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Stolen Base Records

The Question: Who owns the Major League Baseball record for consecutive stolen bases in a single season? The Answer: Vince Coleman of the St. Louis Cardinals…

Jose Canseco, 2005 News

professional baseball player, put major league baseball in the spotlight with the February publication of Juiced. In the controversial tell-all memoir he unapologetically detailed his use of…

Mike Trout

Name at birth: Michael Nelson TroutMike Trout became a regular player for the Anaheim Angels of Major League Baseball in 2012, and has since distinguished himself as one of the best players in the…

Cal Ripken

Name at birth: Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.Cal Ripken earned the nickname "Iron Man" by playing in a record 2632 consecutive major league baseball games. The string ran from 30 May 1982 to 19 September…

Calculating Batting Average

The Question: I can't find a detailed answer regarding how to compute a batting average. What I found says, divide the number of bases by the number of times at bat. So, if…

Barry Bonds, 2006 News

San Francisco Giants slugger, found himself once again at the center of the controversy over steroid use in March, with the release of Game of Shadows. The book attributes Bonds's phenomenal…

Ted Williams

Ted Williams remains the last man to hit over .400 for a complete American major league baseball season. He finished the 1941 season with a .406 batting average, going 6-for-8 during a season-ending…

Joe Niekro 2006 Deaths

Joe NiekroAge: 61 major league pitcher who won 221 games in 22 seasons. He and his brother Phil won more games (539) than any other pair of brothers in major league baseball history.Died:…

Eric Tipton 2001 Deaths

Eric TiptonAge: 86 star running back and punter at Duke in the mid-1930s; played seven seasons of Major League Baseball with Philadelphia and Cincinnati; assistant football coach at William…

Bob Starr 1998 Deaths

Bob StarrAge: 65 radio play-by-play voice of the Anaheim Angels for 15 years before retiring in 1997; also broadcast Red Sox games for three seasons and Cardinals games for eight; 28 of his…