During his famed run from 1921 through 1925, Rogers Hornsby scripted a slash line that reads like some fantastical pull from another dimension: a .474 on-base percentage and .690 slugging mark to support the inconceivable three digit number that begins it all – a .402 batting average. Yes, the baseball […]
120 years ago, a Reds center fielder named Cy Seymour emblazoned his 10th Major League season with a line so far beyond anything he’d accomplished before and anything he’d do in his final six years after this pinnacle: a startling, awe-inspiring mountain flanked by short, rolling hills. In 1905, left-handed […]
With the cold weather still lingering in many parts of the country, winter-weary baseball fans can take comfort in knowing that the action ramping up across ballparks in Florida and Arizona heralds the arrival of spring. But while the Grapefruit and Cactus League games have been an annual component […]
This past season, Royals All-Star Bobby Witt, Jr. – AL batting champ, runner-up in league MVP voting, Silver Slugger, Gold Glover, producer of the second highest extra-base hit tally ever for a shortstop – also enjoyed a flirtation with hitting .400 … at home. The dalliance fell short, leaving the […]
Among all the players who began and ended their careers within the confines of the Divisional Era (since 1969), 11 of them furnished the following lines: at least 5,000 plate appearances, a .300 (or better) batting average and more walks than strikeouts. Four members of the very special .300/.400/.500 club* […]