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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 ...
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to the most outstanding player in each year's MLB All-Star Game. Awarded each season since 1962, it was originally called the "Arch Ward Memorial Award" in honor of Arch Ward, the man who conceived the All-Star Game.
Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Austin Meadows hit a solo home run in the third inning off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Asher Wojciechowski, as the Orioles allowed their 259th home run of the season, breaking the Major League Baseball single-season record held by the 2016 Cincinnati Reds. Baltimore still has 34 more games remaining. [165]
The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order was set based on the reverse order of the 2018 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the 2018 MLB Draft and for teams that lost qualifying free agents. [1]
Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league with the most wins each season. In baseball, wins are a statistic used to evaluate pitchers. Credit for a win is given by the official scorer to the pitcher whose team takes and maintains the lead while he is the pitcher of record. If a game is tied or if the lead changes to ...
The Players Choice Awards are annual Major League Baseball awards, [1] given by the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The Players Choice Awards are given following a secret ballot by players. [2] [3] Four awards go to a player in each league, while two awards each go to one player in all of Major League Baseball. Prize money is ...
On September 7, Bogaerts registered his 1,000th MLB career hit, in a game against the New York Yankees. [34] Bogaerts finished the 2019 season with a .309 average, 52 doubles, 33 home runs and 117 RBIs (second in the American League). [35] He finished fifth in 2019 AL MVP voting [36] and won his third Silver Slugger Award. [37]
The award was the first major award to be introduced by Major League Baseball in 19 years. For the 1999 season, a winner was selected using an objective points system. Hits, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) were given certain point values and the winner was the player who had the highest tabulated points total. [1] [2]