Hit for the cycle on 8/9 at TOR (see box on previous page)...Was the only AL player to accomplish the feat in the 2018 regular season.
Did not play on 7/26 at SEA, after starting each of the Sox' 98 games from 4/9-7/25...Was the club's longest streak since Mo Vaughn started 153 consecutive games in 1997-98 (source: Elias). On 4/10 vs. NYY, reached base in all 5 PA, scored a career-high 5 runs, hit his 3rd career grand slam, and doubled twice...Since RBI became an official stat in 1920, Betts is the only Red Sox player with 4+ hits, 4+ runs, and 4+ RBI in a game vs. NYY (source: ESPN Stats & Info). Hit his 70th career HR as a leadoff hitter on 5/4 at TEX, passing Dom DiMaggio for the most in Red Sox history...Betts reached the mark in 355 games as a leadoff hitter; DiMaggio hit 69 leadoff HR in 1,038 games. Struck out 2 fewer times in 2016 (80) than he did in 2015 (82), despite recording 76 more plate appearances in 2016...His average of 9.13 PA/SO ranked 11th in the majors and 8th in the AL...Had the majors' 2nd-best PA/SO ratio among players with 30+ HR (Beltre-9.70). Joined Ted Williams as the only Red Sox players ever to record 100+ RBI in consecutive seasons before turning 25...He and Williams are also the only Red Sox with multiple 100-RBI/100-R seasons before turning 25. The last AL player to accomplish the feat (and the only other Red Sox player ever to do so at that young an age) was Ted Williams in both 1940 (43 2B, 14 3B, 23 HR) and 1939 (44 2B, 11 3B, 31 HR). Hit 3 leadoff HR in April (4/17 at LAA, 4/19 at LAA, and 4/25 at TOR)...He is the only Red Sox player ever to hit as many as 3 leadoff HR before May 1.
His 129 runs scored were the most by a Red Sox player since Dom DiMaggio in 1950 (131). Tied the modern MLB record for fewest games needed to reach 25 XBH in a season (28 games) (source: Elias). Prior to Betts, the last major leaguers to record at least 4 hits-including 3 XBH-in consecutive games were Jim Edmonds (2003), Mark McGwire (1987), and Don Baylor (1973). Scored 25 runs in his final 25 games (beginning 8/26), posting a .405/.514/.702 batting line in that time (34-for-84, 10 2B, 5 HR, 16 RBI, 19 BB, 20 SO). Hit a game-tying, 2-out, 2-run HR in the 9th inning on 6/24 at TEX, helping the Sox earn an 8-7 win (trailed 6-0). Was hitless in his first 16 spring training at-bats, then 17-for-36 (.472) with 3 HR in his final 13 ST games. Honored by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Legacy Awards as the AL MVP (Oscar Charleston Award). Ranked 2nd among ML position players in WAR (9.6), according to Baseball-Reference (Trout-10.6).
Hit 2 HR out of the leadoff spot on 6/13 vs. PHI, setting a Red Sox career record for most multi-homer games as a leadoff hitter (6)...Johnny Damon held the previous record (5). Topped the majors with 69 RBI and 60 XBH from the leadoff spot in only 117 starts batting 1st, most by a Red Sox at age 22 or younger since at least 1914... His 106 leadoff starts as a center fielder were third most in a season since 1988 prior to turning 23 (Mike Trout, 110 in 2012; Andrew McCutchen, 108 in 2009). Led MLB in AVG with 2 outs (.382)...Also batted above .300 vs. RHP (.331, 6th in MLB), at home (.335, 5th in MLB), on the road (.301), in day games (.333), in night games (.312), with the bases empty (.313), with runners on (.327), with RISP (.355), with RISP and 2 outs (.404, 4th in MLB), with the bases loaded (.313), vs. the AL (.317), and vs. the NL (.325). Placed among AL leaders in 2B (third), 3B (tied for ninth), XBH (ninth, 68), multi-hit games (sixth, 52), 3+ hit games (tied for seventh, 15), SB (tied for 10th), AVG (14th), AVG with RISP (eighth, .333), AVG at home (ninth, .322), and AVG at night (eighth, .304)... Was worth 6.0 wins above replacement according to Baseball Reference, tied for sixth best among AL players. Led all players at all positions in ultimate zone rating (20.5), according to FanGraphs...Also ranked 2nd among all players in defensive runs saved (31). Mookie Betts Stats, Fantasy & News. Placed on the 10-day disabled list with a left abdominal strain on 6/1 (retro to 5/29)...Missed 12 games before being reinstated on 6/11.
Really. Led off the Red Sox' 1st inning by reaching base in each of 5 straight games: 4/20 vs. TB (BB), 4/21 vs. TB (1B), 4/22 at HOU (3B), 4/23 at HOU (1B), 4/24 at HOU (1B)...Came around to score in each of those 5 instances. In the Sox' division-clinching win on 9/20 at NYY, went 4-for-5 with 5 RBI, 3 R, 2 2B, and 1 HR...In the 8th inning, gave BOS an 11-6 lead with a 2-out, 3-run HR off Aroldis Chapman.
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