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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Ross Stripling throws to the plate against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/SCNG)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Ross Stripling throws to the plate against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/SCNG)
Press -Telegram weekly columnist  Mark Whicker. Long Beach Calif.,  Thursday July 3,  2014. E

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Sixty fun facts for 30 teams at the All-Star break:

• Mike Trout has come to the plate 189 times with the bases empty, most in baseball.

• The Angels are hitting .216 against left-handers, with 26 doubles.

• In June and July, Ross Stripling has struck out 49 batters and walked three for the Dodgers.

• L.A. is in first place with 19 RBI from Justin Turner, 13 RBI from Corey Seager, and three wins from Clayton Kershaw.

• San Diego’s Hunter Renfroe has a slugging percentage of .602 at Petco Park, .315 on the road.

• The Padres lead the NL by striking out 936 times and have a league-worst .298 on-base percentage.

• Colorado has five relievers who make more than $7 million this year, but it has an NL-worst bullpen WHIP of 1.45.

• Center fielder Charlie Blackmon had an OPS of 1.000 last year. This year it’s .852.

• Arizona is 39-37 when it’s playing someone besides Colorado and the Dodgers.

• Paul Goldschmidt was hitting .198 on May 22, is hitting .283 now.

• Madison Bumgarner and Johnny Cueto have combined to start 15 games for the Giants, who are still two games over .500.

• San Francisco rookie reliever Reyes Moronta has given up 20 hits in 42 innings.

• Oakland is 50-32 since April 14.

• Matt Olson, making $507,000 this season, has 43 home runs in 612 plate appearances over the past two seasons for the Athletics.

• Houston’s Alex Bregman is the only AL hitter besides Trout and Boston’s Mookie Betts, among qualified hitters, who has more walks than strikeouts.

• The Astros, despite closer problems, have a league-best bullpen WHIP of 1.02, with 70 walks in 281 innings.

• The Rangers’ Adrian Beltre, at 39, has only one RBI for every 10 plate appearances.

• Of the Texas starters, Cole Hamels has the lowest ERA, at 4.36.

• Since Robinson Cano left the Seattle lineup, the Mariners are 36-22.

• Seattle is 8-0 in extra innings and 26-12 in one-run games, and closer Edwin Diaz has 79 strikeouts in 48 innings.

• The Cubs are approaching their fourth consecutive winning season. That hasn’t happened since 1967-72.

• Ex-Angel pitcher Tyler Chatwood has walked 73 batters in 84 innings for Chicago.

• The Cardinals, traditionally sound defensively, lead the National League with 77 errors.

• Marcell Ozuna had a .924 OPS for Miami last year. With St. Louis this year, he’s at 693.

• The Brewers, now in second place in the NL Central, are 19-22 since May 31.

• Josh Hader has struck out 16.7 batters every nine innings, tops among NL  pitchers with at least 30 appearances.

• Pittsburgh’s Gregory Polanco ranks 27th in NL OPS, at .823, but leads the Pirates.

• The Pirates are one game below .500 overall but nine games under .500 against National League teams.

• Jared Hughes, of Santa Margarita and Long Beach State, has given up two home runs in 50 innings out of Cincinnati’s bullpen and has a 1.100 WHIP.

• Reds’ third baseman Eugenio Suarez has an OPS of .973. Last year, it was .828. The year before, .728.

• Cleveland’s Trevor Bauer (Hart, UCLA) has thrown at least 100 pitches in 18 of his 20 starts.

• The Indians’ bullpen WHIP led the AL last year but is seventh this year.

• Two-time MVP Miguel Cabrera had only three home runs in 38 games for Detroit before a biceps injury June 12 likely cost him his season.

• Shane Greene, the Tigers’ closer, has given up seven home runs in 40 innings.

• Minnesota’s Joe Mauer has three home runs in 65 games.

• The American League Central is 83 games below .500.

• The Royals have four players with at least 100 plate appearances who are hitting below .200 – Cheslor Cuthbert, Alcides Escobar, Drew Butera and Erick Almonte.

• Hitters have an .853 OPS against KC’s Jason Hammel. Next-worst figure is .802, by Baltimore’s Kevin Gausman.

• Yoan Moncada of the White Sox has grounded into just one double play in 383 plate appearances.

• Chicago’s hitters have seen fewer 2-0 and 3-0 pitches than anyone in the AL and are 13th in runs.

• Atlanta has four hitters under 25 years old who have combined for 49 home runs: Ozzie Albies, Dansby Swanson, Ronald Acuna and Johan Camargo.

• At 34, Anibal Sanchez has a 1.020 WHIP, a career-best.

• Washington’s Sean Doolittle leads the NL in save percentage, converting 26 of 27.

• Bryce Harper has walked or struck out in 180 of 414 plate appearances.

• Philadelphia’s Seranthony Dominguez has pitched 33 and two-thirds inning with one home run and 22 hits and six walks.

• The Phillies are 20-8 in one-run games. Last year, they were 21-36.

• The Mets are hitting .228, which would be the fourth-lowest in club history.

• They have scored two or fewer runs in seven of Jacob deGrom’s 19 starts. He is 5-4 with a 1.89 ERA.

• Miami’s J.P. Realmuto is the only NL catcher with a slugging percentage over .500 and an OPS over .900.

• The Marlins have lost 18 games by a margin of five or more runs.

• The Red Sox are second in AL home runs. Last year, they were 15th, or last.

• Only 20 MLB pitchers last year struck out more than 188 hitters. Chris Sale has 188 K’s at the break.

• The Yankees have only one starting pitcher (CC Sabathia) and one regular hitter (Brett Gardner) over 30 years old.

• Luis Severino has taken a loss in only eight of his previous 51 starts.

• Toronto’s Marcus Stroman had a 3.09 ERA last year. This year, it’s 5.86.

• Randal Grichuk, who the Angels drafted one pick ahead of Trout, is hitting .206 with a .700 OPS.

• Tampa Bay’s Matt Duffy (Long Beach State) is hitting .317 after missing 2017 with injury.

• The Rays are 9-12 in “bullpen games,” in which Ryne Stanek and Sergio Romo pitch the first and/or second innings. They are 49-47 overall.

• Baltimore’s Manny Machado has 65 RBI, 29 more than any other teammate.

• The Orioles’ .289 winning percentage would be second-lowest in franchise history, behind the 1939 St. Louis Browns, who finished 43-111.