The Baseball Maniac's Almanac by Sugar, Bert Randolph -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Part 1 Individual Statistics

1 Batting

Base Hits

Most Hits by Decade Evolution of Singles Record Most Hits, Season Base Hit Leaders by State of Birth Players with 200 Hits and 40 Home Runs, Season Players with 200 Base Hits and Fewer Than 40 Extra-Base Hits, Season (Post-1900) Players with 3000 Hits, Career Most Hits by Position, Season Players Hitting for the Cycle Two or More Times (Post-1900) Most Times at Bat Without a Hit, Season Players with 200 Hits in Each of First Three Major League Seasons Players with 600 Total Hits in First Three Major League Seasons Players with 200-Hit Seasons in Each League Players with 200 Hits in Five Consecutive Seasons Rookies with 200 or More Hits Teammates Finishing One-Two in Base Hits Players Getting 1000 Hits Before Their 25th Birthday Players with 10,000 At-Bats and Fewer Than 3000 Hits, Career Players with 200 Hits, Batting Under .300, Season Players with 2500 Hits and Career .300 Batting Average Never Winning Batting Title (Post-1900), Former Negro Leaguers with 1500 Major League Hits Players with 2500 Career Hits, Never Having a 200-Hit Season Latino Players with 2500 Hits 3000 Hits, 500 Home Runs, and a .300 Batting Average, Career Most Hits by Switch-Hitter, Career Most Hits by Catcher, Career Most Singles, Career Fewest Singles, Season (Min. 140 Games, Min. 300 At-Bats) Most Singles, Season 20 Triple Seasons (Since 1930) Largest Differential Between League Leader in Hits and Runner-Up

Batting Average

Evolution of Batting Average Record Highest Batting Average by Position, Season Highest Batting Average by Decade (Min. 2000 At-Bats) Highest Batting Batting Average for a Rookie, Each League (Min. 100 Games) Lifetime Batting Averages of 20-Year Players (Not Including Pitchers) Players Never Hitting Below .270 in Career (Min. 10 Years) Players Batting .300 for 10 or More Consecutive Seasons From Start of Career .400 Hitters and How Their Team Finished .400 Hitters Versus League Batting Average (Post-1900) Players Hitting .370 Since Ted Williams’s .406 Season (1941) Players Hitting .300 in Rookie and Final Seasons (Post-1900; Min. Five Years) Players Hitting .300 in Their Only Major League Season (Post-1900; Min. 100 Games, 300 At-Bats) Players Batting .350 with 50 Home Runs Players 40 or Older Hitting .300 (Min. 50 Games) Players Hitting .325 for Two or More Different Clubs (Post-1945)

Batting Title

Closest Batting Races Teammates Finishing One-Two in Batting Race Switch-Hitting Batting Champions Catchers Winning Batting Titles Batting Champions on Last-Place Teams Batting Title Winners Without a Home Run Batting Champions Driving in Fewer Than 40 Runs Batting Champions with 100 Strikeouts in Year They Led League Lowest Batting Averages to Lead League Highest Batting Average Not to Win Batting Title Runners-Up for Batting Titles in Both Leagues Players Winning Batting Title in Season After Joining New Club Players Changing Team in Season After Winning Batting Title Largest Margin Between Batting Champion and Runner-Up Champions Whose Next Season’s Batting Average Declined the Most Lowest Lifetime Batting Averages for Players Who Led League Two-Time Batting Champions with Lifetime Batting Averages Below .300 Years in Which Right-Handed Batters Won Batting Titles in Both Leagues Fewest Strikeouts For Batting Champions

