Justin Smoak: Hit-streak related stats

Below is a list of every Justin Smoak hit streak of at least 10 games:

1. 14 games (09/23/2010 to 04/04/2011)
2. 13 games (07/25/2018 to 08/09/2018)
2. 10 games (06/16/2017 to 06/25/2017)

Below are details about his longest hit streak of 14 games:

- He went 20 for 47: .426
- He was batting .194 when the hit streak began and was batting .218 by the end of his 10-game streak to end the season. His 4-game streak to start the next season got his average up to .385.
- He was batting 4th for 6 games and 5th for 8 games.
- He had 1 3-hit games, 4 2-hit games and 9 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 4 times
     - 2nd plate appearance: 4 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 2 time
     - 4th plate appearance: 4 times
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 1st inning: 1 time
     - 2nd inning: 3 times
     - 4th inning: 4 times
     - 6th inning: 2 times
     - 7th inning: 1 time
     - 8th inning: 3 times
- His first hit for each game was 8 singles, 4 double and 2 homers.
- His total hits during the streak were 11 singles, 6 doubles and 3 homers.
- He had 10 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came 3 times when he got hits in the 8th inning. His first game to start the streak was probably the closest since his hit came on a pop-up fielded by the second baseman. Not very exciting since he didn't have a hit-streak going at the time, but that bloop got him going for his career high 14-game hit streak.
- His streak ended against the Rangers:
     - He went 0-4.
     - He was 0-2 against Alexi Ogando
     - He went 0-1 against Mark Lowe in the 7th
     - He grounded out to SS against Darren Oliver in the 8th.

Aaron Sanchez: No-hitter related stats

**Edited to include Sanchez's outing on April 10, 2018**

Aaron Sanchez has never thrown a no-hitter.

Below is a list of his outings where he carried a no-hitter at least 5 innings:

1. 7 innings
 - Date: April 10, 2018
 - Opponent: Orioles
 - Broken up by Tim Beckham
 - Hit: Double through the legs of Donaldson at third (debatable that it should have been an error)
 - Sanchez's final line: 8 innings, 3 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's, 98 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 2-1 on a go-ahead homer from Granderson with two out in the top of the 9th.
 - Video link of Beckham's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573
 - Video link of Sanchez's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573
- Adding a video link of Granderson's go-ahead homer, just for fun: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573
- Also, Osuna became the youngest player ever to earn 100 saves: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573

2. 6 2/3 innings
 - Date: October 2, 2016
 - Opponent: Red Sox
 - Broken up by Hanley Ramirez
 - Hit: Home run over the monster.
 - Sanchez's final line: 7 innings, 2 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's, 97 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 2-1 in a must win game to clinch a playoff appearance.
 - Video link of Hanley's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297
 - Video link of Sanchez's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297
- Adding a video link of the final out to clinch the playoff spot just to show how clutch Sanchez's performance was: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297
- Also, Big Papi's last regular season game: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297


Longest no hit outing by team

- Blue Jays: 7 innings; see his outing listed above.


Longest no hit outing in the playoffs

- 2 innings on October 9, 2016 against the Rangers in the ALDS.
- 2 innings on October 18, 2016 against the Indians in the ALCS.



First major league start

His first major league start was on April 11, 2015 where he pitched 0 innings before giving up a home run to Alejandro De Aza to right field.

Josh Donaldson: Hit-streak related stats

Below is a list of every Josh Donaldson hit streak of at least 10 games:

1. 12 games (08/21/2016 to 09/03/2016)
2. 11 games (09/03/2013 to 09/15/2013)
2. 11 games (06/08/2016 to 06/18/2016)
4. 10 games (04/06/2014 to 04/16/2014)
4. 10 games (08/04/2014 to 08/13/2014)
4. 10 games (05/25/2015 to 06/05/2015)
4. 10 games (04/03/2016 to 04/14/2016)

Below are details about his longest hit streak of 12 games:

- He went 17 for 45: .378
- He was batting .289 when the hit streak began and was batting .297 by the end.
- He was batting 2nd for all 12 games.
- He had 1 3-hit games (all 3 were homers), 3 2-hit games and 8 1-hit games.
- Here's a video of his 3-homer game which includes the cool hockey-loving Blue Jay fan tradition of the fans throwing their hats on the field for the hat trick: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-blue-jays/2016/08/28/448810?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=448810
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 1 time
     - 2nd plate appearance: 6 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 1 time
     - 4th plate appearance: 3 times
     - 5th plate appearance 1 time.
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 1st inning: 1 time
     - 2nd inning: 1 time
     - 3rd inning: 3 times
     - 4th inning: 2 times
     - 5th inning: 1 time
     - 6th inning: 1 time
     - 7th inning: 1 time
     - 8th inning: 1 time
     - 9th inning: 1 time.
- His first hit for each game was 7 singles, 1 double and 4 homers.
- His total hits during the streak were 10 singles, 1 double and 6 homers.
- He had 12 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 09/03/2016:
     - He was to be the 8th batter in the 9th inning and picked up a single to extend his streak to 12 games.
- His streak ended against the Rays:
     - He went 0-3 with two walks.
     - He was 0-2 with a walk against Chris Archer
     - He walked against Brad Boxberger in the 7th
     - He grounded out to 3rd against Ryan Garton in the 9th.

