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This list consists of players who have appeared in Major League Baseball. Note that the list also includes players who appeared in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, which is not universally considered a major league. The list is broken down into a page of each letter to reduce the size.
Starting in the 2007 season, the 60th anniversary of Robinson's Major League debut, players and coaches have all worn the number 42 as a tribute to Robinson on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15. There is a lobby to have uniform #21 retired in all of baseball to honor Roberto Clemente. [26]
For lists of MLB players' batting and pitching accomplishments, see: Category:Major League Baseball lists. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
See "Retired numbers," below.] The MLB has taken this tribute so far that, on that day only, all 30 team websites' active rosters say that every player on the team is number 42. On August 21, 2012, the Boston Red Sox played their first home game since the death of Johnny Pesky, and all players wore his retired number 6 jersey during the game. [13]
This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most career home runs in regular season play (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games). In the sport of baseball, a home run is a hit in which the batter scores by circling all the bases and reaching home plate in one play
Through the elections for 2024, a total of 346 people will have been inducted, including 274 former professional players, 39 executives/pioneers, 23 managers, and 10 umpires. [2] Each is listed showing his primary position; that is, the position or role in which the player made his greatest contribution to baseball according to the Hall of Fame.
The following is a list of Major League Baseball players, retired or active. As of the end of the 2018 season , there have been 580 players with a last name that begins with A who have been on a major league roster at some point.
Pete Rose [1] [2] is the all-time leader in singles with 3,215 career. Ty Cobb [3] (3,053) is the only other player in MLB history with over 3,000 career singles. As of September 23, 2024, no active players are in the top 100 of career singles. The active leader is Jose Altuve, tied in 191st with 1,541.