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Chuck Bednarik. United States. Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 – March 21, 2015), nicknamed " Concrete Charlie ", was an American professional football linebacker and center who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn Quakers, and was selected with the first overall pick of the 1949 NFL draft ...
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 ...
On October 8, 1956, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.It was the only no-hitter in World Series history until the Houston Astros pitching staff of Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly threw a combined no-hitter in the 2022 World Series against the ...
Johnny Vander Meer's elusive record of back-to-back no-hitters in 1938 has been described as "the most unbreakable of all baseball records" by LIFE Some Major League Baseball (MLB) records are widely regarded as "unbreakable" because they were set by freak occurrence or under rules, techniques, or other circumstances that have since changed. Some records previously regarded as unbreakable have ...
The homer made Rodríguez the fastest player in Mariners history to reach 50 career long balls, doing so in 256 games. ... Julio Rodríguez is one of the hottest hitters in baseball. The Mariners ...
Pete Rose is the all-time MLB hits leader with 4,256 hits. 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.
The Hit (Chuck Bednarik) " The Hit " is a phrase used to describe one of the most famous plays in the history of the National Football League. The game was played November 20, 1960 between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants at the original Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York. On the play, Chuck Bednarik, a linebacker with the Eagles ...
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.