Mar 19, 2015 100 issues of whos who in baseball nprs don gonyea talks with baseball historian marty appel about the appeal of of whos who in baseball, which celebrates its 100th issue this year. List of major league baseball career home run leaders. B this is not a rebuttal to your alltime minor league hr record. Jun 09, 2008 garrett holds the record for most pas in a game without a hit. Usa mls alltime table since 1996 mls facts and record book. Pete rose holds the major league record for most career hits, with 4,256. As usual, well have two separate charts one for 20062017, and one for alltime.
Baseball records and baseball record books by baseball almanac. The major league baseball ultimate book of records full grain. The major league baseball ultimate book of records catalogs the games most remarkable achievements, as well as some of the less traditional and quirky stats that all play a part in the game. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. The record for longest home stand a team has played during the regular season is shared by chicago fire in 2006 and sporting kansas city in 2011. Baseball is the only professional sport where every single thing that every player on the field does is recorded good or bad.
The elias book of baseball records contains five major sections. In the old stadiums like the polo grounds, the cf fence was almost 500 feet away, making a triple an easier feat to accomplish. Some major league records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the singleseason home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club. Major league baseballs most popular book is mlb baseballs greatest records. Ranking all 30 mlb franchises over the past 50 years. Mlb world series champions major league baseball espn. This is a beautiful book full of pictures of the greatest players of all time.
Since the first pitch was thrown, mlb has tracked the performance of every team and player. Oct 01, 2012 since the wild card was added to the major league baseball postseason in 1995, only three teams with the best record in baseball have won the world series, the last time by the 103win new york. List of alltime major league baseball winloss records wikipedia. A complete listing of every one of the 14,000 men who have played in the major leagues and their singleseason and lifetime records an alphabetical roster of all major league managers and their records a chronological listing of teams and their players complete fielding stats for every, player who has played a homeroad performance. The complete and official record of major league baseball by joseph l. An official mlb publication hand bound in full grain leather.
Search through mlb career leaders and single season leaders in home runs, strikeouts, hits, saves, and more on. We will next turn our attention to our major league seasonal record, starting with runs scored. But in a minor league game the record is 14 set by three players, srt in the longest game in mlb history that went 32 innings, one such person with those 14 atbats was dave koza. Barry bonds holds the major league baseball home run record with 762. Counting mlb statistics, the new york yankees have the highest winloss record percentage, with. Every mlb teams 10year record, ranked from 30 to 1 fox sports. Nov 25, 2014 heres one account of what its like in the day of a minor league baseball player. Every mlb teams 10year record, ranked from 30 to 1. The san diego padres have the lowest winloss record percentage, with. Mlbs team of inhouse writers, researchers and historians have scoured the history of the game and written the most accurate, complete and definitive. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player.
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in singleseason marks, but are included in career marks. Please note that our hit totals for several players differs from that recorded by the elias sports bureau. More than 4 million fans enjoyed backtoback world series wins. The elias 2020 book of baseball records elias sports bureau. This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the major leagues. Here one thick volume 1166 pages compiles most every historical fact a baseball fan might want about each of the major league franchises from the original teams to those expansion additions. Sheehan was surprisingly appointed to manage the san francisco giants in 1960 at age 66 after the firing of bill. Oct 07, 2017 merge duplicate works of 100 years of major league baseball august 11, 2011.
Rose and ty cobb second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits. He passed hank aaron, who hit 755, on august 7, 2007. In major league baseball mlb, records play an integral part in evaluating a players impact on the sport. List of major league baseball home run records wikipedia.
The cleveland indians have set a new mlb record for strikeouts by their pitching staff. Division 1 soccer league in the united states 1996present succeeded by. Which record do you think is the most unbreakable record in. Indians set mlb record for most strikeouts in a season let. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. List of alltime major league baseball winloss records. Select one 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 20 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008. Championship series after leading major league baseball in wins. Check out the 1947 mlb season history, featuring league standings, postseason results, nohitters, and baseballs leaders in home runs, era, and more. Antonetti, 40, joined the indians organization prior to the 1999 season as an assistant in the baseball operations department. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Stolen bases were not officially noted in a baseball games summary until 1886, and it was not until 1888 that it officially earned a place in the box score.
Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the baseball hall of fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. Books by major league baseball author of mlb baseballs. Babe ruth left holds the record for highest slugging. Fullyear historical major league statistics provided by pete palmer and gary gillette of. It is produced by the acknowledged authority for sports history, information and statistics. Major league soccer records and statistics wikipedia. George davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, doing so during the 1902 season. List of major league baseball progressive singleseason home. I am reasonably sure that nobody ever surpassed tony robello, who in 1939 played for the pocatello cardinals. In the early 1990s, the skydome was the place to be. Major league baseball has 57 books on goodreads with 302 ratings. May 11, 2009 the major league record book now reads like a used college textbook with highlights, asterisks, and dogeared pages all over the place.
The following is a listing of all 30 current major league baseball mlb teams ranked by winloss record percentage, accurate as of the end of the 2019 season. Fittingly, the record breaking k came from corey kluber, whos been the best pitcher in the league this season. Reichler and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He was promoted to director of major league operations in august 2001, assistant gm in january 2002 and vice president in march 2007. In a 9inning game, lots and lots of players have gone hitless in six ab.
Ryans career spanned four decades and when all was said and done, he retired with 324 wins and a major leaguerecord 5,714 strikeouts. Fullyear historical major league statistics provided by pete palmer and gary gillette of hidden. Ruths major league record slugging percentage total bases at bats of. List of major league baseball career records wikipedia. Regular season division series league championship series world series allstar game the elias book of baseball records has been the source for. Sep 19, 2017 the 30 major league teams has made collective home run history. The major league baseball ultimate book of records an. List of major league baseball career hits leaders wikipedia. Includes bibliographical references page 3017 provides the statistical records of over 14,000 men who have hit, pitched, fielded, and managed in major league baseball, and features a chronological listing of teams and their players since 1876, a homeroad performance register, recaps of championship games, player nicknames, and other information.
Mlb baseball historical statistics major league baseball espn. On tuesday night, alex gordon of the royals hit the 5,694th home run of the season. Devotees of the national pastime will be consulting these volumes for their fine narrative histories of the extant teams. But there have been just five postseason appearances total. The only other player to have hit 700 or more is babe ruth with 714. I put this in quotes because the strength program is not the most strenuous. A comprehensive list of mlb world series champions from 1903 to the present. It wouldnt even break the top20 amongst minor leaguers. Oldest rookie managers in major league baseball history fox. The new and improved major league baseball record book. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. List of major league baseball stolen base records wikipedia. Twotime national league mvp dale murphy called nolan ryan the only pitcher you start thinking about two days before you face him.
The oldest firsttime managers in major league baseball history. Of the other 15 major league clubs, only the philadelphia phillies exceeded ruths singlehanded total, hitting 64 in their bandbox ballpark baker bowl. Ryans career began with the mets organization in the mid 1960s, but. The major league baseball ultimate book of records. Mlbs team of inhouse writers, researchers and historians have scoured the history of the game and written the most accurate, complete and definitive record of baseball stats and achievements. The elias book of baseball records is the most comprehensive compilation of major league baseball records and in one volume contains lifetime, single season, game and inning records through the 2019 season for. The modern rule for stolen bases was adopted in 1898. Baseball hall of fame, mlb mvps, mlb cy young award, mlb rookie of the year, rawlings gold gloves, 2020 hof results, 2021 hall of fame ballot. While some sources do not include stolen base records before 1898 because they are difficult to compare to the era after 1898, as the sourcing on the below list indicates, major league. This statistic shows the mlb alltime hits leaders as of march 2020. The san francisco giants and tampa bay rays have recorded the most and least overall wins, with 11,165 and 1,686, respectively.