The Baseball Maniac's Almanac

by Sugar, Bert Randolph

• ISBN13: 9780071429504
• ISBN10: 0071429506
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-02
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

A fantastic and far-flung compilation of stats, figures, and little-known nuggets about our national pastimeAn addictive read, sure to spark conversation wherever baseball is spoken, The Baseball Maniac's Almanac is part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser--and absolutely the greatest, most unusual and thorough compendium of baseball stats and facts ever compiled-- all verfied for accuracy by the Baseball Hall of Fame. Renowned sportswriter Bert Sugar, with his trademark tough-guy swagger, presents thousands of fascinating lists, tables, data, and stimulating facts about:* Individual players and teams* Managers* Player relatives* The Hall of Fame* Annual awards* The World Series* All-Star Games* A list of the all-time statistical leaders for all all the major league teams PLUS: A truly unforgettable "miscellany" section answers such mind-boggling questions as, "Which major-leaguers have palindromic surnames?" and "Which players born under each zodiac sign have hit the most career home runs?"

Author Biography

Bert Sugar (New York, NY), known as "the Isaac Asimov of athletics," is one of the most recognized sportswriters in history, making numerous appearances on television and in films. Over the course of his 50-plus-year career, he has authored more than 80 books, including a dozen on baseball.

Table of Contents

Preface	XXVII
Part 1 Individual Statistics	1	(202)
1 Batting	3	(82)
Base Hits	3	(9)
Most Hits by Decade	3	(1)
Evolution of Singles Record	4	(1)
Base Hit Leaders by State of Birth	4	(1)
Players with 200 Hits and 40 Home Runs, Season	5	(1)
Players with 200 Base Hits and Fewer Than 40 Extra-Base Hits, Season (Post-1900)	5	(1)
Players with 3000 Hits, Career	6	(1)
Most Hits by Position, Season	6	(1)
Most Times at Bat Without a Hit, Season	6	(1)
Players with 200 Hits in Each of First Three Major League Seasons	7	(1)
Players with 200-Hit Seasons in Each League	7	(1)
Players with 200 Hits in Five Consecutive Seasons	7	(1)
Rookies with 200 or More Hits	7	(1)
Teammates Finishing One-Two in Base Hits	7	(1)
Players Getting 1000 Hits Before Their 25th Birthday	8	(1)
Players with 10000 At Bats and Fewer Than 3000 Hits, Career	8	(1)
Players with 200 Hits, Batting Under .300, Season	8	(1)
Players with 2500 Hits and Career .300 Batting Average, Never Winning Batting Title (Post-1900)	8	(1)
Players with 2500 Career Hits, Never Having a 200-Hit Season	9	(1)
Most Hits by Switch-Hitter, Career	9	(1)
Most Hits by Catcher, Career	9	(1)
Most Singles, Career	9	(1)
Fewest Singles, Season (Min. 150 Games)	10	(1)
Most Singles, Season	11	(1)
Largest Differential Between League Leader in Hits and Runner-Up	12	(1)
Batting Average	12	(7)
Evolution of Batting Average Record	12	(1)
Highest Batting Average by Position, Season	12	(1)
Highest Batting Average by Decade (2000 At Bats)	13	(1)
Top 10 Rookie Batting Averages, Each League (Min. 100 Games)	14	(1)
Lifetime Batting Averages of 20-Year Players (Not Including Pitchers)	14	(1)
Players Never Hitting Below .270 in Career (Min. 10 Years)	15	(1)
.400 Hitters and How Their Team Finished	15	(1)
.400 Hitters Versus League Batting Average (Post-1900)	16	(1)
Players Hitting .370 Since Ted Williams's .406 Season (1941)	16	(1)
Players Hitting .300 in Rookie and Final Seasons (Post-1900; Min. Five Years)	16	(1)
Players Hitting .300 in Their Only Major League Season (Post-1900; Min. 100 Games, 300 At Bats)	16	(1)
Players 40 or Older Hitting .300 (Min. 50 Games)	17	(1)
Batters Hitting .325 for Two or More Different Clubs (Post-1945)	17	(2)
Batting Title	19	(7)
Closest Batting Races	19	(1)
Teammates Finishing One-Two in Batting Race	19	(1)
Switch-Hitting Batting Champions	20	(1)
Catchers Winning Batting Titles	20	(1)
Batting Champions on Last-Place Teams	20	(1)
Batting Title Winners Without a Home Run	21	(1)
Batting Champions Driving in Fewer Than 40 Runs	21	(1)
