Baseball

On May 23, 2009 Jason Giambi became the 44th player in MLB history to reach the 400 home run mark for a career.

Through games played on May 24, 2009 Vladimir Guerrero has 393 career home runs and, barring disaster, will become the 45th player in MLB history to reach 400 career home runs.

Arkansas Travelers

Arkansas has two minor league teams. The Arkansas Travelers, located in North Little Rock, AR, are a Double A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Northwest Arkansas Naturals, located in Springdale, AR, are a Double A affilate of the Kansas City Royals.

Also, the University of Arkansas baseball team is the Razorbacks.

On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.

The Toronto Blue Jays have played at the Rogers Centre since 1989. It was formerly named the Skydome from 1989-2005. When the Blue Jays began playing in 1977, they played at Exhibition Stadium.

1939: Eldon Auker

1985: Reid Nichols

1990: Billy Joe Robidoux

1992-2001: John Valentin

2002: Rey Sanchez

2003: Lou Merloni

2004: Doug Mientkiewicz

2005: Roberto Petagine

2006-2008: Alex Cora

The following played second base during the 1940s for the New York Yankees:

Joe Gordon (1938-43, 46)

Jerry Priddy (1941-42)

Snuffy Stirnweiss (1943-50)

Johnny Lucadello (1947)

Jerry Coleman (1949-57)

Roberto Clemente attended Vizcarondo High School in Carolina, Puerto Rico, but he was not able to attend college because he started his major league career at the age of 20.

Aaron's given name is Henry, Hank is a common nickname for Henry, such as Dick, Richie, or Rick for Richard, Jack for John, Bob or Bobby for Robert, etc.

There are four pro baseball teams in Missouri

There should only be 10- 20ish. I mean you only need 9 players on the field, but then you have the subs and all other stuff.

As of May 29, 2010, two players have pitched perfect games on the season:

Dallas Braden (OAK)

109 pitches, 6 K, May 9, 2010

Roy Halladay (PHI)

115 pitches, 11 K, May 29, 2010

Chicago White Sox. KeVin Toronto Answer April 22, 1977.The Toronto Blue Jays play and win their first ever game defeating the Chicago White Sox 9-5. Doug Ault gets the first hit in Blue Jays history when he hits a home run in the first inning. He will hit a second home run in the game. The winning pitcher is Jerry Johnson. ---- twak22

MLB went to 30 teams in 1998 with the addition of the Tampa Bay Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Both the Dodgers and Giants moved to California in 1958.

Pete Rose holds the record for most career multi-hit games doing it 1,225 times in his career.

Jim Thorpe played for the New York Giants (baseball) in 1913 and played sporadically with them as an outfielder for three seasons. After missing the 1916 season completely, he came back to play for the Giants in 1917 but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds early in the season. Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants. Again, he played sporadically for the Giants in 1918 and was traded to the Boston Braves

Mariano Rivera made his Yankees debut in 1995.

The Chicago Whitesox. He was on the infamous 1919 " Black Sox" who threw the World Series.

Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to see all players that wore #6 for the New York Yankees.

Not sure, but the answers sofar can't be correct. At some point in the majors they changed the rules on players bunting. It wasn't always a 3rd strike if bunted foul. This should be looked at later than the 80's. Anyone no of this change?

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres in the 2006 NLDS, and then beat the New York Mets in the NLCS to win the National League pennant. The Cardinals then beat the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 World Series.

According to ESPN, the following players are on NFL rosters in the 2007 season: Brendon Ayanbadejo - Chicago Bears

Jason Bell - New York Giants

Drew Bennett - St. Louis Rams

Ryan Boschetti - Washington Redskins

Brandon Chillar - St. Louis Rams

Mike Flanagan - Houston Texans

Bryan Fletcher - Indianapolis Colts

DeShaun Foster - Carolina Panthers

Maurice Jones-Drew - Jacksonville Jaguars

Travis Kirschke - Pittsburgh Steelers

Chris Kluwe - Minnesota Vikings

Marcedes Lewis - Jacksonville Jaguars

Ricky Manning Jr - Chicago Bears

Ryan Nece - Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Ryan Neufeld - Buffalo Bills

Bruce Davis - Pittsburgh Steelers

Jarrad Page - Kansas City Chiefs

Tab Perry - Cincinnati Bengals

Mike Seidman - Indianapolis Colts

Robert Thomas - Oakland Raiders

Matt Ware - Arizona Cardinals

Matt Willis - Baltimore Ravens

Here's a list of all the Major League Players that reach base at least 3000 times as of the start of the 2008 season:

