Who Are Your Favorite MLB Record Holders ? and Why ?

[protectionist]

It might also be noted that Mantle also holds records for most World Series RBIs, Strikeots, and Walks.

 

[protectionist]

Probably my second most favorite MLB record is the 61 home runs by Roger Maris in 1961, and the 115 home runs that year by Maris and Mantle.
How soon will that happen again ?

 

[Nosmo King]

Roberto Clemente. Greatest player of all time.

3,000 hits! "I hit the fastball. The curveball, she no go."

But I hated how Bob Prince kept calling Roberto "Bobby".

 

[toobfreak]

Roberto Clemente. Greatest player of all time.

3,000 hits! "I hit the fastball. The curveball, she no go."

But I hated how Bob Prince kept calling Roberto "Bobby".

I saw Clemente live field a pop fly out near the far outfield wall and throw it all the way back to home plate to get the runner out with just one hop in the infield.

 

[Nosmo King]

Roberto Clemente. Greatest player of all time.

3,000 hits! "I hit the fastball. The curveball, she no go."

But I hated how Bob Prince kept calling Roberto "Bobby".

I saw Clemente live field a pop fly out near the far outfield wall and throw it all the way back to home plate to get the runner out with just one hop in the infield.

Three Rivers or Forbes Field? I remember both.

 

[HaShev]

Ron Hunt 1971 hit by pitches a whopping 50 times. *he says jokingly*

 

[shockedcanadian]

Ron Hunt 1971 hit by pitches a whopping 50 times. *he says jokingly*

I wonder if Doc Ellis had any hand in those seasons numbers...he wasn't known to pitch while sober too often...

 

[toobfreak]

Roberto Clemente. Greatest player of all time.

3,000 hits! "I hit the fastball. The curveball, she no go."

But I hated how Bob Prince kept calling Roberto "Bobby".

I saw Clemente live field a pop fly out near the far outfield wall and throw it all the way back to home plate to get the runner out with just one hop in the infield.

Three Rivers or Forbes Field? I remember both.

Forbes.

 

[HaShev]

Ron Hunt 1971 hit by pitches a whopping 50 times. *he says jokingly*

I wonder if Doc Ellis had any hand in those seasons numbers...he wasn't known to pitch while sober too often...

Besides squating low like Miguel from the Bad News Bears, I used to take a lot of pitches to the side for the team myself. What better more assured percentage way to get on base then not stepping away from an inside pitch, which was guaranteed in little league?

 

[22lcidw]

Ron Hunt 1971 hit by pitches a whopping 50 times. *he says jokingly*

I wonder if Doc Ellis had any hand in those seasons numbers...he wasn't known to pitch while sober too often...

I would have taken the drinking no matter how long in baseball history over the steroid era anytime. As for a player. there are many. But with an asterisk....Pete Rose, the hits leader. We know he gambled. But a story came out a few days ago that he may have corked his bats for many of his years. No one questioned it because he was a singles hitter. Not a home run hitter. This needs to be verified. However, he got the Phillies over the top. Five years with them and got them to two world series. The Phillies were in the National League for 99 years before they won their first championship in 1980.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Ron Hunt 1971 hit by pitches a whopping 50 times. *he says jokingly*

I wonder if Doc Ellis had any hand in those seasons numbers...he wasn't known to pitch while sober too often...

I would have taken the drinking no matter how long in baseball history over the steroid era anytime. As for a player. there are many. But with an asterisk....Pete Rose, the hits leader. We know he gambled. But a story came out a few days ago that he may have corked his bats for many of his years. No one questioned it because he was a singles hitter. Not a home run hitter. This needs to be verified. However, he got the Phillies over the top. Five years with them and got them to two world series. The Phillies were in the National League for 99 years before they won their first championship in 1980.

I think he dabbled in more than just the odd beer now and again, but I get your point.

 

[protectionist]

I saw Clemente live field a pop fly out near the far outfield wall and throw it all the way back to home plate to get the runner out with just one hop in the infield.

Roger Maris did that routinely. Although Maris is noted as the record holder for most home runs in a season (61), and winning MVP 2 years in a row, it's lesser known about his fielding. Maris wasn't a good outfielder. He was a great outfielder. Great arm, and made catches that took your breath away.

Kudos to Clemente too. Too bad what happened to him. Tragic.

 

[WelfareQueen]

That's the question. Pop in your answer with who it is, why, and what is the record you're referring to ?

The Greatest player in history....Hank Aaron.


2297 RBI. More than any player in history.

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[protectionist]

The Greatest player in history....Hank Aaron.

2297 RBI. More than any player in history.

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He also had more AT BATS than any player in history (except Pete Rose)

 

[WelfareQueen]

The Greatest player in history....Hank Aaron.

