He batted for both teams in the same inning.

In a statistical oddity made possible by two of the quirkiest entities on Earth — the baseball rule book and the New England weather — [Danny] Jansen became the only player ever to appear on both sides of a baseball box score when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto in June, before he was traded to the Red Sox.

“I was surprised when I found out I was the first one to do it,” Jansen said after going 1 for 4 for Boston — plus part of another at-bat for Toronto — in the Blue Jays' 4-1 victory. “It’s cool, leaving a stamp like that on the game. It’s interesting, and it’s strange. And I’m grateful for the opportunity to have that.”