Rays on pace to accomplish something that hasn’t been done since 1955

The Tampa Bay Rays aren’t solely one of the best staff in Main League Baseball this season, they’re additionally on monitor to perform a feat that has not been done in nearly 70 years. 

Getting into play on Tuesday the Rays are main the majors in each house runs (101) and stolen bases (73), and if they will preserve each of these leads they might be the primary staff for the reason that 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers to steer all the majors in each classes in the identical season.

The 1995 Cleveland Indians have been in a position to accomplish that feat for the American League in a shortened 144-game season, main the Majors with 207 house runs. 

Additionally they led the American League with 132 stolen bases however fell in need of the Main League lead, finishing behind three National League teams. 

It will be an unbelievable accomplishment as a result of groups aren’t often constructed to do each issues nicely. 

Energy hitting groups don’t have a tendency depend on the stolen base to fabricate runs, whereas groups which can be depending on utilizing pace and stolen bases don’t often hit for energy.

However the Rays are the uncommon staff that isn’t solely good at each, but additionally among the many finest within the league in each. 

They don’t have slender leads in both class, both.

The Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers are the one different groups within the Majors with greater than 84 house runs this season, whereas neither of them entered play on Tuesday with greater than 90 for the season. 

The Rays even have a 15-stolen base lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pittsburgh and Oakland are the one two different groups in baseball which have stolen even 48 bases this season. Tampa Bay is already as much as 73.

Serving to the Rays climb the leaderboard in each classes have been twin threats like Wander Franco (seven house runs, 19 steals), Josh Lowe (11 house runs, 12 steals) and Taylor Partitions (seven house runs, 14 steals.)

Two of essentially the most thrilling performs in baseball are house runs and stolen bases. The Rays are one of the best within the league at each of them.