Home Runs

Evolution of Home Run Record Most Home Runs by Decade Career Home Run Leaders by Zodiac Sign All-Time Home Run Leaders by First Letter of Last Name Home Run Leaders by State of Birth 500th Home Run of 500 Home Run Hitters Most Home Runs in First Three Seasons in Majors Most Home Runs for One Club Most Home Runs by Position, Career Most Home Runs Not Leading League, Season Most Home Runs, Never Leading League, Career Most Inside-the-Park Home Runs, Career (Post-1898) Players with 10 or More Letters in Last Name, Hitting 40 or More Home Runs in Season Most Home Runs by Visiting Player, by Stadium, Most Home Runs, Month by Month Most Home Runs by Position, Season Players Leading League in Home Runs for Different Teams Players with 40 Home Run Seasons in Each League Players Hitting a Total of 100 Home Runs in Two Consecutive Seasons Players with First 20-Home Run Season After 35th Birthday Shortstops with at Least Seven Consecutive 20-Home Run Seasons Players Hitting Four Home Runs in One Game Career Home Runs by Players Hitting Four Home Runs in One Game Players with Three Home Runs in One Game, Fewer Than 10 in Season Rookies Hitting 30 or More Home Runs Former Negro Leaguers Who Led Major Leagues in Home Runs Players with 50 Home Runs, Batting Under .300, Season Players Hitting 49 Home Runs in Season, Never Hitting 50 Players Hitting 40 or More Home Runs in Season, Never Hitting 30 or More in Any Other Season, Career Most Multi-Home Run Games, Career Most Grand Slams, Career Players Hitting Two Grand Slams, Same Game Most Home Runs by Age Teenagers Hitting Grand Slams Oldest Players to Hit Grand Slams Oldest Home Run Champions Most Career Home Runs by Players Hitting Home Run on First Pitch in Majors Players Hitting Home Run in First Time At-Bat, Never Hitting Another Most At-Bats, No Home Runs, Career (Post-1900) Most Consecutive At-Bats Without a Home Run Lowest Batting Average for Home Run Leaders, Season (Post-1900) Players Hitting 30 or More Home Runs in First Three Seasons Reverse 30–30 Club: Players with 30 Home Runs and 30 Errors, Season Players Increasing Their Home Run Production in Seven Consecutive Seasons Most Home Runs by Switch-Hitters, Career Most Home Runs by Catcher, Season Most Home Runs by Catcher, Career 300 Career Home Runs and 100 Home Runs, Both Leagues Most Home Runs Hit in One Ballpark, Career Players Whose Home Run in “Cycle” Was Grand Slam Players with the Highest Percentage of Team’s Total Home Runs, Season Shortstops Leading League in Home Runs Most Home Runs by Left-Handed Hitting Shortstops Players Hitting Home Runs in 20 Consecutive Seasons Played Players with 100 Home Runs, Three Different Teams Players with 40-Home Run Seasons Before 25th Birthday Players with More Home Runs Than Strikeouts, Season (Min. 10 Home Runs) Players with the Most Career Home Runs, Never Striking Out 100 Times in a Season Largest Differential Between Leader in Home Runs and Runner-Up Most Home Runs, Last Season in Majors Fewest Career Home Runs for League Leader (Post-1920) Highest Percentage of Home Runs to Hits

Runs Batted In

Evolution of RBI Record Most RBIs by Decade Career RBI Leaders by First Letter of Last Name Teammates Finishing One-Two in RBIs Largest Differential Between League Leader in RBIs and Runner-Up Career RBI Totals, Players Hitting 500 Home Runs Players Driving in 100 Runs in First Two Seasons in Majors Players Driving in 500 Runs in First Four Years of Career Most RBIs by a Player in a Single Game Catchers with 100 RBIs and 100 Runs Scored, Season Catchers Hitting .300 with 30 Home Runs and 100 RBIs, Season Players with 40 or More Home Runs and Fewer Than 100 RBIs, Season Players with More Than 100 RBIs and Fewest Home Runs, Season Players with Most Career RBIs, Never Leading League Players with 1000 Career RBIs, Never Driving in 100 in One Season Batters Driving in 100 Runs with Three Different Teams Players Driving in 130 Teammates During Season Players Driving in 100 Runs, Season, in Each League Players with More RBIs Than Games Played, Season (Min. 100 Games) Players Driving in 20 Percent of Their Team’s Runs, Season Players with Lowest Batting Average for 100-RBI Season Players on Last-Place Teams Leading League in RBIs, Season Players Driving in 95 or More Runs in Season Three Times, Never 100

