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The Cubs first year of play was in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings. There was no major league at the time and the White Stockings scheduled games against different teams in different cities. The following year the National Association was formed, the first major league, and they entered the league also as the White Stockings.

In MLB, that would depend on the player's contract, how long the player has been in the league and how long the player has played with the team that is trying to trade him. A player can negotiate a no trade clause in his contract which would not allow the team to trade him. Of course, the player could choose to waive the no trade clause, usually for compensation from his team, which would allow him to be traded. Any player who has been in MLB for ten full seasons and played with his current team for five full seasons may not be traded without his consent. You might hear these players being referred to as 'ten five' players. If a player does not have a no trade clause in his contract or is not a 'ten five' player, he made be traded without his permission.

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For the past 24 years, MLB outsourced the task of scheduling to the husband-and-wife team of Henry and Holly Stephenson. But for 2005, MLB has hired a Pittsburgh-based firm, the Sports Scheduling Group, to replace the Stephensons. Apparently, MLB hopes to avoid so many "semi-repeaters" in which the same teams play in back-to-back series at home then away.

According to Mike Attiyeh, 15. Pitcher: Bob Feller. Batter: Luke Appling (White Sox). Year: 1940.

"Foul ball records are not kept, but baseball author Bill James once wrote that Roy Thomas, who played in the National League from 1899 to 1911, fouled off 22 pitches in one at-bat.

Hall of Famer Luke Appling reputedly hit 17 fouls while waiting for a pitch he liked. Appling, Chicago White Sox shortstop who won the 1936 AL batting championship with a .388 average, was a master at deliberately fouling off pitches.

Another legend is that Appling once hit 14 foul balls into the stands to get even with a team owner who would not give him two extra gamepasses for friends."

Jack Dittmer, a back-up second baseman for the Milwaukee Braves in the mid 1950's, fouled off approximately 22 pitches in a game broadcast by WTMJ radio in Milwaukee. Earl Gillespie and Blaine Walsh were the broadcasters. Perhaps the station has tapes of their old broadcasts which could verify the exact number.

27 seasons (1966, 1968-1993).

The first baseman's glove is longer with a deeper pocket and generally not as wide as other infielder's gloves to help them catch balls thrown from the infielders. The majority of plays the second baseman, third baseman, and shortstop make are on ground balls and popups.The majority of playsthe first baseman makes are on throws from another infielder. Thelongerglove gives the first baseman an extra few inches to be able to catch the ball and the shorter width and deeper pocket is for a better grip of the ball once it is caught.

The Tigers have scored 21 runs in a game on four occasions, against Cleveland in 1901, Athletics in 1908, Browns in 1920, and White Sox in 1936.

Bonds broke the all-time home run record in 2007, his 22nd (and thus far final) major-league season, although it must be said he missed all but 14 games during the 2005 season because of a knee injury. Aaron, who sustained a fractured ankle near the end of his rookie season of 1954, played relatively uninjured for most of his career. He hit his 755th homer in his 23rd and final season in 1976.

Whitey Ford, for one.

The 1906 Cubs went 116-36, which is the "modern" record. In the 1880s, certain league that were considered "major leagues" only had 60-game schedules, so of course some of those teams lost fewer than 36, but consider this the "official" record.

Ty Cobb was born on December 18, 1886 and died on July 17, 1961. Ty Cobb would have been 74 years old at the time of death or 128 years old today.

The Detroit Pistons beat Denver 186 - 184. 370 total points. The game took place in Denver in 1983.

Back in the old days, everybody. The last guy to do it was Wilbur Wood of the White Sox on 7/20/1973. Don't get too excited though - he was only able to do it because in game 1, he only faced 6 batters, all of whom reached base to start the game, then got yanked without recording an out. Then, in game 2, he got spanked pretty badly again - 7 runs in 4.1 ip. In other words, don't try this at home.

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Major League leaders in both batting average and stolen bases for a single season: 2001 - Ichiro Suzuki, BA .350, SB 56(Suzuki was tied with Larry Walker for the MLB batting title) 1922 - George Sisler, BA .420, SB 51 (Sisler was tied with Max Carey for the MLB stolen bases title) 1917 - Ty Cobb, BA .383, SB 55 1915 - Ty Cobb, BA .369, SB 96 1911 - Ty Cobb, BA .420, SB 83 1909 - Ty Cobb, BA .377, SB 76 1908 - Honus Wagner, BA .354, SB 53 1907 - Honus Wagner, BA .350, SB 61 (Wagner was tied with Ty Cobb for the MLB batting title) There have been four other seasons where a player has led his league, but not the entire major leagues,in both batting average and stolen bases: American League:1945 - Snuffy Stirnweiss, BA .309, SB 33 National League: 1949 - Jackie Robinson, BA .342, SB 37 and 1904 - Honus Wagner, BA .349, SB 53 and 1891 - Billy Hamilton, BA .340 SB 111

The rumors are that yes, he had a girlfriend. In fact, on the night of his death, he was flying to meet with his girlfriend after having a fight with his wife. In Puerto Rico, New Year's Eve is a huge holiday that is spent with close family. For Roberto Clemente to decide that he was going to fly on New Year's Eve to go anywhere, is highly implausible. He was, however, a great humanitarian. Thus, when he died, his manager developed the plausible cover story that he was on a mission to help the people of Nicaragua after an earthquake. The earthquake occured on Dec. 23rd. So, one would wonder why Roberto Clemente waited 1 week to go to help the people of Nicaragua on the day of one of the most celebrated holidays in Puerto Rico.

If you'd like to see a list of all-time batting average leaders, go to http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hibavg2.shtml. You can see that the .400 average has been surpassed about 33 times in the major leagues.

The following numbers are retired by the Philadelphia Phillies:

1 Richie Ashburn

14 Jim Bunning

20 Mike Schmidt

32 Steve Carlton

36 Robin Roberts

42 Jackie Robinson (retired through all of baseball)

The uniforms of Grover Cleveland Alexander and Chuck Klein are also retired but they did not wear numbers on the back of the jerseys during that era.

The only two notable players who have worn number 34 for the Minnesota Vikings were running back Rickey Young (1978-83) and running back Herschel Walker (1989-91).

Willie Mays is Barry Bonds godfather but is not a blood relation

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American League pitchers hit 1 home run ... Zach Britton of the Orioles.

National League pitchers hit 27 home runs ...

2 - Cliff Lee (Phillies), Carlos Zambrano (Cubs), Zach Duke (Diamondbacks), Kevin Millwood (Rockies)

1 - Derek Lowe and Tim Hudson (Braves), Tom Milone and John Lannan (Nationals), Yovani Gallardo, Shaun Marcum, and Zack Greinke (Brewers), Jake Westbrook and Jaime Garcia (Cardinals), Travis Wood and Dontrelle Willis (Reds), Ross Ohlendorf (Pirates), J.A. Happ (Astros), Daniel Hudson and Barry Enright (Diamondbacks), Matt Cain (Giants), Chad Billingsley (Dodgers), Jason Hammel (Rockies), Mat Latos (Padres)

Pete Rose with 4256 hits.

it started with 9 men who created a modified version of Cricket and Rounders. it was supposed to be a sport that wouldn't have players get paid but that changed somehow. these 9 men were all from cooperstown NY which is why the Baseball HOF is in cooperstown

The '67 Red Sox used several catchers that season with Mike Ryan getting in the most games as catcher. Ryan caught in 79 games, Russ Gibson caught 48 games, Bob Tillman caught 26 games before being traded to the Yankees for Elston Howard, who then caught in 41 games for the BoSox and even George Thomas got in one game as a catcher for Boston that season.