Another pitching change is the limit on disengagements for pitchers. This means that a pitcher can only step off the rubber twice per plate appearance to call time or to attempt a pick off throw to first base, second base, or third. Pitchers can still pick off after this limit but will ...
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the longest MLB game ever happened decades ago. The record goes all the way back toMay 1, 1920, a meeting between the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves. On that historical date, neither team could do much at the plate. Brooklyn jumped out to a 1...
Matt Stairs topped 500 plate appearances in only 3 of his 19 seasons in the big leagues. A very poor defender, his –17.3 dWAR nearly negated all of his 20.4 oWAR, earned because the man carried a giant stick. Stairs holds the MLB record with 23 pinch-hit homers, which came in 490...