Batting Champions with 100 Strikeouts in Year They Led League	21	(1)
Lowest Batting Averages to Lead League	21	(1)
Highest Batting Average Not to Win Batting Title	21	(1)
Runners-Up for Batting Titles in Both Leagues	22	(1)
Players Winning Batting Title in Season After Joining New Club	22	(1)
Players Changing Team in Season After Winning Batting Title	23	(1)
Largest Margin Between Batting Champion and Runner-Up	23	(1)
Champions Whose Next Season's Batting Average Declined the Most	24	(1)
Lowest Lifetime Batting Averages for Players Who Led League	24	(1)
Two-Time Batting Champions with Lifetime Batting Averages Below .300	25	(1)
Years in Which Right-Handed Batters Won Batting Titles in Both Leagues	25	(1)
Home Runs	26	(21)
Evolution of Home Run Record	26	(1)
Most Home Runs by Decade	26	(1)
Career Home Run Leaders by Zodiac Sign	27	(1)
All-Time Home Run Leaders by First Letter of Last Name	27	(1)
Home Run Leaders by State of Birth	28	(1)
Most Home Runs in First Three Seasons in Majors	29	(1)
Most Home Runs for One Club	29	(1)
Most Home Runs by Position, Career	29	(1)
Most Home Runs Not Leading League, Season	30	(1)
Most Home Runs, Never Leading League, Career	30	(1)
Most Inside-the-Park Home Runs, Career (Post-1898)	31	(1)
Players with 10 or More Letters in Last Name, Hitting 40 or More Home Runs in Season	31	(1)
Most Home Runs, Month by Month	31	(1)
Most Home Runs by Position, Season	31	(1)
Players Leading League in Home Runs for Different Teams	32	(1)
Players Hitting a Total of 100 Home Runs in Two Consecutive Seasons	33	(1)
Players with First 20-Home Run Season After 35th Birthday	33	(1)
Shortstops with at Least Seven Consecutive 20-Home Run Seasons	33	(1)
Players Hitting Four Home Runs in One Game	34	(1)
Players with Three Home Runs in One Game, Fewer Than 10 in Season	35	(1)
Rookies Hitting 30 or More Home Runs	35	(1)
Players with 50 Home Runs, Batting Under .300, Season	35	(1)
Players Hitting 49 Home Runs in Season, Never Hitting 50	36	(1)
Most Consecutive Seasons Hitting Grand Slams	36	(1)
Most Home Runs by Age	36	(1)
Teenagers Hitting Grand Slams	36	(1)
Oldest Players to Hit Grand Slams	36	(1)
Oldest Home Run Champions	37	(1)
Most Career Home Runs by Players Hitting Home Run on First Pitch in Majors	37	(1)
Players Hitting Home Run in First At Bat, Never Hitting Another	38	(1)
Most At Bats, No Home Runs, Career	38	(1)
Most Consecutive At Bats Without a Home Run	38	(1)
Lowest Batting Average for Home Run Leaders, Season (Post-1900)	38	(1)
Players Hitting 30 or More Home Runs in First Three Seasons	39	(1)
Reverse 30-30 Club: Players with 30 Home Runs and 30 Errors, Season	39	(1)
Players Increasing Their Home Run Production in Seven Consecutive Seasons	39	(1)
Most Home Runs by Switch-Hitters, Career	40	(1)
Most Home Runs by Catcher, Season	40	(1)
Most Home Runs by Catcher, Career	40	(1)
100 Home Runs, Both Leagues	41	(1)
Most Home Runs Hit in One Ballpark, Career	41	(1)
Players with the Highest Percentage of Team's Total Home Runs, Season	41	(1)
Shortstops Leading League in Home Runs	42	(1)
Most Home Runs by Left-Handed Hitting Shortstops	42	(1)
Players Hitting Home Runs in 20 Consecutive Seasons Played	42	(1)
Career Home Runs by Players Hitting Four Home Runs in One Game	42	(1)
Players with 100 Home Runs, Three Different Teams	43	(1)
Players with 40-Home Run Seasons Before 25th Birthday	43	(1)
Players with More Home Runs Than Strikeouts, Season (Min. 10 Home Runs)	44	(1)
Largest Differential Between Leader in Home Runs and Runner-Up	45	(1)
Most Home Runs, Last Season in Majors	46	(1)
Fewest Career Home Runs for League Leader (Post-1920)	46	(1)
Runs Batted In	47	(10)
Evolution of RBI Record	47	(1)
Most RBIs by Decade	47	(1)
Career RBI Leaders by First Letter of Last Name	48	(1)
Teammates Finishing One-Two in RBIs	49	(1)
Largest Differential Between League Leader in RBIs and Runner-Up	49	(1)
Players Driving in 100 Runs in First Two Seasons in Majors	50	(1)
Catchers with 100 RBIs and 100 Runs Scored, Season	50	(1)
Catchers Hitting .300 with 30 Home Runs and 100 RBIs, Season	51	(1)