Runs Scored

Evolution of Runs Scored Record Most Runs Scored by Decade Players with More Runs Scored Than Games Played, Season (Min. 100 Games) Players Scoring 1000 Runs in Career, Never 100 in One Season Most Runs Scored by Position, Season

Walks

Evolution of Batters’ Walks Record Players with 1000 Walks, 2000 Hits, and 300 Home Runs, Career Players Leading League in Base Hits and Walks, Season Players with 200 Base Hits and 100 Walks, Season Players with More Walks Than Hits, Season (Min. 100 Walks) Players Hitting 40 or More Home Runs, with More Home Runs Than Walks, Season Players with 90 Walks in Each of First Two Seasons

Strikeouts

Average League Strikeouts (Minimum 300 At-Bats) Players with 250 More Career Strikeouts Than Hits (Min. 400 Strikeouts) Players with Most Strikeouts, Season Players with 500 At-Bats and Fewer Than 10 Strikeouts, Season Players with 200 Hits and 100 Strikeouts, Season Players with 40 or More Runs and 50 or Fewer Strikeouts, Season Players with 100 More Strikeouts Than RBIs, Season Toughest Batters to Strike Out, Career Teams with 1000+ Strikeouts, Winning World Series

Pinch Hits

Highest Batting Average for Pinch Hitter, Season (Min. 25 At-Bats)

Extra-Base Hits

Evolution of Total Bases Record Players with 100 Extra-Base Hits, Season Players with 400 Total Bases, Season Evolution of Doubles Record Players Hitting 40 Home Runs and 40 Doubles, Season Evolution of Triples Record Leaders in Doubles and Triples, Season Leaders in Doubles and Home Runs, Season Leaders in Triples and Home Runs, Season Players Hitting 20 Home Runs, 20 Triples, and 20 Doubles, Season Players Leading League in Doubles, Triples, and Home Runs During Career (Post-1900) Players Since World War II with 100 Doubles, Triples, Home Runs, and Stolen Bases, Career Players with 200 Hits and Fewer than 40 Extra-Base Hits, Season Most Doubles by Position, Season Most Triples by Position, Season Most Total Bases by Position, Season

Stolen Bases

Evolution of Stolen Base Record Most Stolen Bases by Position, Season Most Stolen Bases by Decade Teammates Combining for 125 Stolen Bases, Season Players Stealing 30 Bases for 10 Consecutive Seasons Players Leading League in Stolen Bases and Total Bases, Season Players with 200 Home Runs and 200 Stolen Bases, Career Players with 400 Home Runs and 10 Steals of Home, Career Players with 200 Hits, 20 Home Runs, and 20 Stolen Bases, Season Players with 10 Doubles, Triples, Home Runs, and Steals in Each of First Three Seasons in Majors Players Who Have Stolen Second, Third, and Home in Same Inning Most Stolen Bases by Catcher, Season Most Stolen Bases by Catcher, Career Players with 50 Stolen Bases and 100 RBIs, Season Most Stolen Bases by Home Run Champion, Season Players Stealing Bases in Four Decades Best On-Base Percentage (OBP) by Decade Best On Base Plus Slugging (OPS) by Decade

Batting Miscellany

Best Wins Above Replacement (WAR) by Decade (Hitters Only) Most Times Leading League in Offensive Category Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League in Offensive Category Players Leading in All Triple Crown Categories, But Not in Same Year Highest Offensive Career Totals by Players Who Never Led League Highest Ratio of Three True Outcomes, Season (Home Run, Strikeout, Walk Career Offensive Leaders by Players Under Six Feet Tall Largest Margin Between League Leaders and Runners-Up Evolution of Slugging Percentage Record Players Hitting Safely in at Least 135 Games, Season Players Hitting for the Cycle in Natural Order (Single, Double, Triple, Home Run) Highest Slugging Percentage by Position, Season Most Times Awarded First Base on Catcher’s Interference or Obstruction Winners of Two “Legs” of Triple Crown Since Last Winner

