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Johnny Vander Meer's elusive record of back-to-back no-hitters in 1938 has been described as "the most unbreakable of all baseball records" by LIFE Some Major League Baseball (MLB) records are widely regarded as "unbreakable" because they were set by freak occurrence or under rules, techniques, or other circumstances that have since changed. Some records previously regarded as unbreakable have ...
This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) players to have accumulated a value of 50 or more career Wins Above Replacement (WAR). [1] As of September 14 of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, 320 players have reached a WAR value of 50.0 or higher, as detailed on this list. Babe Ruth is the all-time leader in WAR with a value of 182.6.
Cy Young [1][2][3] holds the MLB win record with 511; Walter Johnson [4] is second with 417. Young and Johnson are the only players to earn 400 or more wins. Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn [5] has the most wins with 363.
The Vols sit at No. 6 in the RPI. According to Warren Nolan Baseball, Tennessee has played the 25th-toughest schedule in the nation. UT is 13-9 against Quad 1 opponents. The Vols are unbeaten ...
A look at the Los Angeles Times' top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after Week 8 of the 2024 season. ... The Times' top 25 high school baseball rankings. ... WESTLAKE (15-3); Nolan ...
Walter Johnson and Nolan Ryan had the most 100-point game scores with four apiece. Johnson had two in 1918, one in 1919, and a fourth in 1926; Ryan's came in 1972, 1973, 1990 and 1991. Warren Spahn had three 100-point game scores, in 1948, 1952 and 1960. Juan Marichal had three 100-point game scores, in 1963, 1966 and 1969.
A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, [1] and further detail is given in 6.08(a). [2]
Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1999, the Major League Baseball All-Century Team was chosen by popular vote of fans. To select the team, a panel of experts first compiled a list of the 100 greatest Major League Baseball (MLB) players from the 20th century. Over two million fans then voted on the players using paper and online ballots ...