Players with 40 or More Home Runs and Fewer Than 100 RBIs, Season	51	(1)
Players with More Than 100 RBIs and Fewest Home Runs, Season	51	(1)
Players with Most Career RBIs, Never Leading League	52	(1)
Players with 1000 Career RBIs, Never Driving in 100 in One Season	52	(1)
Players Driving in 130 Teammates During Season	52	(1)
Players Driving in 100 Runs, Season, in Each League	52	(2)
Players with More RBIs Than Games Played, Season (Min. 100 Games)	54	(1)
Players Driving in 20 Percent of Their Team's Runs, Season	55	(1)
Players with Lowest Batting Average for 100-RBI Season	55	(1)
Players Driving in 100 Runs in Season, Three Different Teams	56	(1)
Players on Last-Place Teams Leading League in RBIs, Season	57	(1)
Players Driving in 95 or More Runs in Season Three Times, Never 100	57	(1)
Runs Scored	57	(3)
Evolution of Runs Scored Record	57	(1)
Most Runs Scored by Decade	58	(1)
Players with More Runs Scored Than Games Played, Season (Min. 100 Games)	59	(1)
Players Scoring 1000 Runs in Career, Never 100 in One Season	59	(1)
Most Runs Scored by Position, Season	60	(1)
Walks	60	(3)
Evolution of Batters' Walks Record	60	(1)
Players with 1000 Walks, 2000 Hits, and 300 Home Runs, Career	60	(1)
Players Leading League in Base Hits and Walks, Season	61	(1)
Players with 200 Base Hits and 100 Walks, Season	61	(1)
Players with More Walks Than Hits, Season (Min. 100 Walks)	62	(1)
Players Hitting 40 or More Home Runs, with More Home Runs Than Walks, Season	63	(1)
Players with 90 Walks in Each of First Two Seasons	63	(1)
Strikeouts	63	(3)
Players with More Career Strikeouts Than Hits (Min. 1000 Base Hits)	63	(1)
Players with 500 At Bats and Fewer Than 10 Strikeouts, Season	64	(1)
Players with 200 Hits and 100 Strikeouts, Season	64	(1)
Players with 40 Home Runs and Fewer Than 50 Strikeouts, Season	65	(1)
Players with 100 More Strikeouts Than RBIs, Season	65	(1)
Toughest Batters to Strike Out, Career	65	(1)
Pinch Hits	66	(1)
Highest Batting Average for Pinch Hitter, Season (Min. 25 At Bats)	66	(1)
Extra-Base Hits	67	(6)
Evolution of Total Bases Record	67	(1)
Players with 100 Extra-Base Hits, Season	67	(1)
Players with 400 Total Bases, Season	67	(1)
Evolution of Doubles Record	68	(1)
Players Hitting 40 Home Runs and 40 Doubles, Season	68	(1)
Evolution of Triples Record	69	(1)
Leaders in Doubles and Triples, Season	69	(1)
Leaders in Doubles and Home Runs, Season	70	(1)
Leaders in Triples and Home Runs, Season	70	(1)
Players Hitting 20 Home Runs, 20 Triples, and 20 Doubles, Season	70	(1)
Players Leading League in Doubles, Triples, and Home Runs During Career (Post-1900)	71	(1)
Players Since World War II with 100 Doubles, Triples, Home Runs, and Stolen Bases, Career	71	(1)
Players with 200 Hits and Fewer Than 40 Extra-Base Hits, Season	71	(1)
Most Doubles by Position, Season	72	(1)
Most Triples by Position, Season	72	(1)
Most Total Bases by Position, Season	72	(1)
Stolen Bases	73	(6)
Evolution of Stolen Base Record	73	(1)
Most Stolen Bases by Position, Season	73	(1)
Most Stolen Bases by Decade	74	(1)
Teammates Combining for 125 Stolen Bases, Season	75	(1)
Players Stealing 30 Bases for 10 Consecutive Seasons	75	(1)
Players Leading League in Stolen Bases and Total Bases, Season	75	(1)
Players with 200 Home Runs and 200 Stolen Bases, Career	76	(1)
Players with 400 Home Runs and 10 Steals of Home, Career	76	(1)
Players with 200 Hits, 20 Home Runs, and 20 Stolen Bases, Season	76	(1)
Players with 10 Doubles, Triples, Home Runs, and Steals in Each of First Three Seasons in Majors	77	(1)
Players Who Have Stolen Second, Third, and Home in Same Inning	77	(1)
Most Stolen Bases by Catcher, Season	78	(1)
Most Stolen Bases by Catcher, Career	78	(1)
Players with 50 Stolen Bases and 100 RBIs, Season	78	(1)
Most Stolen Bases by Home Run Champion, Season	78	(1)
Players Stealing Bases in Four Decades	79	(1)
Batting Miscellany	79	(6)
Most Times Leading League in Offensive Category	79	(1)
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League in Offensive Category	80	(1)
