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Negro American League: Clyde Nelson.367 [364] 1947: Henry Kimbro.384 Baltimore Elite Giants: Negro National League II: Johnny Washington.370 [365] 1947: Willard Brown † .371 Kansas City Monarchs: Negro American League: Sam Hill.351 [366] 1948: Artie Wilson.437 Birmingham Black Barons: Negro American League: Willard Brown † .404 [367] 1948 ...
List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have thrown an immaculate inning; List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle; List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise; List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat
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.
Josh Gibson has the highest career batting average in major league history with .372. In baseball, the batting average (BA) is defined by the number of hits divided by at bats. It is usually reported to three decimal places and pronounced as if it were multiplied by 1,000: a player with a batting average of .300 is "batting three hundred."
At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. [1] Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title. The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category.
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.
Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner and Tony Cloninger: 2 [5] [6] Oldest player to hit first home run Bartolo Colón: 42 years, 349 days old [7] Youngest player to hit a home run Tommy Brown: 17 years, 257 days old [8] Most runs batted in: Hank Aaron: 2,297 [9] Most hits: Pete ...
Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins. 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.