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Omar Vizquel, the all-time leader in games played as a shortstop. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.
MLB's 20 Greatest Games is an American television series that aired in 2011 on MLB Network.Hosted by Bob Costas [1] and Tom Verducci, [2] the series counted down and dissected the 20 greatest games in Major League Baseball history since 1961. [3]
Over the next six seasons, Vaughan continued to be one of the best-hitting shortstops in the game, batting over .300 in every season, and regularly being at or near the top of the league in most offensive categories. By the time Vaughan reached the age of 25, he had accumulated 1,057 hits, the 18th highest total for a 25-year-old in MLB history ...
Thomas Martin Veryzer (/ v ʌ ˈ r aɪ z ər / vuh-REYE-zer; [1] February 11, 1953 – July 8, 2014) was an American baseball shortstop.He played 12 years in Major League Baseball, appearing in 979 games for the Detroit Tigers (1973–1977), Cleveland Indians (1978–1981), New York Mets (1982), and Chicago Cubs (1983–1984).
Over the 154 years of Major League Baseball history, and over 238,500 games played, [1] there have been 24 official perfect games by the current definition. [2] No pitcher has thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of only ...
Game 4 of the 1929 World Series: Famous for an Athletics rally from 8–0 that included a three-run inside-the-park home run, being the last inside-the-park home run in a World Series game until Game 1 of the 2015 World Series and helping to make the largest deficit overcome in postseason history.
Joe Oeschger still holds a number of MLB records. The game set many records, which still stand as of 2025. The May 1, 1920, game remains MLB's longest in terms of innings. [30] Twice, MLB games have gone 25 innings, in 1974 and 1984. [31] In the 1974 game, the St. Louis Cardinals used seven pitchers in a 4–3 victory over the New York Mets ...
The ESPN Major League Baseball score box was slightly modified beginning with the opening day game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees. Numbers indicating the ball, strike and out counts replace the dots used last year; the out dots were adopted by Fox Sports Net on their local broadcasts as well as Major League Baseball on Fox ...