Players Leading in All Triple Crown Categories, but Not in Same Year	80	(1)
Highest Offensive Career Totals by Players Who Never Led League	81	(1)
Career Offensive Leaders by Players Under Six Feet Tall	81	(1)
Largest Margin Between League Leaders and Runners-Up	82	(1)
Evolution of Slugging Percentage Record	82	(1)
Players Hitting Safely in at Least 135 Games in Season	83	(1)
Players Hitting for the Cycle in Natural Order (Single, Double, Triple, Home Run)	83	(1)
Highest Slugging Average by Position, Season	83	(1)
Most Times Awarded First Base on Catcher's Interference or Obstruction	83	(1)
Winners of Two "Legs" of Triple Crown Since Last Winner	84	(1)
2 Pitching	85	(50)
Wins	85	(16)
Most Victories by Decade	85	(1)
Pitchers with the Most Career Wins by First Letter of Last Name	86	(1)
Pitchers with the Most Career Victories by Zodiac Sign	86	(1)
Pitchers with the Most Victories by State of Birth	86	(1)
Pitchers with Five or More Consecutive 20-Win Seasons (Post-1900)	87	(1)
100-Game Winners, Both Leagues	87	(1)
Pitchers with 500 Major League Decisions	87	(1)
Most Wins, Major and Minor Leagues Combined	88	(1)
Pitchers with 100 More Wins Than Losses, Career	89	(1)
Pitchers with the Most Career Wins, Never Leading League in One Season	89	(1)
200-Game Winners, Never Winning 20 Games in Season	89	(1)
Players with 100 Wins and 500 Hits, Career	90	(1)
Victories in Most Consecutive Seasons	90	(1)
Most Career Wins by Pitcher Six and a Half Feet Tall or Taller	90	(1)
Most Career Wins by Pitchers Under Six Feet Tall	90	(1)
Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Season Split Between Two Teams (Post-1900)	91	(1)
Oldest Pitchers to Win 20 Games for First Time	91	(1)
Youngest Pitchers to Win 20 Games	91	(1)
Rookies Winning 20 Games	92	(1)
Rookie Pitchers with 20 Wins and 200 Strikeouts	92	(1)
Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Rookie Year, Fewer Than 20 Balance of Career	92	(1)
20-Game Winners Who Didn't Win 20 More Games in Career (Post-1900)	92	(1)
Double-Digit Winners in Only Big League Season	93	(1)
Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Last Season in Majors	93	(1)
Pitchers on Losing Teams, Leading League in Wins	93	(1)
20-Game Winners on Last-Place Teams	94	(1)
20-Game Winners with Worst Lifetime Winning Percentage (Post-1900)	94	(1)
"Pure" 20-Game Winners (Pitchers with 20 or More Wins Than Losses)	94	(1)
Lefties Winning 20 Games Twice Since World War II	95	(1)
Pitchers with 20-Game Seasons After Age 40	96	(1)
Pitchers Leading Both Leagues in Wins, Season	97	(1)
20-Game Winners One Season, 20-Game Losers the Next	97	(1)
20-Game Winners and Losers, Same Season	97	(1)
Pitchers Who Led League in Wins in Successive Seasons	98	(1)
Most Total Wins, Two Pitchers on Same Staff, Career Together as Teammates	98	(1)
Most Wins, Right-Hander and Left-Hander on Same Staff, Season	99	(1)
Most Wins Without Pitching Complete Game, Season	99	(1)
Largest Differential Between League Leader and in Wins and Runner-Up	100	(1)
Highest Percentage of Team's Total Wins for Season	100	(1)
Shutouts	101	(2)
Evolution of Shutout Record	101	(1)
20-Game Winners with No Shutouts	101	(1)
Pitchers Leading League in Wins, No Shutouts	101	(1)
Most Career Starts, No Shutouts	102	(1)
Most Career Shutouts, Never Led League	102	(1)
Pitchers with Shutouts in First Two Major League Starts	102	(1)
Most Hits Allowed by Pitcher Pitching Shutout	102	(1)
Players with Highest Percentage of Shutouts to Games Started, Career	103	(1)
Losses	103	(3)
Most Losses by Decade	103	(1)
Evolution of Pitchers' Losses Record	104	(1)
Pitchers with Seven or More Consecutive Losing Seasons	104	(1)
Pitchers with 150 Wins with More Losses Than Wins, Career	105	(1)
Pitchers on Winning Teams, Leading League in Losses, Season	106	(1)
Pitchers Winning 20 Games in Rookie Year, Losing 20 in Second Year	106	(1)
300-Game Winners with Fewer Than 200 Losses	106	(1)
Earned Run Average	106	(5)
Best ERA by Decade (Min. 1000 Innings)	106	(2)
Teammates Finishing One-Two in ERA, Season	108	(1)
Pitchers with 3000 Innings Pitched and an ERA Lower Than 3.00	108	(1)
