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The home run was the 6,106th home run league-wide of the season, breaking the previous record of 6,105 home runs that was set two years earlier during the 2017 season. [122] Major League Baseball finished with a total of 6,776 home runs. [123] For the 12th straight season, Major League Baseball set a new record for most strikeouts in a single ...
November 15 – Irv Noren, 94, A Former Basketball player and Baseball outfielder he briefly played for the NBL's Chicago American Gears for one season 1946–47 and he also played for Six Major League Baseball teams Senators, Yankees, A's, Cardinals, Cubs, and Dodgers for 11 seasons from 1950 to 1960.
He made his MLB debut in 2019 and was traded to the Rays before the 2020 season. That year, Arozarena set the MLB record with 10 home runs in a single postseason. [ 1 ] Four of those came against the Houston Astros in the 2020 American League Championship Series , netting him series MVP honors. [ 2 ]
At the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Joc Pederson participated in the Home Run Derby, losing to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in a semi-final match that went to a swing-off tie-breaker. [131] Kershaw, Ryu, Bellinger, Muncy and Walker Buehler represented the Dodgers in the All-Star Game.
The 90th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which ended in a 4–3 win for the American League, had a big presence of pinstripes. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu and catcher Gary Sánchez were both on the AL starting lineup, Masahiro Tanaka was the winning pitcher, and Aroldis Chapman made the save. CC Sabathia threw the ceremonial first pitch.
The 2019 Boston Red Sox season was the 119th season in the team's history, and their 108th season at Fenway Park. The Red Sox entered the season as reigning World Series champions, but did not repeat, as they were eliminated from playoff contention on September 20.
The 2019 National League Division Series were two best-of-five series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2019 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team—determined by the NL Wild Card Game—played in two series. These matchups were:
The 2019 Orioles became the first team in history to yield 300+ home runs in a season, a new MLB record. The pitching staff also allowed 981 runs throughout the season - an abysmal mark that led all of MLB and was the worst in MLB history since the 1999 Colorado Rockies allowed 1028 runs.