2297 RBI. More than any player in history.

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He also had more AT BATS than any player in history (except Pete Rose)

No player in history drove in more runs and scored more runs combined than Hank Aaron. Not Babe Ruth, not Willie Mayes, not Ty Cobb. Think about that for a moment. Some players are great at driving in runs (Babe Ruth) some are great at scoring runs (Ricky Henderson), few do both equally well. You have to hit for power, hit for high average, and hit in the clutch. That was Hank Aaron.

He was a career .305 hitter. He won batting titles, gold gloves, League MVP's and won a World Series against the Yankees, and is the true Home Run King. No one better imho.

 

[protectionist]

The Greatest player in history....Hank Aaron.

2297 RBI. More than any player in history.

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He also had more AT BATS than any player in history (except Pete Rose)

No player in history drove in more runs and scored more runs combined than Hank Aaron. Not Babe Ruth, not Willie Mayes, not Ty Cobb. Think about that for a moment. Some players are great at driving in runs (Babe Ruth) some are great at scoring runs (Ricky Henderson), few do both equally well. You have to hit for power, hit for high average, and hit in the clutch. That was Hank Aaron.

He was a career .305 hitter. He won batting titles, gold gloves, League MVP's and won a World Series against the Yankees, and is the true Home Run King. No one better imho.

This gets the same answer as Post # 53 did >> He had more AT BATS than any player in history (except Pete Rose). I'm not trying to diminish Hank Aaron. He was a great baseball player. He just was not the best, that's all.

The most home runs Aaron ever hit in a season was 47, and he only did that once. In contrast, Babe Ruth hit that many or more 6 times. Ken Griffey Jr did it 4 times.
Both Griffey and Ruth hit over 50 home runs in a season (Griffey twice, Ruth 4 times). Mickey Mantle also had over 50 home runs twice, as did Ralph Kiner, Jimmy Foxx, and Willie Mays.

Aaron's record of total home runs is related to his massive number of AT BATS. The real measure of who is a Home Run King is Home Run Average, ie. how many home runs relative to AT BATS (how many times you had a chance to hit one). Here's the list of the top dozen hitters of all time, in Home Run AVERAGE (all with long careers) >>>

1. Babe Ruth - 11.76 (a home run in every 11.76 at bats)
2. Jim Thome - 13.76
3. Giancrlo Stanton - 13.81
4. Ralph Kiner - 14.11
5. Harmon Killebrew - 14.22
6. Ted Williams - 14.79
7. Adam Dunn - 14.90
8. Ryan Howard - 14.94
9. Dave Kingman - 15.11
10. Juan Gonzales - 15.11
11. Mickey Mantle - 15.12
12. Jimmy Foxx - 15.23

Hank Aaron comes in at number 40 on this list with 16.38. A good figure, but nowhere near the best.

Lastly, Aaron's .305 career batting average was far below some players who played in the same time period as Aaron.

1. Ted Williams - .344
2. Stan Musial - .331
3. Rod Carew - .328
4. Roberto Clemente - .317
5. Jackie Robinson - .311

 

[DGS49]

So here's a pregunta for ya? Is it just a coincidence that Joe D's 56-game streak and Teddy's .406 came in the same season ('41)?

Or were there a hell of a lot of good pitchers in the military service at the time? Are those records tainted?

 

[DGS49]

Nolan Ryan's strikeout record - incredible as it is - is not even half the story.

Ryan's dominance changed the character of every game that he started. Before he threw the first pitch, the opponents had already decided that they must play "small ball," because they weren't going to get much from Ryan.

His won-lost record was actually fairly mediocre, because he always seemed to be coming up against the "ace" of the other team.

Ultimately, though, he was one of the few players in every generation who fans will pay specifically to see him play.

 

[protectionist]

So here's a pregunta for ya? Is it just a coincidence that Joe D's 56-game streak and Teddy's .406 came in the same season ('41)?

Or were there a hell of a lot of good pitchers in the military service at the time? Are those records tainted?

Ridiculous post. Good hitters were playing baseball in 1941, but they didn't hit in 56 straight games, or hit 406. Williams and Dimaggio don't need boosting.
And Williams also hit .407 in 37 games in 1953, and .388 in 1957, in 132 games. Guys who have .344 lifetime batting averages just might hit over .400 a couple of times.

In the National League, I'm surprised Stan Musial didn't hit .400. I saw him play, including an All Star Game winning home run. He was a hitting machine, with 7 batting titles, and over 100 RBIs 10 times.
Actually Musial DID hit over .400. He hit .426, the same year (1941) Williams hit .406, but it was Musial's rookie year, and he only got to play in 12 games, with 47 at bats. Cardinals should have found a place in the lineup for him.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak and Ted Williams hitting .406. Those are two records I don't see ever being broken or even challenged. The pitching and defense is so much better than it was back in those days.

Especially DiMaggio's 56 game streak but Ted Williams' .406 mark seems equally unlikely to be broken.
Now that I consider it, Ted Williams' mark will stand even after DiMaggio's mark is broken (if it ever is which is unlikely) since Williams' record would take an entire season to break.
DiMaggio's record of course would take only 57 games to fall ...only .