Let’s take a trip back to 1962. It’s July 17, we’re in Chicago to see the White Sox take on the Senators. In the first game of a doubleheader, Washington’s Dave Stenhouse and the home team’s Juan Pizarro are trading zeroes early on, Stenhouse with a little more efficiency (five […]
In 2001, Barry Bonds had only 156 hits – tied for 71st most in the Majors that year. Of course, the NL MVP had plenty of other categories to tout in a proclamation of his batting superiority, including a big league-best 107 extra-base hits (which also happened to be one […]
It’s been more than a decade since the American League saw the same player capture the batting crown, on-base title, and slugging belt. A year after he claimed the traditional Triple Crown in 2012, Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera took home the rate-stat version, slashing .348/.442/.636. Minnesota’s Joe Mauer – in 2009 […]