Pit( hors Leading League in ERA After Their 40th Birthday	109	(1)
Pitchers with Losing Record, Leading League in ERA	109	(1)
20-Game Winners with 4.00 ERA, Season	109	(1)
20-Game Losers with ERA Below 2.00	110	(1)
ERA Leaders with 25 or More Wins, Season	110	(1)
Strikeouts	111	(6)
Evolution of Strikeout Record	111	(1)
Most Strikeouts by Decade	111	(1)
Members of Same Pitching Staff Finishing One-Two in Strikeouts, Season	112	(1)
Pitchers Leading League with 100 More Strikeouts Than Runner-Up	113	(1)
Pitchers with 3000 Strikeouts, Never Leading League	113	(1)
Pitchers Striking Out 1000 Batters Before Their 24th Birthday	113	(1)
Most Times Striking Out 10 or More Batters in a Game, Career	114	(1)
Pitchers Averaging 10 Strikeouts per Nine Innings, Season	114	(1)
Pitchers with Combined Total of 500 Strikeouts and Walks, Season	115	(1)
Pitchers Striking Out the Side on Nine Pitches	115	(1)
Pitchers with 200 Strikeouts and Fewer Than 50 Walks, Season	116	(1)
Rookie Pitchers Striking Out 200 Batters	116	(1)
Rookies Leading League in Strikeouts	117	(1)
Pitchers Leading League in Strikeouts, 10 or More Years Apart	117	(1)
Walks	117	(5)
Pitchers Walking 20 or Fewer Batters, Season (Min. 200 Innings)	117	(1)
Pitchers Walking Fewer Than One Batter Every Nine Innings, Season	117	(1)
Highest Percentage of Walks to Innings Pitched, Season	118	(1)
Low-Hit Games	118	(1)
Pitchers Losing No-Hit Games	118	(1)
Pitchers with a No-Hitter in First Major League Start	119	(1)
Pitchers with a One-Hitter in First Major League Start	119	(1)
Last Outs in Perfect Games	119	(1)
Perfect Game Pitchers, Career Wins	120	(1)
26-Batter Perfect Games (Spoiled by 27th Batter)	120	(1)
Most Walks Given Up by No-Hit Pitchers, Game	121	(1)
Pitchers Pitching No-Hitters in 20-Loss Season	121	(1)
Pitchers Hitting Home Runs in No-Hit Games	121	(1)
Pitchers Throwing No-Hitters in Consecutive Seasons	121	(1)
No-Hitters Pitched Against Pennant-Winning Teams	122	(1)
No-Hit Pitchers Going Winless the Next Season After Pitching No-Hitter	122	(1)
Back-to-Back One-Hit Games (Post-1900)	122	(1)
Saves/Reliefs	122	(3)
Evolution of Saves Record	122	(1)
Pitchers with 100 Wins and 100 Saves, Career	123	(1)
Relief Pitchers with the Most Wins, Season	124	(1)
Most Games Won by Relief Pitcher, Career	124	(1)
Teams with Two Pitchers with 20 Saves, Season	124	(1)
Pitchers Having 20-Win Seasons and 20-Save Seasons, Career	124	(1)
Pitchers with 15 Saves and 15 Wins in Relief, Same Season	125	(1)
Pitching Miscellany	125	(10)
Best Winning Percentage by Decade (100 Decisions)	125	(1)
Most Seasons Leading League in Pitching Category	126	(1)
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League in Pitching Category	127	(1)
Highest Career Pitching Totals by Pitchers Who Never Led League	127	(1)
Career Pitching Leaders Under Six Feet Tall	128	(1)
Pitching's triple Crown Winners (Led League in Wins, ERA, and Strikeouts, Same Season)	128	(1)
Most Home Runs Given Up, Season	129	(1)
Pitchers with 2000 Innings Pitched, Allowing No Grand Slams	129	(1)
20-Game Winners Batting .300, Same Season	130	(1)
Pitchers with Two Seasons of 1.000 Batting Averages (Post-1900)	130	(1)
Evolution of Complete Games Record	130	(1)
Pitchers Starting 20 Games in 20 Consecutive Seasons	130	(1)
Evolution of Record for Most Games Pitched in a Season 131
Evolution of Innings Pitched Record	131	(1)
Last Legal Spitball Pitchers	131	(1)
Left-Handed Pitchers Appearing in More Than 700 Games, Career	132	(1)
Pitchers Who Pitched for Both Yankees and Mets and Threw No-Hitters	132	(1)
Pitchers Pitching at Least Seven Seasons Without a Losing Season	132	(1)
Pitchers Who Have Stolen Home	133	(2)
3 Hall of Fame	135	(6)
First Players Elected to Hall of Fame from Each Position	135	(1)
Highest Lifetime Batting Average for Hall of Fame Pitchers	135	(1)
Hall of Famers with Lifetime Batting Averages Below .265 (Excluding Pitchers)	135	(1)
Teams with Most Future Hall of Fame Players	136	(1)
Infields with Four Future Hall of Famers	136	(1)
Hall of Fame Pitchers Who Batted Right and Threw Left	136	(1)