2 Pitching

Wins

Most Victories by Decade Pitchers with the Most Career Wins by First Letter of Last Name Pitchers with the Most Career Victories by Zodiac Sign Pitchers with the Most Victories by State of Birth Pitchers with Five or More Consecutive 20-Win Seasons (Post-1900) 100-Game Winners, Both Leagues Pitchers with 500 Major League Decisions Most Wins, Major and Minor Leagues Combined Most Wins For One Team Pitchers with 100 More Wins Than Losses, Career Pitchers with Most Career Wins, Never Leading League in One Season 200-Game Winners, Never Winning 20 Games in Season Pitchers with 100 Wins and 500 Hits, Career Victories in Most Consecutive Seasons Most Wins in a Season Without a Complete Game Most Career Wins by Pitchers Six and a Half Feet Tall or Taller Most Career Wins by Pitchers Under Six Feet Tall Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Season Split Between Two Teams (Post-1900) Pitchers Winning 20 Games with 3 Different Teams Oldest Pitchers to Win 20 Games for First Time Youngest Pitchers to Win 20 Games Rookies Winning 20 Games Most Seasons Logged Before First 20-Win Season Rookie Pitchers with 20 Wins and 200 Strikeouts Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Rookie Year, Fewer Than 20 Balance of Career 20-Game Winners Who Didn’t Win 20 More Games in Career (Post-1900) Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Last Season in Majors Earliest 20-Game Winner During Season Most Wins After Turning 40 Pitchers on Losing Teams, Leading League in Wins 20-Game Winners on Last-Place Teams 20-Game Winners with Worst Lifetime Winning Percentage (Post-1900) ”Pure” 20-Game Winners (Pitchers with 20 or More Wins Than Losses) Lefties Winning 20 Games Twice Since World War II Pitchers with 20-Win Seasons After Age 40 Pitchers Leading Both Leagues in Wins, Season 20-Game Winners One Season, 20-Game Losers the Next 20-Game Winners and Losers, Same Season Pitchers Who Led League in Wins in Successive Seasons Most Pitching Wins for One Season Most Total Wins, Two Pitchers on Same Staff, Career Together as Teammates Most Wins, Right-Hander and Left-Hander on Same Staff, Season Largest Differential Between League Leader in Wins and Runner-Up Highest Percentage of Team’s Total Wins for Season Pitchers Winning 300 Games, Never Striking Out 200 Batters, Season Won-Loss Percentage of 300-Game Winners

Shutouts

Evolution of Shutout Record 20-Game Winners with No Complete Game Shutouts Pitchers Leading League in Wins, No Complete Game Shutouts Most Shutouts by a Rookie Most Career Starts, No Shutouts Most Career Shutouts, Never Led League Pitchers with Shutouts in First Two Major League Starts Most Hits Allowed by Pitcher Throwing Shutout Players with Highest Percentage of Shutouts to Games Started, Career

Losses

Most Losses by Decade Evolution of Pitchers’ Losses Record Pitchers with Seven or More Consecutive Losing Seasons Pitchers with 150 Wins with More Losses Than Wins, Career Pitchers on Winning Teams, Leading League in Losses, Season Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Rookie Year, Losing 20 in Second Year 300-Game Winners with Fewer Than 200 Losses

Earned Run Average

Best ERA by Decade (Min. 1000 Innings) Teammates Finishing One-Two in ERA, Season Pitchers with 3000 Innings Pitched and an ERA Lower Than 3.00 (Post–1900) Pitchers Leading League in ERA After Their 40th Birthday ERA Under 2.00, Season (Since 1920) Pitchers with Losing Record, Leading League in ERA 20-Game Winners with 4.00 ERA, Season 20-Game Losers with ERA Below 2.00 ERA Leaders with Fewer Than 10 Wins Pitchers with Lowest ERA in Both Leagues ERA Leaders with 25 or More Wins, Season ERAs of 300-Game Winners

