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Caldwell was a very good hitting pitcher in his career, posting a .248 batting average (289-for-1164) with 138 runs, eight home runs, 114 RBIs and 78 base on balls. He had 10 or more RBI in a season six times, with a career high 20 RBI with the 1915 New York Yankees.
Ferrell, who had a career slash line of .280/.351/.446, had his best offensive year in 1931, when he set the single-season record for home runs by a pitcher with nine. [ 6 ] [ 16 ] The record had previously been held by Stivetts, who had hit seven in 1890. [ 13 ]
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He also holds the record for most Gold Gloves by any player with 18, and most putouts by a pitcher with 546, including a tied live-ball-era record of 39 putouts in a season ...
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Other pitchers with more than thirty career home runs include Bob Lemon, who hit 35 HR as a pitcher and two more as a pinch hitter during his 18-year career, all spent with the Indians; Warren Spahn, who hit 35 while playing for the Braves and is the all-time National League leader; Red Ruffing, who had 34 home runs as a pitcher and two more as ...
Throughout his 22-year MLB career, Ken Griffey Jr. did a lot of damage to opposing pitchers. Still, that doesn’t mean there weren’t a few guys who made it tough for “The Kid.” We spoke to ...
Pitcher and first-ever draft choice for the Colorado Rockies (1996–1997) Johnny Burnett Shortstop for Cleveland Indians (1927–1934) and St. Louis Browns (1935) who set an MLB record with nine hits in one game