Switch-Hitting Pitchers in Hall of Fame	136	(1)
Hall of Fame Pitchers Who Played Most Games at Other Positions	136	(1)
Hall of Fame Pitchers with Losing Records	136	(1)
Leading Career Pitching Marks by Those Eligible for Hall of Fame but Not In	137	(1)
Leading Career Batting Marks by Those Eligible for Hall of Fame but Not In	137	(1)
Most Career Hits by Players Eligible for Hall of Fame but Not In	137	(1)
Most Career Wins by Pitchers Eligible for Hall of Fame but Not In	137	(1)
Most Career Home Runs by Players Eligible for Hall of Fame but Not In	138	(1)
Hall of Fame Inductees Receiving 90 Percent of Vote	138	(1)
Won-Lost Percentage of Hall of Famers Elected as Players Who Managed in Majors	138	(2)
Hall of Famers Born Outside Continental United States	140	(1)
Hall of Famers Who Played for the Harlem Globetrotters	140	(1)
Hall of Famers Who Died on Their Birthday	140	(1)
4 Awards	141	(8)
Most Valuable Player	141	(4)
Unanimous Choice for MVP	141	(1)
Closest Winning Margins in MVP Voting	141	(1)
Widest Winning Margins in MVP Voting	142	(1)
Won MVP Award in Consecutive Years, by Position	142	(1)
Teammates Finishing One-Two in MVP Balloting	142	(1)
Triple Crown Winners Not Winning MVP	143	(1)
MVPs on Nonwinning Teams	143	(1)
MVPs Not Batting .300, Hitting 30 Home Runs, or Driving in 100 Runs (Not Including Pitchers)	143	(1)
Pitchers Winning MVP Award	144	(1)
Players Winning MVP Award First Season in League	144	(1)
Most MVPs on One Team (Past, Present, and Future)	144	(1)
Teams with Most Consecutive MVP Awards	145	(1)
Players Winning MVP Award with Two Different Teams	145	(1)
Switch-Hitting MVPs	145	(1)
Cy Young Award	145	(2)
Pitchers Winning 25 Games, Not Winning Cy Young Award	145	(1)
Pitchers Winning 20 Games Only Once and Cy Young Award Same Season	146	(1)
Cy Young Winners Not in Top 10 in League in ERA, Season	146	(1)
Relief Pitchers Winning Cy Young Award	146	(1)
Cy Young Winners Increasing Their Number of Victories the Following Season	146	(1)
Cy Young Winners with Higher Batting Averages Than That Year's Home Run Leader	147	(1)
Rookie of the Year	147	(1)
Rookie of the Year Winners on Team Other Than the One First Played On	147	(1)
Relief Pitchers Winning Rookie of the Year	147	(1)
Rookie of the Year on Pennant-Winning Teams	147	(1)
Gold Gloves	148	(1)
Most Gold Gloves, by Position	148	(1)
5 Managers	149	(8)
Winningest Managers by First Letter of Last Name	149	(1)
Winningest Managers by Zodiac Sign	149	(1)
Managers Winning 1000 Games with One Franchise	150	(1)
Managers with Most Career Victories for Each Franchise	150	(1)
Managers with Lower Won-Lost Percentages Than Lifetime Batting Averages as Players (Post-1900)	151	(1)
Best Winning Percentage as Manager with One Team (Post-1900; Min. 150 Games)	151	(1)
Played in 2000 Games, Managed in 2000 Games	152	(1)
Managers Managing 100-Loss Teams After 1000th Career Victory	152	(1)
Former Pitchers Winning Pennants as Managers (Post-1900)	152	(1)
Managers Taking Over World Series Teams in Midseason	152	(1)
Managers Replaced While Team Was in First Place	152	(1)
Managers Undefeated in World Series Play	152	(1)
Managers with the Fewest Career Wins to Win World Series	153	(1)
Managers with the Most Career Wins Never to Manage a World Series Team (Post-1903)	153	(1)
Most Times Managing the Same Club	153	(1)
Managers with Best Winning Percentage for First Five Full Years of Managing	153	(1)
Managers Never Experiencing a Losing Season (Post-1900; Min. Two Full Seasons)	154	(1)
Career One-Game Managers	154	(1)
Managers Managing in Civilian Clothes	155
Managers Who Were Lawyers	154	(1)
Pennant-Winning Managers Who Won Batting Titles	155	(1)
Managers with Same Initials as Team They Managed	155	(1)
Playing Managers After 1950	155	(2)
6 Fielding	157	(4)
Most Games Played by Position, Career	157	(1)
Most Consecutive Games Played at Each Position	157	(1)
Players Who Played 1000 Games at Two Positions, Career	157	(1)
Unassisted Triple Plays	158	(1)
Most No-Hitters Caught	158	(1)
Games Caught by Left-Handed Catchers	159	(1)
