It has been an article of faith for nearly a century, as if chiseled onto a tablet by Abner Doubleday himself: The leading hitter in major league history is, and always will be, Tyrus Raymond Cobb.

Can we shatter 24 baseball records in just one day? From fastest pitch to longest home run, we’re taking on the craziest, toughest, and most insane baseball challenges—all against the clock. 🔥 Insane ...

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When Cal Raleigh makes history, you can be pretty sure somebody will let you know about it. When Shohei Ohtani makes history, there’s an excellent chance a few zillion headlines are coming — in ...

Major League Baseball’s record books are about to drastically change. Negro League statistics are going to become an official part of MLB’s historical records on Wednesday, three years after it ...

Josh Gibson has long been considered one of the best baseball players to ever hold a bat, but you might not know his name. Gibson, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, never had ...

The World Baseball Classic is home to some competitive baseball and electric atmospheres, but there’s still room for global beatdowns. Here is a look at the World Baseball Classic records for runs ...

Baseball's record book is filled with numbers that define legacies and separate legends from greats. Some records stand so firm that even modern strategies and player management make them unassailable ...

Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, will host hundreds of delegates from the Society for American Baseball Research [SABR] Friday night. It’s been called “the conscience of Major League ...

Baseball has a richer history than any other American professional sport and its genetic code is written out in numbers. No other game places such a premium on stats, facts or figures. That's the ...