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This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this does not happen, the official scorer awards ...
Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league with the most wins each season. [b] 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 .
The 2010 Major League Baseball season began April 4, with the regular season ending on October 3. The 2010 All-Star Game was played on July 13 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. The National League ended a 13-game winless streak with a 3–1 victory.
Record Player # Refs Highest batting average: Josh Gibson.372 Most singles: Pete Rose: 3,215 [1] Most doubles: Tris Speaker: 792 [2] Most triples: Sam Crawford: 309 [3] Most home runs: Barry Bonds: 762 [4] Most grand slams: Alex Rodriguez: 25 Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner ...
Following the Yankees' 2009 World Series championship, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui departed as free agents. On December 8, the New York Yankees acquired center fielder Curtis Granderson from the Detroit Tigers, trading pitcher Ian Kennedy to the Arizona Diamondbacks and pitcher Phil Coke and minor league outfielder Austin Jackson to Detroit.
The Rangers dominated the first two games in Tampa, thanks to solid pitching performances from Cliff Lee and C. J. Wilson. When the series shifted to Arlington for Game 3, the Rangers possessed a 2–1 lead going into the eighth, but the Rays went on a 5–1 run through the eighth and ninth innings to win and avoid a sweep.
The 2010 season was the first under general manager Alex Anthopoulos, who replaced J. P. Ricciardi after the 2009 season. After a poor 2009 season in which the Blue Jays finished with a 75–87 record, 2010 saw the team improve by 10 games, finishing with an 85–77 record and in fourth place in the American League East.
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and failure on the part of the batter. Nolan Ryan [1] [2] [3] has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters.