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Baseball
Take me out to the ballgame, the baseball game, that is! The baseball category is all about the game of baseball, America's pastime. Questions include what a baseball is made of, what bats are the best to use, what the bullpen is, and much more!
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Who won baseball World Series 2013?
The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers four games to one to win the World Series title on November 1, 2010.
The San Francisco Giants won the 2010 World Series in five games over the Texas Rangers.
What year was it mandatory to wear your batting helmet not just batting but also running the bases?
The Brooklyn Dodgers en masse started putting plastic liners into their tradition caps in 1941. Indiviudal players had been doing this though beforehand. Modern-day helmets were not manadated until 1971 and ear flaps not until 1982 or '83.
Who was the youngest Cy Young Award winner?
Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers won the first Cy Young Award in 1956, back when the award was presented to the best pitcher in both leagues. Newcombe posted a 27-7 record that season with a 3.06 earned run average.
Who has played for the most MLB teams?
Octavio Dotel has played with 13 different franchises, the most out of any MLB player in history. In his career (1999-2013), Dotel played for the New York Mets, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburg Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals, and Detroit Tigers.
How many World Series have the New York Yankees won compared to the New York Mets?
The New York Yankees have appeared in the World Series 40 times, winning 27 of them. The New York Mets have appeared in the World Series 4 times, winning 2 titles. Only once (2000) have they appeared together in the championship series, which the Yankees won in five games.
Who has hit the most walk off home runs in MLB history?
According to the Society for American Baseball Research, Jim Thome, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Frank Robinson, and Babe Ruth hold the MLB career record for walk off home runs with 12.
Who hit the most home runs as a st. louis cardinal?
The most home runs in a season by a St. Louis Cardinal is Mark McGwire, who hit a total of 70 home runs in 1998 with the Cards.
Albert Pujols holds the record for most home runs by a St. Louis Cardinal rookie at 37. (2001)
The most home runs in a career by a St. Louis Cardinals player is Stan Musial, who hit 475 home runs in his long 22 year career with the Cards. Former St. Louis Cardinal, Albert Pujols, was close to beating that record before he was picked up by the Los Angeles Angels. Pujols hit 445 home runs in 11 years with the Cards.
What was the Minnesota Twins first game ever?
On April 11, 1961, the Twins won their first game in history when Pedro Ramos shut out the New York Yankees 6-0 in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees went on to win the 1961 World Series and are considered to be one of the greatest baseball teams of all time.
Who had the most shutouts in Major League baseball?
Walter Johnson, whose career spanned 1907-1927 with the Washington Nationals/Senators, is the MLB career leader in shutouts with 110. Second is Grover Cleveland Alexander, whose career spanned 1911-1930 with the Phillies, Cubs, and Cardinals, with 90.
Which player has hit the most home runs against the Detroit Tigers?
Bernie Williams has the most postseason home runs for the Yankees with 22.
Who holds mlb record for most career wins as a pitcher?
== == Ed Morris had 12 in 1886, which is the AA record for Lefthanders Sandy Koufax had 11 in 1963, which is the NL record for Lefthanders The American League record for shutouts in a season by a southpaw is 9 and held by Ron Guidry of the Yankees (1978) and Babe Ruth of the Red Sox (1916).
How many National League baseball games are played in a regular season?
Well, actually, you have two different types of games in your question.
Post means after the season, so here are your answers:
Each team plays 162 regular season games. If the team makes it to the playoffs, they can play anywhere from 3 to 19 games.
The first series is the Division Series, the best out of 5 games wins the division. This means that a team can win the first 3 games, or play up to the full 5 games.
The second series is the Championship Series. The best out of 7 games wins the championship. This means that a team can win the first 4 games, or play up to the full 7 games.
The final series is the World Series. This series is also a best out of 7 series and the same rules apply as the Championship Series.
The team could possibly lose the first 3 games of the Division Series, therefor only playing 3 games in the post season.
What was the highest winning score for the New York Yankees?
22-0 in Yankee Stadium vs. Cleveland Indians, August 31, 2004 22-0 in Yankee Stadium vs. Cleveland Indians, August 31, 2004
What was the record for the fastest baseball pitch?
According to Guinness World Records the fastest pitched baseball was thrown by Nolan Ryan on Aug. 20 1974. 100.9 mph There are many different records that have not been adequately confirmed. Joel Zumaya was clocked at 104 mph during the 2006 playoffs. Pitch speeds, however, are often exaggerated or inflated for the benefit of the fans. The Indians' Bob Feller reportedly threw well over 100 mph, and harder than Ryan, but there are no confirmed records of this. Feller was officially clocked at 98 mph late in his career.
Who were the New York Yankees originally known as?
When the Baltimore Orioles moved to New York for the 1903 season the team was originally called the Highlanders because the park that they played at was built on one of the highest points on Manhatten Island. They were also called the Americans and the Yankees during their first ten years but the official name was the Highlanders. In 1913, they started playing their home games at the Polo Grounds which was located on the Harlem River. The name Highlanders lost its meaning and the name was officially changed to the Yankees.
Who is the all time Yankee strikeout leader?
For pitchers, Nolan Ryan has 5,714 career strikeouts. For batters, Reggie Jackson has 2,597 strikeouts.
Who has won a batting title in both leagues?
This is a subject which has been disputed.
There are references stating that Ed Delahanty is the only player to win the MLB batting title in both leagues. He won the National League title in 1899 with a .410 average, but the dispute is regarding the 1902 title, where he batted .376 in the American League.
Other references have Delahanty's .376 batting average listed as second highest to Nap Lajoie's .378 in 1902.
How has baseball equipment changed?
The biggest change of all baseball equipment that helped to improve the players game was the Baseball Glove. The first players to use baseball gloves were often taunted and teased as being "too soft" or "sissies" because they did not want to catch the ball with their bare hands.
The first baseball gloves were used in the 1870s. The basic idea was to create a glove that would pad and protect the players' hands and provide a cushion for catching the ball. Surprisingly, the first gloves were designed so the player could knock the ball to the ground and not necessarily catch it. History's first baseball gloves were made from pieces of leather sewn together to fit over a player's hand. Many early baseball gloves were simple leather gloves with the fingertips cut off, supposedly to allow for the same control of a bare hand, but with extra padding. The adoption of the baseball glove by baseball star Albert Spalding when he began playing first base influenced more infielders to begin using gloves. By the mid 1890s, it was the norm for players to wear gloves in the field. The largest improvement ever in glove design happened in 1920, when Bill Doak, a journeyman pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, approached Rawlings with an idea for a web laced between the first finger and thumb. Before Doak's invention, gloves were primarily protective equipment that kept fielders' hands and fingers from being hurt by hard hit balls. Bill Doak developed the idea of putting a substantial webbing between the glove's thumb and first finger to form a substantial pre-formed pocket in which to catch the ball. The Rawlings "Bill Doak" model that was first introduced in 1922 was so revolutionary that it remained available until 1953 with only minor modifications. Doak's invention was the ancestor of all modern gloves. For more information on vintage baseball gloves, and the Bill Doak baseball glove. I will leave a link below. Batting Helmets/ Shin Guards Hall of Fame Catcher Roger Bresnahan Played between 1897 - 1915 Bresnahan most notable contributions to the game were in protective equipment. In 1905 after getting "beaned" in the head with a baseball began experimenting with head gear similar to the leather football helmet of the period that were made by A.J. Reach. Sliced vertically: one half for covering the left side of a right handed batter's head, the other for the lefty hitter. Two years later in 1907 he devised catcher's shin guards. The first, evidently modeled after a cricketer's leg pads but were large, and bulky. NL president Pulliam dismisses the Opening Day protests of Pittsburgh manager Fred Clarke over Roger Bresnahan's shin guards. As yet, Bresnahan was the only catcher using them. Ignoring the ridicule, it was not thought to be gentlemanly to use them. By 1909 the design was refined, and became accepted, and more wildly used. I will leave a link for the very first style "reeded" shin Guards designed by Roger Bresnahan below.
Who has pitched the New York Mets only no hitter?
14 Mets pitchers threw no-hitters with other teams ... 8 before they played with the Mets and 6 after they played for the Mets. There are also 4 Mets that pitched in a combined no-hitter (more than 1 pitcher) for another team.
Before they played for the Mets ...
1) Don Cardwell - played for the Mets from 1967-1970 and threw a no-hitter for the Cubs in 1960.
2) Dean Chance - played for the Mets in 1970 and threw a no-hitter for the Twins in 1967.
3) Dock Ellis - played for the Mets in 1979 and threw a no-nitter for the Pirates in 1970.
4) Bret Saberhagen - played for the Mets from 1992-1995 and threw a no-hitter for the Royals in 1991.
5) Scott Erickson - played for the Mets in 2004 and threw a no-hitter for the Twins in 1994.
6) Kenny Rogers - pitched for the Mets in 1999 and threw a no-hitter for the Rangers in 1994.
7) Al Leiter - pitched for the Mets from 1998-2004 and threw a no-hitter for the Marlins in 1996.
8) Hideo Nomo - pitched for the Mets in 1998 and threw a no-hitter for the Dodgers in 1996.
After they played for the Mets ...
1) Nolan Ryan - played for the Mets from 1966-1971 and threw no-hitters for the Angels in 1973 (2), 1974, and 1975, for the Astros in 1981, and for the Rangers in 1990 and 1991.
2) Tom Seaver - played for the Mets from 1967-1977 and threw a no-hitter for the Reds in 1978.
3) Mike Scott - played for the Mets from 1979-1982 and threw a no-hitter for the Astros in 1986.
4) Dwight Gooden - played for the Mets from 1984-1994 and threw a no-hitter for the Yankees in 1996.
5) David Cone - played for the Mets from 1987-1992 and threw a no hitter (perfect game) for the Yankees in 1999. Cone also pitched for the Mets in 2003.
6) Philip Humber - played for the Mets from 2006-2007 and threw a no-hitter (perfect game) for the White Sox in 2012.
Combined no-hitters ...
1) Alejandro Peña - played for the Mets from 1990-1991 and was part of a combined no-hitter for the Braves in 1991.
2) Ricardo Rincón - pitched for the Mets in 2008 and was part of a combined no-hitter for the Pirates in 1997.
3) Octavio Dotel - played for the Mets in 1999 and was part of a combined no-hitter for the Astros in 2003.
4) Billy Wagner - played for the Mets from 2006-2009 and was part of a combined no-hitter for the Astros in 2003. This was the same no-hitter that Octavio Dotel was a part of.
Who is the third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays?
Evan Longoria has been the third baseman for the Rays from 2008 to the present.
Shortest baseball player ever?
Eddie Gaedel played for the White Sox as a stunt. Technically, I guess it would be Eddie Gaedel, who was sent to bat for the St. Louis Browns. He was sent in as a 3' 7" hitter for Frank Saucier to take 4 pitches which with his shortened strike zone, everyone assumed would be called for balls. They were.
Who holds the record for most home runs in Major League Baseball history?
this can acctually be a trick question. however the real home run record is not barry bonds, hank aaron, or babe Ruth. those are the top 3 names that come up usually. the home run record holder is JOSH GIBSON he was a negro league player and never played in the "mlb" in his era. however the mlb joint with the negro league therefore meaning all records and stats from the negro leagues are entered into the current mlb
am i losing you? good cause anyways josh Gibson had something like 810 career home runs. that is the mlb home run record most baseball fans don't realize this. im 16 years old but im considered to be one of the smartest at baseball history. i worked with a man in NY named bob connely for about 5 years, if you call up to the hall of fame with questions about baseball memerobillia hes the name the baseball hall of fame will give you. and whenever he gets new memerobillia in he consaults with me about it as well. hes the master im just the student but we both have almost infinite knowledge on baseball. if you have any other questions relating to baseball feel free to contact me.. and to the people that tried to answer this im sorry i don't mean to make you seem inferior but i think the real answer should be posted
Answerbarry bonds broke hank aarons record of 755 AnswerThe Major League record is 755, by Hank Aaron. He passed Babe Ruth's career record of 714, and Barry Bonds seems to be creeping towards the all-time mark, having passed #700.Barry Bonds holds the record for most home runs in MLB history,with 762 home runs,and baseball fans believe that Alex Rodriguez will over take that within the next 5-10 years
As of August 8, 2007, Barry Bonds has 756 and Hank Aaron has 755.
Answer: barry bonds
Actually Josh Gibson didn't hit 810 home runs, but almost 800 home runs. Try to study more kiddo.
