gardenhire finished his almost three-year tenure with a 132–241 (.354) record and no playoff appearances. league leaders american league hitting leaders stat player total avgdj lemahieu (nyy).364 hrluke voit (nyy)22 rbijosé abreu (cws)60 rtim anderson (cws)josé ramírez (cle)45 hjosé abreu (cws)76 sbadalberto mondesí (kc)24 pitching leaders stat player total wshane bieber (cle)8 lmatthew boyd (det)7 erashane bieber (cle)1.63 kshane bieber (cle)122 iplance lynn (tex)84.0 svbrad hand (cle)16 national league hitting leaders stat player total avgjuan soto (was).351 hrmarcell ozuna (atl)18 rbimarcell ozuna (atl)56 rfreddie freeman (atl)51 htrea turner (was)78 sbtrevor story (col)15 pitching leaders stat player total wyu darvish (chc)8 lluke weaver (ari)9 eratrevor bauer (cin)1.73 kjacob degrom (nym)104 ipgermán márquez (col)81.2 svjosh hader (mil)13 milestones batters aaron judge (nyy): became the first player in major league history to hit five go-ahead home runs in his team's first eight games. mookie betts (lad): with his three-homer game against the san diego padres on august 13, betts tied the major league record for most career three-homer games at six. he joins sammy sosa and johnny mize as the only other players to accomplish this feat. luis garcia (was): became the first major league player born in the 2000s to hit a home run. he accomplished this feat on august 17 against the atlanta braves. josé abreu (cws): abreu hit home runs in four consecutive at-bats over two days to tie the major league record. abreu hit home runs in his last three at-bats on august 22 against the chicago cubs and then connected on his first at-bat on august 23. abreu's feat was the 43rd in league history. ian happ / jason heyward / kyle schwarber (chc): all three outfielders each hit two home runs on august 30 against the cincinnati reds. this was the first time in major league history that a starting outfield trio had multi-homers in the same game. brandon crawford / alex dickerson / donovan solano (sf): became the first trio of teammates to record at least six rbis in a single game since 1920 (when rbis became a stat) on september 1 against the colorado rockies. marcell ozuna / adam duvall (atl): with ozuna's three-homer game on september 1 and duvall's on september 2, they became the first pair of teammates to ever produce three-homer performances in consecutive games. both games were against the boston red sox. yadier molina (stl): recorded his 2,000th career hit with a single in the seventh inning against the milwaukee brewers on september 24. he became the 288th player to reach this mark. juan soto (was): became the youngest player to win the national league batting title with a .351 average. dj lemahieu (nyy): became the second player in major league history to win a batting title in both leagues. lemahieu won the title with the colorado rockies during the 2016 season. hall-of-famer ed delahanty also accomplished this feat. dj lemahieu / luke voit (nyy): became the first pair of teammates to lead their league in batting average and home runs since hank aaron and eddie mathews in 1959. lemahieu recorded a batting average of .364, while voit hit 22 home runs. alex kirilloff (min): made his major league debut against the houston astros on september 30 during the wild card series. this marks the first time a player has made his debut by starting a postseason game. josh naylor (cle): became the first player in major league history to record a hit in each of his first five postseason plate appearances. naylor went 4-for-4 in game 1 against the new york yankees and doubled in his first at-bat in game 2, but then flied out in his next at-bat to end the streak. tim anderson (cws): became the first player in major league history to record at least three hits in his first three postseason games against the oakland athletics in the american league wild card series. anderson is one of two player in history to have three hits in three consecutive postseason games as lou brock accomplished this in the 1968 world series. wil myers / fernando tatis jr. (sd): myers and tatis jr. became the second pair of teammates in major league history to each hit two home runs in a postseason game in game 2 of the national league wild card series against the st. louis cardinals on october 1. they join babe ruth and lou gehrig who did this in the 1932 world series. ronald acuña jr. (atl): the 22-year-old became the youngest player to hit a leadoff homer in the postseason against the miami marlins in game 1 of the national league division series on october 6. will smith (lad): with his five-hit performance on october 8 in game 3 against the san diego padres in the national league division series, smith became the youngest player in major league postseason history to accomplish this feat. this was also the ninth time that a five-hit game was achieved in a postseason game. randy arozarena (tb): hit his seventh home run of the postseason in game 7 against the houston astros in the american league championship series (alcs) which set a major league record for most home runs in the postseason by a rookie. arozarena also won the most valuable player of the alcs and became the first rookie position player to receive the honor. no-hitters lucas giolito (cws): threw his first career no-hitter, and the 19th in franchise history, by defeating the pittsburgh pirates 4–0 on august 25. giolito struck out 13 and walked one, throwing 74 of his 101 pitches for strikes. alec mills (chc): threw his first career no-hitter, and the 16th in franchise history, by defeating the milwaukee brewers 12–0 on september 13. mills struck out five and walked three, throwing 114 pitches with 74 of them being strikes. other pitching accomplishments shane bieber (cle): tied the major league record for most strikeouts in his first two starts of a season after his performance against the minnesota twins on july 30. his 27 