When 19-year-old Mickey Mantle stepped onto the diamond for his big league debut on April 17, 1951, the single-season high mark for home runs by a switch-hitter rested at 35, courtesy of Ripper Collins’ efforts representing the 1934 Cardinals. When the 1955 campaign came to a close, the mark was […]
When Dave Kingman joined the Mets for the 1975 season, Cleon Jones possessed more home runs than any other player in the franchise’s history, with 93. Over 664 games with New York, Kingman would clobber 154, ending his tenure with the Mets in 1983 as the club’s career home run […]
Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer have combined for nine Cy Young Awards. Collectively, they’ve produced 29 crowns in the Triple Crown categories. They’ve pitched for the winning team in five World Series, produced six no-hitters (with three of them a wild pitch or fielding error away from a […]