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Johnny Frederick Brooklyn Dodgers (52) in 1929

Fred Lynn Boston Redsox (47) in 1975 AL

Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit four home runs in both the 1952 and 1955 World Series.

Israel Alcantara, Jimmy Anderson, Darren Bragg, Zach Crouch, Ivan De Jesus, Alex Delgado, Chris Haney, Craig Hansen, Steve Lomasney, Trever Miller, Franklin Morales, Yamaico Navarro, Ramon Ramirez, Scott Taylor

According to Guiness Book of World Records, Nolan Ryan threw a pitch at the speed of 100.9 mph on August 20, 1974.

I heard some where nolan Ryan threw a 106 MPH ball several times and maybe even faster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joel Zumaya three 103 miles an hour in 2007

so so wrong...Stephen Strasburg threw it 117mph

No. In the modern era, Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the Major Leagues.

He played for the Royals from 1995-2000, then he played for the Athletics in 2001, then played for the Red Sox from 2002-2005. Damon was a member of the Yankees from 2006-2009.

P Hank Johnson 1929

C Art Jorgens 1929

P Roy Sherid 1930-31

P Red Ruffing 1932-42, 46

P Hank Borowy 1943-45

OF Charlie Keller 1945

OF/Coa Tommy Henrich 1946-51

UT Archie Wilson 1952

IF Joe Collins 1953-57

OF Jim Pisoni 1959-60

OF Jack Reed 1961

IF Tom Tresh 1961-69

C Thurman Munson 1969-79

On August 3, 1979, number 15 was retired in honor of the late Thurman Munson

Third baseman Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays began the 2015 season as the current leader for consecutive games played with 243.

The Great Mickey Mantle has to be considered the player to have played the longest for the New York Yankees, with 18 seasons. Although Yogi Berra also played 18 seasons, the Mick had 18 full seasons and leads the Yankees all-time in many categories including Games - 2401, Total Plate Appearances - 9871, and At Bats - 8102.

Click on the link below to see all the Yankees all-time leaders.

Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera have also played 18 seasons for the Yankees. Also, Jeter is now the all-time Yankees leader in at-bats and plate appearances.

There is no exact date of course, but Lou Gehrig showed showed signs of the disease during spring training of 1939. At the start of the season, the condition worsened, Gehrig could hardly field groundballs. Playing in 8 games he got only 4 singles in 28 at bats which is about a .143 batting average. This is in contrast to a .295 average the year before i believe. So it is believe Gehrig got the disease sometime after 1938 and before the 1939 season perhaps. Medical records may exist of the date Gehrig entered the Mayo Clinic and was diagnosed.

There are at least a minimum of eight teams in Major League Baseball who have not won the World Series and they are the Texas Rangers, the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays of the America League, the Houston Astros never won the World Series as part of either the American or National League, the Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers and San Padres of the National League and also the National League's Washington Nationals who had also never won it as the Montreal Expos.

Little is known about the origins of baseball and who the first baseball team. Certainly one of the first teams was the New York Knickerbockers, formed in 1845 by Alexander Cartwright. Click on the 'New York Knickerbockers' link on this page to learn about them.

The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball team in the United States. Click on the 'Cincinnati Red Stockings' link on this page to read about their history.

Also they were the first professional team and they had beat every other team they played

Joe Sewell of the 1929 Cleveland Indians went 442 at bats (May 20-September 20, a stretch of 115 games) without striking out.

Pitcher Tom Seaver struck out the last 10 batters in a row during his 19-strikeout game on April, 22 1970.

For a batter, pitching great Sandy Koufax struck out 12 times in a row in 1955.

New york Yankees vs the Boston Red Sox in Boston

In NFL history, the most consecutive losses is 26 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 and 1977. Tampa Bay's first year in the NFL was 1976 and they lost all 14 games on the schedule. The following year they lost the first 12 games on the schedule before finally defeating the New Orleans Saints 33-14 for their first NFL victory.

Every hitter who has opened the season going 1 for 1, 1 for 2, 2 for 3, 2 for 5, 4 for 10 and so on can claim to have hit .400 IN a season. Batting titles FOR a season are based on a minimum number of at bats. Ted Williams holds the distinction of being the last Major League Player to do so having hit .406 average (185 for 456) in 1941.

