all active pitchers. It's a sparkling home number that's all the more impressive considering his career road ERA of 3.84.
460 - Distance of Mike Napoli's two-run home run off Yankees hurler Chad Green. It's the longest home run by an Indians hitter ever measured by StatCast, and it left his bat at 106.1 mph. The homer, which hit Progressive Field's left-field scoreboard on a bounce, put the Indians up 6-0 en route to a 10-2 win.
1979 - The last time, before Friday, that a team turned three triple plays in a season, when both the Red Sox and Athletics turned the trick. On Friday, the White Sox turned their third triple play of 2016, when Tim Anderson stepped on second after fielding a ground ball, tagged Gordon Beckham, who was standing in front of him, then threw out Freddie Freeman at first base. For those keeping score at home, it was the first 6-6-3 triple play in the majors since the Expos pulled it off on Sept. 27, 1989.
17.7 million - Number of votes Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Michael Saunders received in this week's "final vote" to net the final AL All-Star spot. Just to put that vote total in perspective, the population of Canada - home to both the Blue Jays and Saunders, a native of British Columbia - is 35.16 million. It's possible more than half the country voted for him.
4 - Number of stolen bases Rays catcher Hank Conger allowed tonight in Boston. Strangely enough, that's not even a season high for the backstop: On April 14, the Indians stole five bases off Conger without being caught. He came into the game having caught just seven would-be base-stealers this year while allowing 31, good for an 18 percent success rate. On May 1, he ended a streak of 48 consecutive games with a stolen base allowed that dated back to the beginning of 2015.
93, 91 - Miles per hour on Noah Syndergaard's last two pitches before he left with an apparent injury in the fifth inning. He averaged 97.1 mph on his fastball this year, so the sudden drop-off has to concern the Mets.
12-3 - Record of Blue Jays southpaw J.A. Happ after Friday's win over the Tigers at Rogers Centre. Won-loss records may not mean much to many, but consider the company Happ just joined: His 12-3 record makes him the first pitcher with 12 or more first-half wins and three or less first-half losses to not make the All-Star team since Mike Mussina in 2002. Coincidentally, Moose was also 12-3.
5 - Home runs allowed to left-handed batters by Chris Sale over his seven-year career entering Friday's start against Atlanta. On Friday, Sale allowed a pair of homers to left-handed hitters, as Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis each went yard off the White Sox ace. Sale gave up a season-high eight runs on 10 hits in five innings.
