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Four Braves players currently hold Major League Baseball records. Duffy holds the best single-season batting average record, accumulating an average of .440 in 1894. [5] Bobby Lowe and Bob Horner are tied with 16 others for the most home runs in a game, with four, which they recorded on May 30, 1890, and July 6, 1986, respectively. [6]
MLB's 20 Greatest Games is an American television series that aired in 2011 on MLB Network. Hosted by Bob Costas [1] and Tom Verducci [2], the series counted down and dissected the 20 greatest games in Major League Baseball history since 1961 [3].
Avery said, "It's been the best time of my life." The Braves scored 14 runs in the games Smiley pitched (Games 3 and 7), including nine off Smiley, but only five runs in the other five games combined. Smiley had been the Pirates' biggest winner in 1991, notching 20 victories for the only time in his career.
In fact, their Opening Day win was the only time they were over .500 all year. They won only four games in May, and by the time Ruth retired they were 9-27, their season all but finished. They ultimately finished 38–115, the worst season in franchise history. Their .248 winning percentage is tied for the seventh-worst in baseball history, and ...
13. Taking On the Yankees by Henry D. Fetter. The best book I have ever read on the business of baseball. Love the Yankees or loathe them, Henry D. Fetter’s approach of analyzing how baseball ...
If the behavior doesn't stop after the game is restarted, the referee can stop the game for a longer period of time (5-10 minutes) and order both teams to leave the pitch. Another announcement is ...
The tie-breaker games were played on September 28 and 29. All the games were scheduled as day games, the opener on Monday was at Milwaukee County Stadium and the second on Tuesday at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [2] The Dodgers won a coin flip late in the season that gave them home field advantage for the series (games two and three). If ...
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). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...