Baseball Fun Facts
The first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston in 1903 and was a
nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3.
The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles, which is more than any other
team.
Former Yankees right fielder Mickey Mantle holds the record for most career home runs
(18) and RBI (40) in World Series history.
Baseball stars from the National League and the American League played the first AllStar Game in 1933. The National League has won 41 of the 80 games. The game ended in
a tie twice. In 1961 rain in Boston prevented extra innings and the game ended in a 1-1
tie. And in 2002, the game went 11 innings with the score knotted at seven before it was
finally called off due to a lack of pitchers.
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. didn't miss a game in 16 years. He played in
2,632 consecutive games from April 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998.
Pete Rose, who played for the Cincinnati Reds and then was banned from baseball for life
for betting on games while managing the team, holds the all-time record for hits (4,256)
and games played (3,562).
In 2001, San Francisco's Barry Bonds broke the all-time single-season home run
record when he hit 73. He broke the mark of 70, set by St. Louis Cardinals first
baseman Mark McGwire in 1998.
Fourteen players have hit four home runs in one game: Bobby Lowe, Ed Delahanty, Lou
Gehrig, Chuck Klein, Pat Seerey, Gil Hodges, Joe Adcock, Rocky Colavito, Willie Mays,
Mike Schmidt, Bob Horner, Mark Whiten, Mike Cameron and Shawn Green.
Pitcher Nolan Ryan played 27 seasons in major league baseball and struck out more
batters in his career than any other pitcher.
Barry Bonds won the National League MVP Award seven timestwice with the
Pittsburgh Pirates and five times with the San Francisco Giants. That's four more times
than Stan Musial, Roy Campanella, and Mike Schmidt, his closest NL co-winners. On the
American League MVP list areJimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, and Mickey
Mantle with three awards each.
Philadelphia A's (now the Oakland Athletics) manager Connie Mack has 3,755 career
victories, more than any other manager in history.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is located in Cooperstown, N.Y. It was
created in 1935 to celebrate baseball's 100th anniversary.
1. Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson and Honus Wagner were
part of the 1st hall of fame class.
2. The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series Titles.
3. The St. Louis Cardinals have the 2nd most World Series wins with 11, but have never
won back to back World Series.
4. Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. didnt miss a game in 16 years. He played
in 2,632 consecutive games from April 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998.
5. The first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston in 1903 and was a
nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3.
6. The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is located in Cooperstown, N.Y. It was
created in 1935 to celebrate baseballs 100th anniversary
7. The tallest player in Major League history is pitcher Jon Rauch, who is six feet, eleven
inches tall.
8. A regulation baseball has 108 stitches.
9. Catcher Roger Bresnahan introduced shin guards in 1907.
10. Having been open for nearly 100 years, Fenway Park in Boston is the oldest baseball
stadium still in use.
11. Mike Schmidt earned the first $500,000 salary in baseball in 1977.
12. Baseball star Babe Ruth was born George Herman Ruth. He played in 2503 games
and had a lifetime batting average of .342.
13. The 1st Baseball game in the USA was played in New Jersey on June 19th 1846.
14. Cal Hubbard is the only person in both Football and Base Hall of fame.
15. The first rule book was issued in 1877 and has been changing ever since.
16. Alex Rodriguez is the youngest player to hit over 500 home runs.
17. Cy Young won 511 games as a pitcher.
18. Barry Bonds leads the home run list with 762 home runs.
19. Ricky Henderson had a staggering 1,406 stolen bases.
20. Sammy Sosa hit over 60 homers in a season 3 times.
21. Curtis Granderson hit 23 triples in the 2007 season.
22. You are 300,000 to 1 to be hit by the baseball and injured if you are in a crowd at a
MLB game.
23. The average baseball only lasts about a week. Each baseball can only be used one
time in a MLB game.
24. Mickey Mantle has 18 home runs and 40RBIs in World Series games.
25. Derek Jeter is a 13-time all-star.
26. Roger Clemens won the CY Young award 7times.
27. Ken Griffey Jr. finished his career with 630 Home runs.
28. Pedro Martinez had 3,154 strikeouts in his career.
29. Carlos Beltran was the first switch hitter to hit 300 home runs and steal 300 bases.
30. Randy Johnson had 303 wins and 166 losses in his career.
31 (bonus). The longest Home Run ever hit in Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome) in
Toronto, if popped straight up, would not have hit the ceiling.
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