Archive for the 'Records' Category

For a bad team in a bad year for hitting, Frank Howard accomplished a batting feat that’s never been matched.

Willard Brown was the first African-American to homer in the American League. His teammates didn’t celebrate, though.

Finishing one run shy of 100 is a painful but not uncommon feat.

It’s been a long while since any squad reached that mark.

There is no right way to get 3,000 hits.

Looking deeper at one of baseball’s most unique streaks.

Do long innings hurt no-hitter chances?

The year of two great hitters, two great records, and the beginning of a cataclysm.

A history of the almost-lost art of hitting home runs inside the park.

Membership in this prestigious round-number club may soon reach a round number, too.