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  2. Are sliders destined to overtake fastballs as baseball's ...

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    Last season, MLB hitters managed a .212/.265/.355 batting line against sliders and sweepers, whiffing on 34.2% of their swings. Against fastballs, their line was .262/.346/.425, and they whiffed ...

  3. Fastball - Wikipedia

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    The fastball is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball and softball. Its distinctive feature is its high speed. "Power pitchers," such as former major leaguers Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens, relied on the speed, often exceeding 100mph, and movement of their fastballs to prevent the ball from being hit. [1]

  4. First-pitch strike - Wikipedia

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    Many studies have proven that the first pitch in the at bat is the most important one. And according to Craig Burley's 2004 study in The Hardball Times, throwing a strike on a 0-0 count could potentially save over 12,000 runs scored in a single Major League Baseball season. [2] In Burley's study, he used stats from the 2003 MLB season.

  5. 2012 Major League Baseball season - Wikipedia

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    On March 27, 2012, the Dodgers were sold to Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC, a group that included NBA legend Magic Johnson [142] for $2.1 billion. The new management team, to include baseball executive Stan Kasten , still had to await approval by two different courts—one handling the Dodgers' bankruptcy, and the other overseeing the ...

  6. List of Major League Baseball single-season records - Wikipedia

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    Most no-hitters caught: 2, Carlos Ruiz (2010) and Wilson Ramos (2015) (List of Major League Baseball no-hitters) Both of Ruiz's no-hitters were by Roy Halladay; the second was in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, Halladay's first career postseason start. Both of Ramos' no-hitters were by Max Scherzer.

  7. List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders

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    This is a list of the top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers who have the most hit batsmen of all time. Gus Weyhing (277) [1] [2] holds the dubious record for most hit batsmen in a career. Chick Fraser (219), [3] Pink Hawley (210), [4] and Walter Johnson (205) [5] are the only other pitchers to hit 200 or more batters in their careers.

  8. List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season

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    The following is a list of records for a game, season, or career that were broken in each Major League Baseball season by players, teams, or others. This does not include dates when additional stats were recorded by the same player above one's own record set (unless broken by someone else in between) or records by a team that do not lead the majors.

  9. List of Major League Baseball hit records - Wikipedia

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    Where possible, hitting streaks that extend between seasons are broken down to show when the hits occurred. For example, Keeler's (1, 44) indicates 1 hit in 1896, and 44 in 1897. [i] This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak. [75]

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