Speed, speed and more speed. That's what Coleman brought to Whitey Herzog's Cardinals as he swiped a rookie-record 110 bases, still the third-highest single-season total in modern history. Runner-up: Tom Browning, CIN (20-9, 3.55 ERA) 79. Darryl Strawberry, 1983 NL (Mets) Key stats:...
The righty set club single-season records for strikeouts (348), innings (371 1/3), shutouts (10) and complete games (36) in 1946. Feller pitched a franchise-record three no-hitters and 12 one-hitters and was a first-ballot Hall of Famer by an overwhelming margin in 1962. ROYALS: G...
The last time the Yankees made the playoffs, in 2022, he had just five hits in nine games (two home runs and three singles) and struck out 15 times (39.5% of his plate appearances). That was the same year Judge set the AL single-season home run record, but he was still booed at...
Prior to the 2018 season,the record for most home runs by a team in a single season— 264 — was held by the 1997 Seattle Mariners. That record was toppled in 2018 when the Yankees hit 267, a mark that would be annihilated this year by the Minnesota Twins (307 homers) and the Yank...
Single Season Doubles Records RecordLGName(s)Team(s)Data Fewest Doubles League Leader | Full Season (Year-by-Year)ALSal BandoOakland321973 Pedro GarciaMilwaukee1973 NLHank AaronMilwaukee341956 Most Doubles in a Season (Top 500)ALEarl WebbBoston671931 ...
Ohtani, who has gone deep 29 times in his first season of his record $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, pulled a 400-foot drive to right off Tanner Houck. That came after the Boston right-hander allowed singles to the first two batters he faced: No. 9 b...
Rose didn’t drink or smoke but indulged himself in other ways. He cared openly about money, vowing to become the first singles hitter to make $100,000 a year and leaving the Reds for the Phillies after declaring free agency at the end of the 1978 season (Rose returned ...
•Strikeouts, up for a 14th consecutive season, are at another all-time high. •Walks have reached their highest rate in 19 seasons. •Home runs are at a record level(2.6 per game). Four of the five seasons with the greatest rate of home runs have occurred in the past four years...
One likely effect: With more grounders sneaking through for singles, look for the number of no-hitters and near-gems to drop. SHO OR GO? All eyes will be on Shohei Ohtani when he starts for the Los Angeles Angels on opening day at Oakland. Here's what fans will really watch:...
Ohtani keeps showing a flair for the dramatic during his historic first season with the Dodgers. In Miami on Thursday, Ohtani had the first three-homer game of his career — all coming after the sixth inning — his first six-hit game and a franchise and career-record 10 RBIs. No one in...