IF Lyn Lary 1929-30

P Jim Weaver 1931

OF Sammy Byrd 1932

IF Billy Werber 1933

P Vito Tamulis 1934

P Charlie Devens 1934

P Steve Sundra 1936

P Spud Chandler 1937

P Ivy Andrews 1937-43

P Marv Breuer 1943

OF Paul Waner 1944

P Al Lyons 1944

P Steve Roser 1945

C Gus Niarhos 1946

IF Billy Johnson 1946-51

P Stubby Overmire 1951

P Tom Gorman 1952-54

P Ralph Branca 1954

P Gerry Staley 1955-56

P Al Cicotte 1957

P Duke Maas 1958-60

P Al Downing 1961-69

P Danny McDevitt 1961

P Ron Klimkowski 1970-71

IF Felipe Alou 1971-73

OF Otto Velez 1974, 76

OF Rick Bladt 1975

OF Jimmy Wynn 1977

P Mike Torrez 1977

OF Gary Thomasson 1978

IF Mickey Klutts 1978

IF Dennis Werth 1979-81

UT Butch Hobson 1982

IF Lee Mazzilli 1982

P John Montefusco 1983-84

OF Rickey Henderson 1985-89

OF Deion Sanders 1989

OF Marcus Lawton 1989

IF Mike Blowers 1990

IF Kevin Maas 1990-93

IF Russ Davis 1994-95

IF Tino Martinez 1996-01, 05

OF Ruben Sierra 2003-04

P Sidney Ponson 2006

IF Robinson Cano 2007-11

The Oakland A's went to the World Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974 (winning all 3), and again in 1988, 1989, and 1990 (winning in 1989).

This does not include the A's years in Philadelphia (8 more appearances: 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929, 1930, 1931 -- winning in 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, and 1930), or their years in Kansas City (no World Series appearances).

The American League came to be in 1900. It was formed by joining together several minor league teams (and not by splitting off from the National League).

In 1900, Ban Johnson (president of the Western League, the strongest of the minor leagues) and Charles Comiskey (who owned the Chicago White Sox franchise) wanted an open competition with the National League. So, they created the American League.

The American League joined the majors in 1901, and the Chicago White Sox won the very first American League pennant. Winning the Pennant in either league was the pinnacle of success as the two leagues did not compete against each other in the World Series until 1903 when each league sent one team - the one that won their respective Pennant - to the World Series. That practice continues until today (with the exception of two years - 1904 and 1994.

Why the leagues are named so similarly "American" and "National" remains a mystery; "American League" may be a throwback to the previous NL competitor, American Association. The American league is Yankees, Rangers. The Nationals league is Phillies, Mets, Braves, Giants, Nationals, Redsox, Cardinals and Pirates.

CAREER

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HITS H

1 Robin Yount 1731

2 Eddie Murray 1642

3 Willie Wilson 1639

4 Wade Boggs 1597

5 Dale Murphy 1553

6 Harold Baines 1547

7 Andre Dawson 1539

8 Rickey Henderson 1507

9 Alan Trammell 1504

10 Dwight Evans 1497

11 Carney Lansford 1486

12 Keith Hernandez 1480

13 Jim Rice 1476

14 Tim Raines 1467

15 Lou Whitaker 1452

16 George Brett 1446

17 Dave Winfield 1441

18 Bill Buckner 1437

19 Steve Sax 1423

20 Paul Molitor 1421

21 Cal Ripken 1402

22 Ryne Sandberg 1395

23 Ozzie Smith 1392

24 Johnny Ray 1390

25 Dave Parker 1372

1921, the second year of Babe Ruth playing with them. In the World Series, they lost to the New York Giants, 5 games to 3. The 1921 World Series was the last Series played in a best of 9 format.

Many Players have Struck out 5 times in one game. That is the record. The record for a nine inning game is (5), but in an extra inning game the record is (6). Cecil Cooper (Boston) Billy Cowan (California) Alex Gonzalez (Toronto) Sam Horn (Baltimore) Rick Reichardt (California) Carl Weilman (St.Louis) Don Hoak (Chicago) and Craig Monroe (Detroit)