#hhm — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hhm, aggregated by home.social.
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DYK: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. became the youngest player in MLB history (22 years old) to be named All-Star Game MVP in 2021.
Still only 26 years old, Guerrero has had a decorated start to his career. The Dominican native has made 5 consecutive All-Star Games, won 2 Silver Sluggers, and a Gold Glove Award, as well as the 2023 All-Star Home Run Derby. #HHM
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DYK: Albert Pujols is the only player in MLB history to open his career with 10 straight seasons of at least a .310 batting average, 30 home runs, and 100 RBI.
From 2001 to 2010, Pujols slashed .331/.426/.624, with 1,900 hits, 408 HR, and 1,230 RBI. The Dominican superstar won NL Rookie of the Year in 2001 and 3 NL MVP Awards. #HHM
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DYK: 22-year-old Junior Caminero is the fourth-youngest player in MLB history to have a season with over 40 home runs and 100 RBI.
The only players to do it at a younger age: Mel Ott, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Eddie Mathews. #HHM
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DYK: David Ortiz is tied with Carlos Correa for the most walk-off hits in Postseason history with 4.
Three of Ortiz’s four Postseason walk-offs came during Boston’s 2004 run to their first World Series title since 1918.
Ortiz hit 17 home runs with a .947 OPS in 85 career Postseason games and was MVP of the 2013 World Series, one of three championships he won in Boston. He was the 2011 Roberto Clemente Award winner and was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 2022. #HHM
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DYK: Orlando Cepeda is the only MLB player from Puerto Rico to earn both Rookie of the Year and MVP honors in his career, and he won both awards unanimously.
During his 1958 Rookie of the Year season with the Giants, Cepeda batted .312 with 25 home runs and 96 RBI at age 21. And during his 1967 MVP season with the Cardinals, he batted .325 with 25 home runs and a league-leading 111 RBI. #HHM
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DYK: Julio Rodríguez is the only player in MLB history to open his career with four consecutive seasons of both 20+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases. #HHM
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DYK: Randy Arozarena holds the record for most home runs in a single Postseason with 10 (2020). Arozarena was named MVP of the ALCS and helped send Tampa Bay to the World Series for just the second time in franchise history.
Arozarena entered that Postseason with only 99 Major League at-bats. He retained rookie eligibility going into the 2021 season and took home AL Rookie of the Year honors.
Arozarena, a native of Cuba, represented Mexico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. #HHM
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DYK: In 2019, Edgar Martinez became the first player whose primary position was designated hitter to be elected to the @[email protected]. MLB’s Outstanding Designated Hitter Award is named in his honor.
Martinez was a 7-time All-Star, 5-time Silver Slugger, and 2-time batting champion over the course of his career. He had a career .312/.418/.515 triple-slash line with 309 home runs and 2,247 hits.
In 2004, Martinez became the first player from Puerto Rico to win the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award.
OTD in 1995, Martinez hit a series-winning walk-off double in an epic Game 5 ALDS victory for the Mariners. #HHM
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DYK: In 1967, the All-Star Game lasted an MLB-record 15 innings! Hall of Famer Tony Pèrez hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the 15th to give the National League a 2-1 victory. He was awarded All-Star MVP for his heroics in what would be the first of 7 All-Star appearances for the Cuban legend. #HHM
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DYK: Edgar Renteria is one of only four players in history with the game-winning RBI in two different World Series clinchers. The other three are Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and Yogi Berra.
The Colombian star hit a walk-off single in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series for the Marlins and slugged a go-ahead 3-run homer in Game 5 of the 2010 World Series for the Giants. He was named MVP of the 2010 Fall Classic. #HHM
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DYK: Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez held *6* MLB records among primary catchers when he retired in 2011: Games caught (2,427), Hits (2,844), Doubles (572), Runs (1,354), 14 All-Star selections (T-1st) and 13 Gold Glove Awards.
The Puerto Rican star was the second primary catcher to earn first-ballot induction to the Hall of Fame, and the first to have a 20 HR-20 SB season (1999). #HHM
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DYK: Fernando Tatis Jr. is the fastest player in MLB history to reach 20+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases at the start of his career … and he accomplished the feat in only 97 games!
The second-generation Dominican star is a 3x All-Star, 2x NL Silver Slugger, and NL Gold and Platinum Glove winner. #HHM
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Wishing a Happy 80th birthday today to Hall of Famer Rod Carew, the first native of Panama elected to Cooperstown!
In 1985 Rod Carew became the second Latino player ever to reach 3,000 career hits. The first was Roberto Clemente. #HHM
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DYK: Fernando Valenzuela is the only pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards in the same season.
At age 20, the Mexican southpaw began the 1981 campaign with 8 consecutive complete games, five of them shutouts! #HHM
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DYK: Jose Altuve is one of just 3 players in MLB history with 200+ home runs, 300+ stolen bases, 450+ doubles, and a .300+ batting average. The others are Willie Mays and Derek Jeter.
