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Alfonso Soriano, the fourth player to join the 40–40 club, commemorated the occasion in 2006 by retrieving the bag from second base after his 40th steal. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 40–40 club is the group of batters, currently six, who have collected 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season. Few professional baseball ...
10 or more runs batted in during a game 17: Baseball Almanac: Hitting for the natural cycle: 14: Baseball Almanac: 6 singles in a 9-inning game 18: Baseball Almanac: 4 home runs in a game 18: Baseball Almanac: 6 or more runs scored in a game 19: Baseball Almanac: 7 or more runs scored in a game 1: Guy Hecker. August 15, 1886 [10] Home run on ...
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
Rickey Henderson, Eddie Murray, Stan Musial, Albert Pujols, Willie Mays, and Cal Ripken Jr. are the only other players to play in over 3,000 career games. As of September 27, 2024, no active players are in the top 100 for career games played. The active leader is Andrew McCutchen in 181st with 2,127.
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season.
When Bob Boone became the first player to catch 2,000 major league games in 1988, it was over a quarter century after every other non-pitching position had seen a player reach that milestone. But in recent decades, the workload of top major league catchers has gradually increased, and the top ten career leaders all made their major league ...
There have been only six 40-game hitting streaks, and only Pete Rose's 44 in 1978 since DiMaggio's. [90] [91] Since 1900, no player other than DiMaggio has ever hit safely in even 55 of 56 games, and no active players (as of 2019) have their two longest career hit streaks even add up to 56 games. [27] [92]
Rank amongst leaders in career games played. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2025 Gs) Number of games played during the 2025 Major League Baseball season: MLB: Total career games played as a right fielder in Major League Baseball * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame † Denotes total including pre-1901 games Bold: Denotes ...