Strikeouts

Evolution of Strikeout Record Most Strikeouts by Decade Members of Same Pitching Staff Finishing One-Two in Strikeouts, Season Pitchers Leading League with 100 More Strikeouts Than Runner-Up Pitchers with 3000 Strikeouts, Never Leading League Pitchers Striking Out 1000 Batters Before Their 24th Birthday Most Times Striking Out 10 or More Batters in a Game, Season Most Times Striking Out 10 or More Batters in a Game, Career Pitchers Averaging 10 Strikeouts per Nine Innings, Season (Min. 165 IP) Pitchers with Combined Total of 500 Strikeouts and Walks, Season Pitchers Striking Out the Side on Nine Pitches Pitchers with 200 Strikeouts and Fewer Than 50 Walks, Season Rookie Pitchers Striking Out 200 Batters Rookies Leading League in Strikeouts Pitchers Leading League in Strikeouts, 10 or More Years Apart Oldest Pitchers to Lead League in Strikeouts Strikeout Leaders on Last-Place Teams

Walks

Pitchers Walking 20 or Fewer Batters, Season (Min. 200 Innings, Post–1900) Fewest Walks, Season (Min. One Inning Pitched Each Team Game) Pitchers Walking Fewer Than One Batter Every Nine Innings, Season (Min. 160 IP) Highest Percentage of Walks to Innings Pitched, Season

Low-Hit Games

Pitchers with a No-Hitter in First Major League Start Pitchers with a One-Hitter in First Major League Game Last Outs in Perfect Games Perfect Game Pitchers, Career Wins 26-Batter Perfect Games (Spoiled by 27th Batter) Most Walks Given Up by No-Hit Pitchers, Game Pitchers Throwing No-Hitters in 20-Loss Season Pitchers Hitting Home Runs in No-Hit Games Pitchers Throwing No-Hitters in Consecutive Seasons No-Hitters Pitched Against Pennant-Winning Teams No-Hit Pitchers Going Winless the Next Season after Pitching a No-Hitter Back-to-Back One-Hit Games (Post-1900) Oldest Pitcher to Throw a No-Hitter Youngest Pitcher to Throw a No-Hitter Rookies Throwing No-Hitters Longest Stretch by Pitcher Between No-Hitters Shortest Stretch by Pitcher Between No-Hitters

Saves/Relief Pitchers

Saves by Decade Evolution of Saves Record Pitchers with 100 Wins and 100 Saves, Career Relief Pitchers with the Most Wins, Season Most Games Won by Relief Pitcher, Career Teams with Two Pitchers with 20 Saves, Season Pitchers Having 20-Win Seasons and 20-Save Seasons, Career Pitchers with 15 Saves and 15 Wins in Relief, Same Season Best Wins Above Replacement (WAR) by Decade (Pitchers Only)

Pitching Miscellany

Best Winning Percentage by Decade (100 Decisions)

Walks Plus Hits Per Inning

Best WHIP by Decade Most Seasons Leading League in Pitching Category Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League in Pitching Category Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings Pitched Highest Career Pitching Totals by Pitchers Who Never Led League Career Pitching Leaders Under Six Feet Tall Pitching’s Triple Crown Winners (Led League in Wins, ERA, and Strikeouts, Same Season) Most Home Runs Given Up, Season Most Home Runs Given Up, Career Pitchers Giving Up Most Grand Slams, Season Pitchers with 2000 Innings Pitched, Allowing No Grand Slams 20-Game Winners Batting .300, Same Season Complete Games by Decade Evolution of Complete Games Record Most Games Started By a Pitcher, Career Highest Percentage of Complete Games to Games Started Pitchers Starting 20 Games in 20 Consecutive Seasons Evolution of Record for Most Games Pitched in a Season Evolution of Innings Pitched Record Most Quality Starts, Season Most Quality Starts, Career Most Wild Pitches, Season (Since 1900) Last Legal Spitball Pitchers Left-Handed Pitchers Appearing in More Than 700 Games, Career Pitchers Who Have Stolen Home

