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A hitter with a .400 on-base percentage is considered to be great [2] and rare; [3] only 61 players in MLB history with at least 3,000 career plate appearances (PA) have maintained such an OBP. Left fielder Ted Williams , who played 19 seasons for the Boston Red Sox , has the highest career on-base percentage, .4817, in MLB history. [ 4 ]
In November 2012, Baseball-Reference.com added JAWS values to every player page after Jaffe left Baseball-Reference competitor Baseball Prospectus for Sports Illustrated. [5] In 2014, Will Leitch called JAWS "the definitive statistical measure" in evaluating Hall of Fame cases. [6]
In Major League Baseball, a shutout (denoted statistically as ShO or SHO) refers to the act by which a single pitcher pitches a complete game and does not allow the opposing team to score a run. If two or more pitchers combine to complete this act, no pitcher is awarded a shutout, although the team itself can be said to have "shutout" the ...
Mike Fetters (1992) Fetters had a 0.84 ERA in 22 games going into the all-star break that season, with a 4-1 record and 0.742 WHIP even without killer strikeout numbers (22 in 32 innings).
David Ortiz, who led Red Sox to three World Series titles, was the only 2022 candidate elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens fell short again.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. 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. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
[31] The crowd was estimated at 40,000, the biggest in baseball history at that time. [32] Pfiester pitched for the Cubs again in the rematch, [ 33 ] but was removed from the game in the first inning after hitting Tenney, walking Herzog (who was promptly picked off), giving up an RBI double to Donlin, and walking Seymour.
Stats at Baseball Reference ... to call me the biggest homer in baseball." [37 ... Ken Harrelson Ford C. Frick Award biography at the National Baseball Hall of Fame;