Players Pitching and Catching, Same Game	160	(1)
Most Times Catchers Charged with Errors Due to Interference	160	(1)
7 Relatives	161	(6)
Father-Son Combinations with 250 Home Runs, Career	161	(1)
Brother Batteries	161	(1)
Twins Who Played Major League Baseball	161	(1)
Hall of Famers Whose Sons Played in Majors	162	(1)
Players with Two Sons Who Played in Majors	162	(1)
Brother Double-Play Combinations	162	(1)
Most Home Runs, Brothers	162	(1)
Pitching Brothers Each Winning 20 Games in Same Season	163	(1)
Hall of Famers' Brothers Who Played 10 or More Seasons in Majors (Post-1900)	163	(1)
Father-Son Tandems Who Both Played for Same Manager	163	(1)
Sons Who Played for Their Fathers	163	(1)
Best Won-Lost Percentage for Pitching Brothers	164	(1)
Most Total Combined Career Wins for Pitching Brothers	165	(1)
Pitching Brothers Facing Each Other, Regular Season	166	(1)
Most Career Victories by Father-Son Combination (Post-1900)	166	(1)
Brothers Who Played Together on Three Major League Teams	166	(1)
8 World Series	167	(14)
Players Hitting .500 in World Series (Min. 10 At Bats)	167	(1)
0-for-the-Series (10 or More At Bats)	167	(1)
Players on World Series-Winning Teams in Both Leagues	168	(1)
Pitchers in World Series with Highest Slugging Average	169	(1)
World Series-Ending Hits	169	(1)
Pitchers in World Series with 300 Career Wins	169	(1)
Players on World Series Teams in Three Decades	170	(1)
Players with World Series Home Runs in Three Decades	170	(1)
Player-Managers on World Series-Winning Teams	171	(1)
Leaders in Offensive Categories, Never Appearing in World Series (Post-1903)	171	(1)
Most Seasons, Never Appearing in World Series (Post-1903)	171	(1)
Playing Most Games, Never Appearing in World Series (Post-1903)	172	(1)
Players with the Most Home Runs, Never Appearing in World Series	172	(1)
Players with Highest Lifetime Batting Average, Never Appearing in World Series (Post-1903; Min. 10 Seasons)	172	(1)
Players with Most Hits, Never Appearing in World Series (Post-1903)	172	(1)
Leaders in Pitching Categories, Never Pitching in World Series (Post-1903)	172	(1)
Pitchers with Most Wins, Never Appearing in World Series (Post-1903)	173	(1)
Players Whose Home Run Won World Series Game 1-0	173	(1)
Brothers Who Were World Series Teammates	173	(1)
Brothers Facing Each Other in World Series	173	(1)
Fathers and Sons in World Series Competition	173	(1)
Players Hitting World Series Home Runs in Each League	174	(1)
World Series Teams Using Six Different Starting Pitchers	174	(1)
Rookies Starting Seventh Game of World Series	174	(1)
Players Playing Four Different Positions in World Series Competition, Career	174	(1)
Players Stealing Home in World Series Game	175	(1)
Pitchers Hitting Home Runs in World Series Play	175	(1)
Cy Young Winners Facing Each Other in World Series Games	175	(1)
World Series in Which Neither Team Had a 20-Game Winner	175	(1)
Pitchers with Lowest ERA in Total World Series Play (Min. 25 Innings)	176	(1)
World Series Grand Slams	176	(1)
Players on Three Different World Series Clubs	176	(1)
Players with Same Lifetime Batting Average as Their World Series Overall Average	177	(1)
Batting Champions Facing Each Other in World Series	177	(1)
Home Run Champions Facing Each Other in World Series	177	(1)
Players Hitting Home Run in First World Series At Bat	178	(1)
World Series Pitchers with Most Losses, Season	178	(1)
Teams' Overall Won-Lost Percentage in World Series Games Played	178	(3)
9 All-Star Game	181	(2)
Players Who Made All-Star Roster After Starting Season in Minors	181	(1)
Pitchers Winning All-Star Game and World Series Game, Same Season	181	(1)
Pitchers Who Pitched More Than Three Innings in One All-Star Game	181	(1)
All-Star Game Managers Who Never Managed in World Series	181	(1)
Brothers Selected to Play in All-Star Game, Same Season	181	(1)
Players Hitting Home Runs in All-Star Game and World Series, Same Season	182	(1)
Fathers and Sons, Both of Whom Played in All-Star Games	182	(1)
Pitchers with No Victories, Named to All-Star Team	182	(1)
Oldest Players Named to All-Star Team	182	(1)