strikeouts tied the record that was set in 1954 by karl spooner of the brooklyn dodgers. set the modern major league record (since 1900) for starters for the fewest innings to record 100 strikeouts, doing so in 621⁄3 innings. the previous record was 63, set by max scherzer in 2018. tyler alexander (det): set the major league record for relievers and tied the american league record for any pitcher by recording nine consecutive strikeouts against the cincinnati reds on august 2. he tied the american league record set by starter doug fister during the 2012 season. rick porcello (nym): recorded his 150th career win with a victory against the washington nationals on august 5. he became the 263rd player to reach this mark. zac gallen (ari): set the major league record for most consecutive starts starting a career giving up three earned runs or less in each game at 22 with his outing on august 28 against the san francisco giants. he broke the record that was set by aaron sele. his streak came to an end at 23 games after giving up four earned runs on september 7 against the san francisco giants. josh hader (mil): with his hitless appearance on september 2 against the detroit tigers, hader set a major league record with his 12th straight hitless game to start a season. this broke the record that was held by justin wilson in 2017, scott aldred in 1999 and john franco in 1987. hader's streak ended the next game when oscar mercado doubled to lead off the inning on september 5. clayton kershaw (lad): recorded his 2,500th career strikeout on september 3 against the arizona diamondbacks when he struck out nick ahmed in the third inning. he became the 39th player, and third-youngest, to reach this mark. miscellaneous toronto blue jays: became the first team in major league history to lose a game in which they recorded at least 18 hits and seven home runs on august 12 against the miami marlins. chicago white sox: hit four consecutive home runs against the st. louis cardinals on august 16, tying the major league record. this was the second time in white sox history and tenth in major league history. the group of yoan moncada, yasmani grandal, josé abreu and eloy jiménez accomplished this feat, with all four home runs hit off roel ramírez in his debut. the white sox also had four consecutive home runs on august 14, 2008, against the kansas city royals. became the first team in major league history to hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the game twice off the same pitcher in the same season. on august 12, tim anderson and eloy jiménez hit the leadoff back-to-back home runs against matthew boyd of the detroit tigers. then on august 17, anderson and yoan moncada hit the leadoff home runs. became the first team in major league history to go undefeated against left-handed pitchers with a record of 14–0. san diego padres: became the first team in major league history to hit at least one grand slam in each of four consecutive games from august 17 to 20. all such grand slams were made against the texas rangers. joe girardi (phi): recorded his 1,000th win as a manager when the phillies defeated the washington nationals on august 26. girardi became the 65th manager to reach this mark. he did so in 1,808 games. los angeles dodgers: set the national league record for most home runs in a month by hitting their 57th during august against the texas rangers on august 30. set the major league record for most runs in a single inning in a postseason game by scoring 11 runs in the first inning of game 3 of the 2020 national league championship series against the atlanta braves on october 14. atlanta braves: set a national league record for runs scored in a game in the modern era (since 1900) with a 29–9 win over the miami marlins on september 9. the braves broke the record of 28 that was set in 1929 by the st. louis cardinals. among these runs, 18 were home runs, tying the major league record. set the major league record for consecutive scoreless innings to begin a postseason series at 22 innings with their 13-inning game 1 shutout and game 2 series-clinching shutout. new york yankees: became the first team in major league history with six or more home runs in three consecutive games from september 15 to 17 against the toronto blue jays. their 19 home runs in that same span is also a record. dusty baker (hou): with the astros making it to the postseason, baker became the first manager in major league history to lead five different teams to the playoffs. cincinnati reds / atlanta braves: the reds–braves game 1 scoreless duel through 12 innings set a major league record for the longest postseason game without either team scoring a run. it broke the record of ten innings that was achieved on four separate occasions. new york yankees / cleveland indians: game 2 of their american league wild card series on september 30, which the yankees won 10–9, lasted four hours and 50 minutes (not counting the two rain delays), making it the longest nine-inning game in major league history. tampa bay rays: set a major league postseason record of strikeouts in a nine-inning game by fanning 18 new york yankees in game 2 of their american league division series on october 6. houston astros / oakland athletics: set the major league record for most postseason home runs in a series of five games or fewer by hitting 24 in their american league division series. each team hit 12 home runs, also a division series record. houston astros: became the first team in postseason history to hit a leadoff home run and walk-off home run in the same game, with the former hit by george springer and the latter by carlos correa. they beat the tampa bay rays in game 5 of the american league championship series. became the second team in major league history to force a game 7 after losing the first three games. houston lost the first three games of the alcs to the tampa bay rays, before forcing game