Pete Crow-Armstrong Just Did Something No MLB Player Has Done in 18 Games. Yes, Really.

Pete Crow-Armstrong is on an absolute heater right now, and the numbers are getting silly.

On Saturday, the Cubs outfielder launched another home run. His ninth of the month. Combine that with four doubles and two triples in June, and you get a .929 slugging percentage that ESPN’s Jesse Rogers pointed out on X. Crow-Armstrong’s two-run shot against the Toronto Blue Jays was the kind of no-doubt blast that makes you wonder how this guy ever had doubters in the first place.

The kind of stretch you don’t see every day

Before Saturday’s game, Crow-Armstrong had already pulled off something nobody in the modern era has done. According to OptaSTATS, he’s the only MLB player to rack up 34 hits, five doubles, two triples, nine homers and six stolen bases in an 18-game span. That’s not just good. That’s video game stats.

Rogers also noted that Saturday’s homer was the 57th of Crow-Armstrong’s career. That ties him with Billy Williams for fifth-most by a Cubs player age 24 or younger. The list ahead of him? Ron Santo (104), Ernie Banks (65), Kris Bryant (65) and Anthony Rizzo (63). He turns 25 in March, so he’s got time to chase a few of them down.

Friday night was a statement too

It’s not just the homers. Crow-Armstrong reached base five times in Friday’s 16-2 win over Toronto. The Cubs pummeled the Blue Jays, and Crow-Armstrong summed it up pretty well afterward.

“It’s who we are. Today was the definition of who we are,” he said, per MLB.com. “Drawing walks against a guy who doesn’t walk people, mixed with hits and a homer. That’s exactly who we are.”

Chicago sits third in the NL Central at 40-36 heading into Saturday’s game. The season has been a rollercoaster — they lost 10 straight at one point. But right now, with Crow-Armstrong swinging this hot, the Cubs look like a team that could make things interesting.