Albert Pujols’ first 10 seasons were as close to ideal as any player has ever experienced – a full-time player from day one, no significant time lost to injury or labor issues or global conflict or global pandemic, a start at a very young age, eye-popping numbers throughout. That […]
On May 2, 1926, 17-year-old Mel Ott drove in his first career run. Joining the festivities in the sixth inning on a Sunday at the Polo Grounds, Ott pinch-hit for pitcher Tim McNamara, faced down right-hander Frank Ulrich and singled to score Ty Tyson. The names (other than Ott’s) aren’t […]
When he finished his Hall of Fame career in 1947, Hank Greenberg had scorched, sailed, soared and smacked 781 baseballs for extra-base hits. That tally represented 47.97% of all the hits he had produced over his 13-year career, a percentage that 78 years after he was done tormenting big league […]