10 Teams	183	(6)
Clubs Winning 100 Games, Not Winning Pennant	183	(1)
Largest Increase in Games Won by Team Next Season	184	(1)
Largest Decrease in Games Won Next Season	184	(1)
Teams with Worst Won-Lost Percentage	184	(1)
Teams Hitting .300	185	(1)
Teams with Three 20-Game Winners	186	(1)
Teams with 30-Game Winners, Not Winning Pennant	186	(1)
Teams Leading or Tied for First Place Entire Season	187	(2)
11 Miscellany	189	(14)
Olympians (in Sports Other Than Baseball) Who Played Major League Baseball	189	(1)
Babe Ruth's Yearly Salary	189	(1)
Players Leading N.Y. Yankees in Home Runs One Season, Playing Elsewhere Next Season	189	(1)
Billy Martin's Fights	190	(1)
Four-Decade Players	190	(1)
First Players Chosen in Draft by Expansion Teams	191	(1)
Last Active Player Once Playing for...	191	(1)
Last Players Born in Nineteenth Century to Play in Majors	191	(1)
First Players Born in Twentieth Century to Play in Majors	192	(1)
Second African American to Play for Each of 16 Original Major League Teams	192	(1)
Players Having Same Number Retired on Two Different Clubs	192	(1)
Major Leaguers Who Played Pro Football in Same Year(s)	192	(1)
Performances by Oldest Players	193	(1)
Oldest Players, by Position	194	(1)
Youngest Players to Play in Majors	194	(1)
Youngest Players, by Position	194	(1)
Players Who Played During Most Presidential Administrations	194	(1)
Players Playing Most Seasons with One Address (One Club, One City in Majors)	195	(1)
Players Who Played 2500 Games in One Uniform (Post-1900)	196	(1)
Players Playing Most Seasons in City of Birth	196	(1)
Players with Same Surname as Town of Birth	196	(1)
Players with Longest Given Names	196	(1)
Players with Palindromic Surnames	196	(1)
Most Common Last Names in Baseball History	196	(1)
Number of Major League Players by First Letter of Last Name	197	(1)
Third Basemen on Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance Chicago Cubs Teams	197	(1)
First Designated Hitter for Each Major League Team	197	(1)
Players Killed as Direct Result of Injuries Sustained in Major League Games	198	(1)
Players Who Played for Three New York Teams	198	(1)
Players Who Played for Both Original and Expansion Washington Senators	199	(1)
Players Who Played for Both K.C. A's and K.C. Royals	199	(1)
Players Who Played for Both Milwaukee Braves and Milwaukee Brewers	199	(1)
Pitchers Who Gave Up Most Hits to Pete Rose	199	(1)
Pitchers Who Gave Up Home Runs to Both Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds in Their Record-Breaking Seasons (1998 and 2001)	200	(1)
Major League Shortstops from San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic	200	(1)
Players Born on Leap Year Day (February 29)	200	(1)
Players Who Played on Four of California's Five Major League Teams	200	(1)
Tallest Players in Major League History	201	(1)
Shortest Players in Major League History	201	(1)
Teammates with 300 Wins and 500 Home Runs	201	(2)
Part 2 Team-by-Team Histories	203
American League	205	(50)
Baltimore Orioles	205	(3)
Boston Red Sox	208	(6)
Chicago White Sox	214	(5)
Cleveland Indians	219	(5)
Detroit Tigers	224	(5)
Kansas City Royals	229	(2)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	231	(3)
Minnesota Twins	234	(3)
New York Yankees	237	(7)
Oakland A's	244	(3)
Seattle Mariners	247	(2)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	249	(1)
Texas Rangers	250	(2)
Toronto Blue Jays	252	(3)
National League	255	(56)
Arizona Diamondbacks	255	(2)
Atlanta Braves	257	(4)
Chicago Cubs	261	(6)
Cincinnati Reds	267	(5)
Colorado Rockies	272	(2)
Florida Marlins	274	(2)
Houston Astros	276	(3)
Los Angeles Dodgers	279	(3)
Milwaukee Brewers	282	(2)
Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals	284	(2)
New York Mets	286	(3)
Philadelphia Phillies	289	(5)
Pittsburgh Pirates	294	(6)
St. Louis Cardinals	300	(6)
San Diego Padres	306	(2)
San Francisco Giants	308	(3)
Franchises No Longer in Existence	311
Boston Braves	311	(4)
Brooklyn Dodgers	315	(4)
New York Giants	319	(5)
Philadelphia Athletics	324	(3)
St. Louis Browns/Milwaukee Brewers	327	(3)
Washington Senators	330