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Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000, Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision ...
Ty Cobb recorded a career 4,191 hits, holding the Major League record for 57 years.. In 1887, Major League Baseball counted bases on balls (walks) as hits. The result was skyrocketing batting averages, including some near .500; Tip O'Neill of the St. Louis Browns batted .485 that season, which would still be a major league record if recognized.
Most no-hitters caught: 2, Carlos Ruiz (2010) and Wilson Ramos (2015) (List of Major League Baseball no-hitters) Both of Ruiz's no-hitters were by Roy Halladay; the second was in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, Halladay's first career postseason start. Both of Ramos' no-hitters were by Max Scherzer.
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
Freddie Freeman is the active leader and 154th all-time with 3,609 total bases, as of March 26 of the 2024 MLB season. [8] [9] The single season MLB and American League records are held by Babe Ruth, who hit for 457 TB in the 1921 season. [10] The following season saw Rogers Hornsby set the National League record when he hit for 450 total bases ...
The last Major League Baseball (MLB) player to do so, with enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting championship, was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, who hit .406 in 1941. [4] Note that batting averages are rounded ; [ 5 ] entering the final day of the 1941 season, Williams was at 179-for-448, which is .39955 and would have been ...
Rod Carew had a .408 BABIP in 1977, one of the best single-season BABIPs since 1945. [1] In baseball statistics, batting average on balls in play (abbreviated BABIP) is a measurement of how often batted balls result in hits, excluding home runs. [2] It can be expressed as, "when you hit the ball and it’s not a home run, what’s your batting ...
Honus Wagner 's cycle was the last of the 1912 season. Goose Goslin hit for the cycle on August 28, 1924, for the Washington Senators. In 1929, Mel Ott hit one of that season's three cycles. Joe Cronin's cycles came 11 seasons apart: in 1929 and in 1940. Hall of Famer Hack Wilson hit for the cycle on June 23, 1930.