3 Hall of Fame

First Players Elected to Hall of Fame from Each Position Highest Lifetime Batting Average for Hall of Fame Pitchers Hall of Famers with Lifetime Batting Averages Below .265 (Excluding Pitchers) Hall of Famers with Lowest Marks in Offensive Categories Teams Fielding Most Future Hall of Fame Players Infields Fielding Four Future Hall of Famers Hall of Fame Pitchers Who Batted Right and Threw Left Switch-Hitting Pitchers in Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Pitchers Who Played Most Games at Other Positions Hall of Fame Position Players Who Also Pitched Hall of Fame Pitchers with Losing Records Leading Career Pitching Marks by Those Not In Hall of Fame Leading Career Batting Marks by Those Not In Hall of Fame Most Career Hits by Players Not In Hall of Fame Most Career Wins by Pitchers Not In Hall of Fame Most Career Home Runs by Players Not In Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inductees Receiving 90 Percent of Vote Won–Lost Percentage of Hall of Famers Elected as Players Who Managed in Majors Hall of Famers Making Last Out in World Series Hall of Famers Who Played for the Harlem Globetrotters Hall of Famers Who Died on Their Birthday

4 Awards

Most Valuable Player

Unanimous Choice for MVP Closest Winning Margins in MVP Voting Widest Winning Margins in MVP Voting Won MVP Award in Consecutive Years, by Position Teammates Finishing One-Two in MVP Balloting Triple Crown Winners Not Winning MVP MVPs on Nonwinning Teams MVPs Not Batting .300, Hitting 30 Home Runs, or Driving in 100 Runs (Not Including Pitchers) Pitchers Winning MVP Award Players Winning MVP Award First Season in League MVPs Receiving Fewer First-Place Votes Than Runner-Up Teams with Most Consecutive MVP Awards Players Winning MVP Award with Two Different Teams MVPs with Fewest Hits Switch-Hitting MVPs

Cy Young Award

Pitchers Winning 25 Games, Not Winning Cy Young Award Pitchers Winning 20 Games Only Once and Cy Young Award Same Season Cy Young Winners Not in Top 10 in League in ERA, Season Cy Young Winners with Lowest Run Support Relief Pitchers Winning Cy Young Award Cy Young Winners Increasing Their Number of Victories the Following Season Won Cy Young in Both Leagues Won Both Cy Young and MVP Same Season Cy Young Winners with Higher Batting Averages Than That Year’s Home Run Leader

Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year Winners on Team Other Than the One First Played On Relief Pitchers Winning Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year on Pennant-Winning Teams Rookies of the Year Elected to Hall of Fame

Gold Gloves

Most Gold Gloves, by Position

5 Managers

Winningest Managers by First Letter of Last Name Winningest Managers by Zodiac Sign Managers During Most Presidential Administrations Managers Winning 1000 Games with One Franchise Managers with Over 1000 Career Wins and sub-.500 Winning Percentage Managers with Most Career Victories for Each Franchise Best Winning Percentage as Manager with One Team (Post-1900; Min. 150 Games) Managers with 500 Wins in Each League Played in 2000 Games, Managed in 2000 Games Managers Managing 100-Loss Teams After 1000th Career Victory Managers with Both 100 Wins and 100-Loss Seasons Former Pitchers Winning Pennants as Managers (Post-1900) Managers Taking Over World Series Teams in Midseason Managers Replaced While Team Was in First Place Managers Winning Pennant in First Year as Manager of Team Managers Undefeated in World Series Play Managers with Fewest Career Wins to Win World Series Managers with Most Career Wins Never to Manage a World Series Team (Post-1903) Pennant-Winning Managers with Fewest Career Games (Since 1900) Most Times Managing the Same Club Managers with Best Winning Percentage for First Five Full Years of Managing Managers Never Experiencing a Losing Season (Post-1900; Min. Two Full Seasons) Career One-Game Managers Managers Managing in Civilian Clothes Managers Who Were Lawyers Pennant-Winning Managers Who Won Batting Titles Managers with Same Initials as Team They Managed Playing Managers After 1950 1000 Wins as Manager and 2000 Hits as Player

6 Fielding

Most Games Played by Position, Career Most Consecutive Games Played at Each Position Players Who Played 1000 Games at Two Positions, Career Unassisted Triple Plays Most No-Hitters Caught Games Caught by Left-Handed Catchers Players Pitching and Catching, Same Game

