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In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 30–30 club is the group of 47 batters who have collected 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a single season. [1] [2] Baseball Digest called the 30–30 club "the most celebrated feat that can be achieved by a player who has both power and speed." [2] [3] Six members have been elected to the National ...
A fifth club exists for relief pitchers that have recorded 300 saves over a career. [1] [2] In addition, milestones achieved in a single season include hitting 50 home runs, [3] while three other single-season statistical clubs—the 20–20–20 club, [4] [5] 30–30 club [6] [7] and 40–40 club — include achievements from multiple ...
a The Atlanta Braves sale in 2007 to Liberty Media was part of a complex swap of cash, stock, magazine holdings, and the Braves, in which Time Warner sent the Braves, a hobbyist publishing company, and $980,000,000 to Liberty in exchange for approximately 68.5 million shares of Time Warner stock, at the time worth $1.48 billion. It was ...
All players, managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held a signed contract with a Major League club are eligible for membership in the Association. [3] [4] The MLBPA has three major divisions: a labor union, a business (Players Choice Group Licensing Program), and a charitable foundation (Major League Baseball Players Trust). [5]
In the 1989 Upper Deck baseball set, Ken Griffey Jr. was selected to be featured on card number one. [28] The decision to make Griffey Jr. the first card was reached in late 1988. A teenage employee named Tom Geideman was the one who suggested the use of Griffey as its choice for the number-one card. [29]
January 8, 1916 – January 30, 1919 [7] George W. Grant: January 30, 1919 – February 20, 1923 [8] Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson, and James MacDonough: February 20, 1923 – October 7, 1925 [9] Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson Jr., and James MacDonough: October 7, 1925 – 1926 Emil Fuchs, Albert H. Powell, & James V. Giblin: 1926–May 15, 1927
Ronald Acuña Jr. hits grand slam to become 1st member of MLB's 30-60 club. Jack Baer. ... the only people to join the 30-50 club were Barry Bonds, who hit 33 homers and stole 52 bases in 1990 ...
He stole 38 bases that year, making him the second 20–20–20 club member (after Frank Schulte in 1911) to steal at least 20 bases. This gave him his second straight 30–30 club season. [40] Dwindling attendance and the desire for a new ballpark prompted the Giants to move to San Francisco following the 1957 season. [83]