CAREER

REACHED BASE RB

1 Pete Rose 5929

2 Barry Bonds 5599

3 Ty Cobb 5532

4 Rickey Henderson 5343

5 Carl Yastrzemski 5304

6 Stan Musial 5282

7 Hank Aaron 5205

8 Tris Speaker 4998

9 Babe Ruth 4977

10 Eddie Collins 4892

11 Willie Mays 4790

12 Ted Williams 4714

13 Mel Ott 4648

14 Eddie Murray 4606

15 Frank Robinson 4561

16 Craig Biggio 4505

17 Honus Wagner 4502

T18 Rafael Palmeiro 4460

T18 Paul Molitor 4460

20 Wade Boggs 4445

21 Joe Morgan 4422

22 Cal Ripken 4379

23 Dave Winfield 4351

24 Al Kaline 4339

25 George Brett 4283

26 Paul Waner 4281

27 Lou Gehrig 4274

28 Mickey Mantle 4161

29 Robin Yount 4156

30 Frank Thomas 4121

31 Jimmie Foxx 4111

32 Rod Carew 4096

33 Charlie Gehringer 4075

34 Luke Appling 4061

35 Reggie Jackson 4055

36 Rusty Staub 4050

37 Gary Sheffield 4026

38 Rogers Hornsby 4016

39 Cap Anson 3979

40 Tim Raines 3977

41 Tony Gwynn 3955

42 Jesse Burkett 3954

43 Harold Baines 3942

44 Nap Lajoie 3892

45 Dwight Evans 3890

46 Darrell Evans 3863

47 Jeff Bagwell 3843

48 Fred McGriff 3834

49 Lou Brock 3833

50 Mike Schmidt 3820

51 Richie Ashburn 3815

52 Roberto Alomar 3806

53 Billy Williams 3799

54 Ken Griffey Jr. 3797

55 Eddie Mathews 3785

56 Max Carey 3782

57 Brooks Robinson 3761

58 Sam Rice 3750

59 Sam Crawford 3744

60 Goose Goslin 3740

61 Jake Beckley 3729

62 Luis Gonzalez 3727

63 Tony Perez 3700

64 Fred Clarke 3699

65 Harmon Killebrew 3693

66 Harry Hooper 3678

67 Bill Dahlen 3661

68 Roberto Clemente 3656

69 Frankie Frisch 3639

70 Willie McCovey 3625

71 Edgar Martinez 3619

72 Zack Wheat 3606

73 George Davis 3604

74 John Olerud 3602

75 Chili Davis 3589

T76 Lou Whitaker 3586

T76 Omar Vizquel 3586

78 Willie Keeler 3585

79 Eddie Yost 3576

80 Al Simmons 3572

81 Ozzie Smith 3565

82 Harry Heilmann 3556

83 Mark Grace 3554

84 Brett Butler 3542

85 Julio Franco 3541

86 Nellie Fox 3524

87 Roger Connor 3507

88 Mickey Vernon 3499

89 Willie Randolph 3491

90 Rabbit Maranville 3483

91 Andre Dawson 3474

92 Dave Parker 3451

93 Jim Thome 3446

94 Steve Finley 3445

95 Bernie Williams 3444

96 Luis Aparicio 3440

T97 George Van Haltren 3438

T97 Enos Slaughter 3438

99 Billy Hamilton 3434

100 Ed Delahanty 3432

101 Brian Downing 3425

102 Manny Ramirez 3419

103 Ernie Banks 3416

104 Pee Wee Reese 3406

105 Kenny Lofton 3405

106 Ron Santo 3400

107 Sammy Sosa 3396

T108 Jimmy Ryan 3388

T108 Buddy Bell 3388

110 Vada Pinson 3385

111 Tony Phillips 3384

112 Joe Cronin 3378

113 Joe Judge 3367

114 Ted Simmons 3366

115 Graig Nettles 3363

116 Al Oliver 3360

117 Carlton Fisk 3348

118 Barry Larkin 3334

119 George Sisler 3332

120 Jimmy Dykes 3323

121 Bid McPhee 3318

122 Doc Cramer 3317

T123 Ken Singleton 3309

T123 Jimmy Sheckard 3309

125 Stan Hack 3306

126 Alex Rodriguez 3292

T127 Keith Hernandez 3284

T127 Chipper Jones 3284

129 Alan Trammell 3252

130 Willie Stargell 3247

131 Derek Jeter 3246

132 Dan Brouthers 3241

133 Jeff Kent 3232

134 Joe Kuhel 3231

135 Joe Kelley 3213

136 Larry Walker 3211

T137 Don Baylor 3207

T137 Bill Buckner 3207

139 Joe Torre 3206

140 Jim Rice 3186

T141 Ryne Sandberg 3181

T141 Dummy Hoy 3181

143 Will Clark 3172

144 Toby Harrah 3170

145 Fred Tenney 3168

146 Jose Cruz 3156

147 Bob Johnson 3150

148 Joe Sewell 3149

149 Lave Cross 3139

150 Bobby Wallace 3130

151 Buddy Myer 3128

152 Dale Murphy 3125

153 Jack Clark 3112

T154 Duke Snider 3108

T154 Billy Herman 3108

156 Steve Garvey 3107

157 Heinie Manush 3100

158 Andres Galarraga 3094

159 Arky Vaughan 3086

160 Dave Concepcion 3083

161 Red Schoendienst 3076

162 Kiki Cuyler 3060

163 Joe DiMaggio 3050

164 Bob Elliott 3044

165 Orlando Cepeda 3041

166 Carlos Delgado 3033

T167 Willie Davis 3030

T167 Tony Fernandez 3030

169 Jim Bottomley 3020

170 Paul O'Neill 3019

171 Mark McGwire 3018

172 Sherry Magee 3015

T173 Gary Gaetti 3010

T173 Dick Bartell 3010

175 Gary Carter 3008

176 Bobby Grich 3006

177 Ron Fairly 3005

178 Jake Daubert 3002

• Click on the link below to see all the players that wore #21 for the Yankees.

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