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In 2000, Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision, ruling that the statistics which were recognized in each year's official records should stand, even in cases where they were later proven incorrect. Paradoxically, the ruling affects only hit totals for the year; the batting champion for the year is not recognized as the all-time leader ...
Record Player # Season Most wins Jim Bagby, Sr. Lefty Grove Denny McLain: 31 1920 1931 1968: Most losses Paul Derringer: 27 1933: Most strikeouts Nolan Ryan: 383 1973: Most shutouts Bob Gibson: 13 1968: Most innings pitched Wilbur Wood: 376.2 1972: Most complete games Bob Feller: 36 1946: Most hits allowed Wilbur Wood: 381 1973: Most earned ...
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941, making him the last player to reach the .400 mark for a full season. Rogers Hornsby posted a .424 batting average in 1924, which was the highest mark for anyone ...
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.
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" [1] 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.
As of 2019, 47 different players have recorded at least six hits in an extra-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Only Jimmie Foxx has accomplished the feat more than once in his career [13] and no player has ever amassed more than nine hits in a game, with Johnny Burnett holding that distinction. [261]
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)