The native Venezuelan is a 3-time batting champion and 9-time All-Star. #HHM
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DYK: Miguel Cabrera is one of only three players in history with 3,000+ hits, 500+ home runs, and 600+ doubles. The other two are Hank Aaron and Albert Pujols.
Cabrera tops all Venezuelan-born players in career hits (3,174), home runs (511), RBI (1,881), runs (1,551), doubles (627), extra-base hits (1,155), and total bases (5,368). #HHM
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DYK: In 2014, Salvador Perez caught 161 games (including Postseason), setting a new MLB record for most games caught in one season.
This year he became just the second primary catcher to reach 300 home runs and 1,000 RBI with one team. The other is Johnny Bench.
Perez won the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award in 2024. #HHM
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Our celebration of #HHM continues with a look at some of the most exciting young players in the game 🔥
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DYK: In 2014, Salvador Perez caught 161 games (including Postseason), setting a new MLB record for most games caught in one season.
This year he became just the second primary catcher to reach 300 home runs and 1,000 RBI with one team. The other is Johnny Bench.
Perez, who will captain Team Venezuela in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, won the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award in 2024. #HHM
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DYK: In 96 Postseason appearances, Mariano Rivera was 8-1 with 42 saves and a 0.70 ERA. He notched the final out in 4 of the 5 World Series he won with the Yankees.
Rivera made the final appearance of his 19-year career OTD in 2013. He was unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame in 2019 and became just the second player from Panama (along with Rod Carew) inducted into Cooperstown. #HHM
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DYK: From 1997-2003, Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez pitched to a 2.20 ERA in 1,408 innings. His adjusted ERA+ of 213 means his earned run average was more than twice as good as the league average in that span.
The Dominican right-hander won 3 Cy Young Awards. His .687 winning percentage (219-100) is third-best since 1947 (min. 1,500 IP). #HHM
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DYK: Ronald Acuña Jr. is the only player to debut in the Divisional Era (1969) to average 30+ HR and 30+ SB per 162 games played (min. 800 games played)
The Venezuelan standout is a 5-time All-Star and was named NL MVP in 2023 when he became the first player in MLB history to hit 40+ homers and steal 70+ bases in the same season. In fact, no player who hit 40+ homers ever stole as many as 50 bases in a season before Acuña’s record-shattering season. #HHM
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DYK: On this date in 1956, Ozzie Virgil became the first Dominican player in MLB when he debuted as the starting third baseman for the New York Giants. He went on to play in parts of 9 seasons with the Giants, Tigers, A’s, Orioles, and Pirates.
Virgil’s family moved to New York when he was a teenager. He served two years in the U.S. Marine Corps before beginning his baseball career. His son, Ozzie Virgil Jr., was a 2-time NL All-Star, including 1985 when Ozzie Sr. was on the NL coaching staff. #HHM
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DYK: Vladimir Guerrero Sr. recorded at least 30 home runs and 100 RBI eight times in a nine-year stretch from 1998 to 2006. During that span, he was named to seven All-Star teams, won six Silver Slugger Awards, and was awarded the 2004 American League MVP as a member of the Anaheim Angels.
Guerrero Sr. had a .318 batting average and hit 449 home runs across his 16-year career. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. #HHM
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DYK: Juan Marichal won more games in the 1960s (191) than any pitcher in baseball. He won at least 20 games six times in a seven-year stretch from 1963 to 1969, including a career-high 26 wins in 1968.
Marichal was a 10x All-Star and was named the MVP of the 1965 All-Star Game. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, the first Dominican player to receive that honor. #HHM
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DYK: Francisco Lindor is the first shortstop in Major League history with 4 seasons of 25+ home runs and 25+ stolen bases. The Puerto Rican superstar accomplished the feat for the third straight season in 2025.
Lindor has won 4 Silver Sluggers and 2 Gold Glove Awards, as well as the 2016 American League Platinum Glove Award. #HHM
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DYK: Tony Oliva led the American League in hits five times and doubles four times. He set career highs in hits (217), runs (109), doubles (43), and home runs (32) during his AL Rookie of the Year-winning campaign in 1964.
Oliva was named an All-Star in eight straight seasons from 1964-1971. He is one of six Cuban-born players in the Baseball Hall of Fame. #HHM
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DYK: José Ramírez is one of just 25 players in MLB history to record 250+ home runs and 250+ stolen bases in their career. Among the players on that list, Ramírez is the only primary third baseman, one of two switch-hitters (with Carlos Beltrán), and one of two active players (with Jose Altuve).
The Dominican-born Ramírez is a 7-time All-Star and has finished top-5 in AL MVP voting five times. Today is his 33rd birthday. Happy birthday, José! #HHM
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DYK: Luis Aparicio was the first Latin American player to be named Rookie of the Year when he took home AL honors in 1956 as a member of the White Sox. He led the American League in stolen bases in each of his first nine seasons.
Aparicio was a 13x All-Star and a 9x Gold Glove Award winner during his 18-year career. In 1984, he became the first Venezuelan player inducted into Cooperstown. At 91, he is the oldest living Hall of Famer. #HHM
