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List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a first baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a second baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a third baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a shortstop leaders.
Josh Gibson holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler 's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season. Record.
Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [a] He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714, and Albert Pujols with 703. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only ...
Catcher Josh Gibson, whose career ended in 1946, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. [a] He batted .372 over 14 seasons, mostly with the Homestead Grays. In addition, he also holds the single-season record for highest batting average in major league history at .466 in 1943.
Delahanty and Horner are the only players to hit four home runs in a game as a part of a losing effort. [68] [69] Game 2 of a doubleheader. Tony Cloninger is unique on this list as the only pitcher. Fernando Tatís is the only player to hit his two grand slams in the same inning: in the third inning off Chan Ho Park. It was also the Major ...
Baseball portal. Babe Ruth Home Run Award (discontinued) – awarded to the MLB home-run leader. Josh Gibson Legacy Award – awarded to the AL and NL home-run leaders. Mel Ott Award – awarded to the NL home-run leader. 61* - film depicting Maris' record setting 61 home runs in 1961.
Pedro Martínez won five ERA titles across both leagues; his 2000 margin of victory over Clemens for the ERA title is the largest in Major League Baseball history. John Lackey 's 3.01 ERA in 2007 led the American League. Cliff Lee won the Cy Young Award in 2008 [177] in addition to the ERA title.
Listed are all Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB. Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb, second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits. George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, achieving ...