Marcus Stroman: No-hitter related stats

Marcus Stroman has never thrown a no-hitter.

Below is a list of his outings where he carried a no-hitter at least 5 innings (not counting his best ever performance in the World Baseball Classic):

1. 6 innings
 - Date: July 24, 2014
 - Opponent: Red Sox
 - Broken up by Shane Victorino
 - Hit: Single on a soft fly ball to center field.
 - Stroman's final line: 7 innings, 1 hit, 0 ER, 7 K's, 97 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 8-0.
 - Video link of Victorino's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-blue-jays/2014/07/24/382060?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=382060
 - Video link of Stoman's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-blue-jays/2014/07/24/382060?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=382060

2. 5 innings (also perfect through 5 before walking Brett Eibner)
 - Date: July 6, 2016
 - Opponent: Royals
 - Broken up by Alcides Escobar.
 - Hit: Triple to center field.
 - Stroman's final line: 8 innings, 3 hits, 2 ER, 6 K's, 85 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 4-2.
 - Video link of Escobar's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-blue-jays/2016/07/06/448137?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=448137
 - Video link of Stroman's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-blue-jays/2016/07/06/448137?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=448137



Longest no hit outing by team

- Blue Jays: 6 innings; see his longest outing listed above.


Longest no hit outing in the playoffs

- 3 innings on October 4, 2016 against the Orioles in the AL Wild Card game.


World Baseball Classic

- 6 innings
 - Date: March 22, 2017 (Championship game)
 - Opponent: Puerto Rico
 - Broken up by Angel Pagan.
 - Hit: Double down the left field line.
 - Stroman's final line: 6 innings, 1 hit, 0 ER, 3 K's, 73 pitches, Winning pitcher, USA won 8-0.
 - Video link of Stroman's outing which includes Pagan's hit: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/220492396/usas-marcus-stroman-shuts-down-puerto-rico/?topicid=209143850

First major league start

His first major league start was on May 31, 2014 where he pitched 1.1 innings before giving up a line drive double to Right by Alex Gordon.

Kevin Pillar: Hit-streak related stats

Below is a list of every Kevin Pillar hit streak of at least 10 games:

1. 11 games (06/16/2015 to 06/27/2015)
1. 11 games (09/22/2015 to 04/03/2016)
1. 11 games (04/12/2017 to 04/23/2017)

Normally I would just share the details about his longest hit streak, but since he has three streaks tied for first I have decided to share the details for all three streaks:

Streak 06/16/2015 to 06/27/2015

- He went 17 for 39: .436
- He was batting .246 when the hit streak began and was batting .272 by the end.
- He was batting 8th for 10 games and batted in the 9th spot as a defensive replacement for 1 game.
- He had 1 3-hit games, 4 2-hit games and 6 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 6 times
     - 2nd plate appearance: 3 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 1 time
     - 4th plate appearance: 1 time
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 2nd inning: 5 times
     - 3rd inning: 1 time
     - 6th inning: 2 times
     - 8th inning: 3 times
- His first hit for each game was 8 singles, 2 doubles and 1 Home Run.
- His total hits during the streak were 13 singles, 2 doubles and 2 Home Runs.
- He had 6 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 06/16/2015 (his first game in the streak):
     - He only had one at bat in the game as a defensive replacement in the 8th inning.
     - He also had two other games where he got his first hit in the 8th inning (those games were game 7 and game 11 of his hit streak)
- His streak ended against the Rangers:
     - He went 0-3.
     - He was 0-2 against Chi Chi Gonzalez
     - He was 0-1 against Spencer Patton

Streak 09/22/2015 to 04/03/2016

- He went 23 for 44: .523
- He was batting .260 when the hit streak began and finished the season batting .278. He got his batting average up to .400 to start the 2016 season.
- He was batting 1st for 1 game, 7th for 4 games and 8th for 6 games.
- He had 4 3-hit games, 4 2-hit games and 3 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 4 times
     - 2nd plate appearance: 3 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 4 times
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 2nd inning: 4 times
     - 3rd inning: 2 times
     - 4th inning: 1 time
     - 5th inning: 1 time
     - 6th inning: 3 times
- His first hit for each game was 6 singles, 4 doubles and 1 Home Run.
- His total hits during the streak were 14 singles, 7 doubles and 2 Home Runs.
- He had 9 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak:
     - He didn't have too many close calls. 3 times he got a hit in the 6th inning on his 3rd plate appearance.
- His streak ended against the Rays:
     - He went 0-4.
     - He was 0-3 against Drew Smyley
     - He was 0-1 against Danny Farquhar
     - He was on deck for the Jays final out of the game.

Streak 04/12/2017 to 04/23/2017

- He went 17 for 47: .362
- He was batting .231 when the hit streak began and was batting .315 by the end.
- He was batting 1st for 9 games, 7th for 1 game and 8th for 1 game.
- He had 2 3-hit games, 2 2-hit games and 7 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 5 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 1 time
     - 4th plate appearance: 4 times
     - 7th plate appearance: 1 time
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 1st inning: 4 times
     - 3rd inning: 1 time
     - 7th inning: 1 time
     - 8th inning: 4 times
     - 13th inning: 1 time
- His first hit for each game was 6 singles, 3 doubles and 2 Home Runs.
- His total hits during the streak were 9 singles, 5 doubles and 3 Home Runs.
- He had 5 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 04/21/2017 (his ninth game in the streak):
     - He got a two-out single in his 7th plate appearance in the 13th inning.
- His streak ended against the Angels:
     - He went 0-3 with a walk.
     - He was 0-2 with a walk against Jesse Chavez
     - He was 0-1 against Yusmeiro Petit

J.A. Happ: No-hitter related stats

J.A. Happ has never thrown a no-hitter.

Below is a list of his outings where he carried a no-hitter at least 5 innings:

None


Longest no hit outing by team

- Astros: 4 2/3 innings (05/29/2011)
- Blue Jays (second stint with the club): 4 1/3 innings (09/10/2016)
- Blue Jays (first stint with the club): 4 innings (08/17/2012)
- Phillies: 2 2/3 innings (08/05/2009)
- Pirates: 2 1/3 innings (08/19/2015)
- Mariners: 1 1/3 innings (twice: 04/22/2015 & 07/25/2015)

Longest no hit outing in the playoffs

- 2/3 innings (twice) on 10/07/2016 against the Rangers in the ALDS and on 10/15/2017 against the Indians in the ALCS.

First major league start

His first major league start was for the Phillies on June 30, 2007 where he pitched 0 innings before giving up a Jose Reyes single to center.

Devon Travis: Hit-streak related stats

Below is a list of every Devon Travis hit streak of at least 10 games:

1. 17 games (09/03/2016 to 09/20/2016)
2. 13 games (05/14/2017 to 05/29/2017)

Below are details about his longest hit streak of 17 games:

- He went 29 for 74: .392
- He was batting .289 when the hit streak began and was batting .309 by the end.
- He was batting leadoff for 14 games and was batting 9th for 3 games.
- He had 3 3-hit games, 6 2-hit games and 8 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 8 times
     - 2nd plate appearance: 3 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 2 times
     - 4th plate appearance: 2 times
     - 5th plate appearance 2 times.
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 1st inning: 6 times
     - 3rd inning: 3 times
     - 4th inning: 1 time
     - 5th inning: 2 times
     - 6th inning: 1 time
     - 7th inning: 2 times
     - 8th inning: 1 time
     - 9th inning: 1 time.
- His first hit for each game was 14 singles and 3 doubles.
- His total hits during the streak were 23 singles and 6 doubles.
- He had 9 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 09/15/2016:
     - He was to be the 4th batter in the 9th inning.
     - He singled on a sharp ground ball to left on a 1-2 pitch to extend his hit-streak to 12 games.
     - Video of his 9th inning single here: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-angels/2016/09/15/449060?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449060
- His streak ended against the Mariners:
     - He went 0-4 with a walk.
     - He was 0-3 against Felix Hernandez
     - He walked against Steve Cishek in the 8th
     - He struck out against Evan Scribner in the 10th
     - He was set to lead off in the 13th inning but the Mariners walked it off in the 12th on a Cano Sac Fly
     - Travis hit the ball hard several times with a sharp groundout to 3rd in the 3rd and a sharp groundout to SS in the 6th. He also got robbed of a hit on a grounder to SS in the 1st.
     - Video of his 1st inning groundout here: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-mariners/2016/09/21/449144?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449144