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Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game. New York: Copernicus Books, 2001. ISBN 0-387-98816-5. A book on new statistics for baseball. MLB Record Book by: MLB.com; Alan Schwarz, The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics (New York: St. Martin's, 2005). ISBN 0-312-32223-2.
The best single regular season record was recorded by the Golden State Warriors in the 2015–16 season. In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of .890, surpassing the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls, though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship. The 1996 Bulls and ...
Block discovered that the first recorded game of "Base-Ball" took place in 1749 in Surrey, and featured the Prince of Wales as a player. [12] William Bray, an English lawyer, recorded a game of baseball on Easter Monday 1755 in Guildford, Surrey. [13] This early form of the game was apparently brought to Canada by English immigrants.
No-hitter; Ryan's seventh and final no-hitter, a Major League Baseball record. Kerry Wood: Chicago Cubs: Houston Astros: May 6, 1998: W 2–0: 105 1 0 20 Highest Game Score in a 9-inning game. Tied for the Major League Baseball record for most strikeouts in a 9-inning game. Curt Schilling: Arizona Diamondbacks: Milwaukee Brewers: April 7, 2002 ...
Highest rebounds per game average, season; 27.2 by Wilt Chamberlain, 1960–61 [290] Most offensive rebounds (since tracking began in 1973–74), season; 587 by Moses Malone, 1978–79 [115] [291] Most defensive rebounds (since tracking began in 1973–74), season; 1,111 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1975–76 [292] Highest defensive rebounds per ...
It was exactly 64 years ago that the first baseball game was broadcast on television in color. WCBS-TV in New York City broadcast the Boston Braves beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by an 8-1 score.
The 1949–50 NBA season marked the first season following the merger. The NBA has kept a record of its win-loss statistics since its inception. These records include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the BAA. [a] Defunct BAA/NBA franchises are also accounted for, provided that they played at least one season in the BAA ...
On June 2, 1883, Fort Wayne hosted the Quincy Professionals for one of the first lighted baseball games ever recorded. [1] [2] Fort Wayne has been credited for being the birthplace of the NBA when Fort Wayne Pistons owner Fred Zollner brokered the merger of the BAA and the NBL in 1949 from his kitchen table. [1] [3] Also, on March 10, 1961 ...