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The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history.. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL).
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.
Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game. New York: Copernicus Books, 2001. ISBN 0-387-98816-5. A book on new statistics for baseball. MLB Record Book by: MLB.com; Alan Schwarz, The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics (New York: St. Martin's, 2005). ISBN 0-312-32223-2.
Here's a full look at the MLB postseason picture: AL wild card standings. Top three reach playoffs. Baltimore Orioles (86-68): +5 games. Kansas City Royals (82-72): +1 game. Minnesota Twins (81-73)
American League East Division 1. New York Yankees 7 1 . Baltimore Orioles 5 3 .
Boston Red Sox 4 8 . Central Division 1. Minnesota Twins 10 3 .
In baseball, earned run average (ERA) is a statistic used to evaluate pitchers, calculated as the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. A pitcher is men by a baserunner who reached base while batting against that pitcher, whether by hit, base on balls or "walk", or being hit by a pitched ball; [1] an earned run can be charged after the pitcher is relieved if he ...
3 Pitching. 4 Baserunning. 5 Other. 6 See also. ... List of Major League Baseball records includes the following lists of the superlative statistics of Major League ...