Friday night Jazz Chisholm Jr. accomplished something that had been done only three times previously in New York Yankees history. Chisholm swatted a two-run home run in his club's loss to the Baltimore Orioles ( BAL 4, NY 2 ) and joined the 30-30 club. He did that despite missing 29 games with an oblique injury earlier this season.
Here is Chisholm's 30th home run. He stole his 30th base last weekend.
"30-30 invokes a lot of things, and it certainly lines up with his skill set," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Friday's game . "I think that he's moving the needle and getting better as a player."
Prior to Chisholm, only two Yankees had ever put up 30-30 seasons: Bobby Bonds had 32 homers and 30 steals in 1975, and Alfonso Soriano did it in both 2002 (39 homers and 41 ste