When we think of the greatest hitting seasons ever, we think first of the players who set the standards in batting average and home runs. Hit over .400, reach the 60-HR plateau, or win the Triple Crown, and baseball fans and historians won’t hesitate to include you on their lists of the best seasons.
Who had the most hits in Major League Baseball in the 1930s? This baseball list looks at the top ten for that decade.
Todd Helton’s batting accomplishments, in Denver AND away from Colorado, are more than enough to make him a Hall of Famer
Albert Belle finds his name on the Today’s Game ballot for the Hall of Fame. Will the former slugger get support from the voters?
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
For the first decade of his career, Bobby Bonds seemed destined for Cooperstown. But then it fell apart.
No one ever feared Harold Baines the way they feared Jim Rice with a bat in their hands. Not even close. I’m fine with a Hall of
In this cartoon, The Sporting News is celebrating Forbes Field, which debuted on June 30, 1909, and was marking its 50th anniversary in 1959.
A few years ago I penned a list article about the New York Yankees top players ranked according to WAR (Wins Above Replacement). I stated at the
On October 2, 1935, J. Edgar Hoover, America’s wildly famous FBI agent, was in the stands at Navin Field for the start of the World Series. At the end, it was another “G-Man” who made healdines, as Goose Goslin’s single drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning of Game Six, giving the Tigers their first championship.
When Charles “Chick” Hafey first caught Branch Rickey’s eye in the spring of 1923, it was a case of mistaken identity. Hafey was in the Cardinal camp as a right-handed pitcher, but Rickey saw him in the batting cage, and after he sped down the first base line later that day, the St. Louis manager was certain he had the makings of an outfielder.
Eight pitchers have managed to win 100 games for TWO teams. All but two of them are in the Hall of Fame. All of them were great hurlers.