7 Relatives

Father-Son Combinations with 250 Home Runs, Career Brother Batteries Twins Who Played Major League Baseball Hall of Famers Whose Sons Played in Majors Players with Two Sons Who Played in Majors Brother Double-Play Combinations Most Home Runs, Brothers Pitching Brothers Each Winning 20 Games in Same Season Hall of Famers’ Brothers Who Played 10 or More Seasons in Majors (Post-1900) Father-Son Tandems Who Both Played for Same Manager Sons Who Played for Their Fathers Best Won–Lost Percentage for Pitching Brothers Most Total Combined Career Wins for Pitching Brothers Pitching Brothers Facing Each Other, Regular Season Most Career Victories by Father-Son Combination (Post-1900) Brothers Who Played Together on Three Major League Teams

8 World Series

9 All-Star Game

Players Who Made All-Star Roster After Starting Season in Minors Pitchers Winning All-Star Game and World Series Game, Same Season Pitchers Who Pitched More Than Three Innings in One All-Star Game All-Star Game Managers Who Never Managed in World Series Brothers Selected to Play in All-Star Game, Same Season Players Hitting Home Runs in All-Star Game and World Series, Same Season Fathers and Sons, Both of Whom Played in All-Star Games Pitchers with No Victories, Named to All-Star Team Oldest Players Named to All-Star Team

10 Teams

Teams’ Won–Lost Percentage by Decade Clubs Winning 100 Games, Not Winning Pennant Pennant Winners One Year, Losing Record Next (Post-1900) Pennant-Winning Season After Losing Record Year Before Teams Winning 100 Games in a Season, Three Years in a Row Largest Increase in Games Won by Team Next Season Largest Decrease in Games Won by Team Next Season Teams with Worst Won–Lost Percentage Teams Hitting .300 Teams with Three 20-Game Winners Teams with 30-Game Winners, Not Winning Pennant Teams Leading or Tied for First Place Entire Season Teams Scoring in Every Inning (Post-1900) Most Lopsided Shutouts

11 Miscellany

Players with Both Little League and Major League World Series Teams Olympians (in Sports Other Than Baseball) Who Played Major League Baseball Four-Decade Players First Players Chosen in Draft by Expansion Teams Last Active Player Once Playing for . . . Last Players Born in Nineteenth Century to Play in Majors First Players Born in Twentieth Century to Play in Majors Second African American to Play for Each of 16 Original Major League Teams Players and Mangers Same Number Retired on Two Different Clubs Major Leaguers Who Played Pro Football in Same Year(s) Performances by Oldest Players Oldest Players, by Position Youngest Players to Play in Majors Youngest Players, by Position Players Who Played During Most Presidential Administrations Players Playing Most Seasons with One Address (One Club, One City in Majors) Players Who Played 2500 Games in One Uniform (Post-1900) Players Playing Most Seasons in City of Birth Players with Same Surname as Town of Birth Players with Longest Given Names Players with Palindromic Surnames Most Common Last Names in Baseball History Number of Major League Players by First Letter of Last Name Third Basemen on Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance Chicago Cubs Teams First Designated Hitter for Each Major League Team Players Killed as Direct Result of Injuries Sustained in Major League Games Players Who Played for Three New York Teams Players Who Played for Both Original and Expansion Washington Senators Players Who Played for Both Kansas City Athletics and Kansas City Royals Players Who Played for Both Milwaukee Braves and Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers Who Gave Up Most Hits to Pete Rose Pitchers Who Gave Up Home Runs to Both Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds in Their Record-Breaking Seasons (1998 and 2001) Major League Shortstops from San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic Players Born on Leap Year Day (February 29) Players Who Played on Four of California’s Five Major League Teams Tallest Players in Major League History Shortest Players in Major League History Teammates the Longest Teammates with 300 Wins and 500 Home Runs New Baseball Stadiums Built Since 2005 Players Traded for Themselves Players Wearing Numbers “0” and “00”

Part 2 Team-by-Team Histories

American League

Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Houston Astros Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Minnesota Twins New York Yankees Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Tampa Bay Rays Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays

National League

Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves (formerly the Milwaukee Braves) Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Colorado Rockies Los Angeles Dodgers Miami Marlins Milwaukee Brewers New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants Washington Nationals (formerly the Montreal Expos)

Franchises No Longer in Existence

Baltimore Orioles Boston Braves Brooklyn Dodgers New York Giants Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Browns Washington Senators

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