Here is the long and short of it -- from Wee Willie on one end, to the Big Unit and the Big Train on the other -- the all-time WAR leaders at every height since the start of the 20th century. In some cases, the leader is the only individual at a given measurement to have ...
For this installment of By The Numbers, I thought I would take a look at the all-time hitting and pitching leaders, just to get a feel for some of the numbers. HITTING Games (G): Pete Rose -- 3,562 At-Bats (AB): Pete Rose -- 14,053 Plate Appearances: Pete Rose -- 15,890 H...
Lewis ranked among MLB's hitting leaders before cooling off in September, but he still finished as the first rookie to lead his team in batting average, home runs, runs and walks (albeit in a season shortened by the coronavirus pandemic) since Mark McGwire in 1987. A handful of spectacular...
Not only is Céspedes the all-time leader in triples, he’s the single-tournament leader, too, as all three came in 2009. And he did it in just six games -- his most triples in a six-MLB-game span is two. He returned to play for Cuba in 2023 but didn't add to his triples ...
305 RBI – speak for themselves, but there’s also a reason the MLB player who is most involved in his community and represents the sport in the best way is honored with the Roberto Clemente Award. Taken from this world far too soon, Clemente is an all-time legend in life and in ...
Telling stat:Bailey has the highest percentage of batted balls hit in the launch angle sweet spot in MLB (45.4% between eight and 32 degrees; minimum 150 batted balls). First Base: Christian Walker, Diamondbacks, 33 Nobody on these First-Time All-Star teams has waited longer. Waived by th...
000 walks. Hampered again by injuries, Schilling won only nine games in the 2007 regular season, but his three postseason wins helped the Red Sox capture another World Series championship (a four-game sweep of theColorado Rockies). After missing the 2008 season because of a shoulder injury, ...
Rich Pilling / MLB Photos via Getty Images In the summer of 2000, the Cleveland Indians had a lineup to be reckoned with. By season’s end, they’d pounded out 950 runs,second-mostin the American League during one of the AL’shighest-scoringpost-war seasons. And that came on the hee...
Lowder would pitch seven complete innings that night, allowing three hits, two walks and tallying six strikeouts against an LSU lineup scattered with MLB prospects. Skenes, however, went back out for the eighth inning with the game still knotted 0-0. Fans were ...
His 15th MLB season will wrap up a $32 million, two-year deal with Boston. ... Three-time Cy Young winners Justin Verlander (Astros) and Max Scherzer (Rangers) will both make $43.33 million in potential walk years after being traded last year by the Mets. The 41-year-old Verlander ...