- The 2022 Yankees are only the second team in MLB history with multiple Ultimate Grand Slams in a season, after the 1956 Pirates https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/walk_off_grand_slams.shtml 22 comments baseball
- The Last Time Every MLB Team Hosted the All-Star Game https://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/all-star-game-attendance.shtml 56 comments baseball
- TIL that Joaquin Benoit (Rangers) pitched a 7-innings save in September 2002 against the Orioles, the longest save since the save became an official statistic. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200209030bal 8 comments baseball
- TIL Jackie Robinson successfully stole home 19 times in his career, tied for #9 all time. Everyone ahead of him debuted in the 1910s or earlier playing a different brand of baseball. For comparison, Ricky Henderson only had 4 steals of home in his career. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stbah.shtml 45 comments baseball
- An interesting list of MLB players who did prison time. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/baseball_players_who_did_time_in_prison.shtml 61 comments baseball
- TIL that Chuck Finley has pitched a 4 stikeout inning. 3 different times. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats19.shtml 10 comments baseball
- Belated Happy Birthday to Val Heim, Major League Baseball's Oldest Living Player at 99 https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/oldest_living_baseball_players.php 11 comments baseball
- On August 10, 1944 Red Barrett threw a complete game shutout for a record number of fewest pitches at 58. And it is also the shortest night time game in history at 1 hour and 15 minutes https://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08101944.shtml 29 comments baseball
- Prior to 2019, only 6 teams had ever hit 250 home runs. This year alone, 6 teams have achieved that feat, with the Minnesota Twins hitting number 300 tonight. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hr7.shtml 11 comments sports
- TIL that in 1937, Rudy York surpassed Babe Ruth to set the still-standing AL record for most home runs in any given month... as a rookie. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=yorkru01 3 comments baseball
- The 10 Commandments for pitching according to Herb Pennock. These should be shared with every baseball player from tee ball to the majors. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lipit10.shtml 9 comments baseball
- Ty Cobb led the AL in home runs in 1909 with nine. Ty Cobb also hit nine inside-the-park home runs in 1909. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1909a.shtml 31 comments baseball
- TIL Cy Young only once pitched both heads of a doubleheader; the one time he did it, it was in his rookie year and he won both games. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats24.shtml 29 comments baseball
- Aaron Judge ties Bill Joyce's single season rookie walk record with 123 http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_wk1.shtml?x=0 8 comments baseball
- Pitchers that played a position other than pitcher at some point? http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hunteca01 67 comments baseball
- Bake McBride Tied Claudell Washington With A Career .420 Slugging Percentage. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mcbriba01 13 comments baseball
- Twins Set New Record with Most Runs Scored by the 6th inning at 17 http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_runs2.shtml 10 comments baseball
- Sometimes it's good to remember what Baseball Is... http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_is.shtml 3 comments baseball
- TIL Mark Kiger is the only player to play his entire MLB career in the postseason http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=kigerma01 5 comments baseball
- The Detroit Tigers have grounded into 97 double plays in 88 games this season, on pace to break an all time record. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_gidp2.shtml 115 comments baseball
- [Trivia] Switching from being an MLB player to being an MLB umpire is pretty rare. Apparently the last person to do it, William Kunkel, retired from umpiring in 1984. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/umpires/umpireswhowereplayers.shtml 3 comments baseball
- TIL the Giants have more Hall-of-Famers than any other team http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hof/hofstat.shtml 61 comments baseball
- This Week in Baseball History- 8/31-9/6 http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08311950.shtml 13 comments baseball
- In August of 1944, Red Barrett pitched a complete game shutout of the Reds on 58 pitches. The game lasted 1:15. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08101944.shtml 4 comments baseball
- Joe diMaggio got three hits in four times at bat against the Cleveland Indians on this day in 1941, extending his record hitting streak to 56 games. The streak would end the next day in Cleveland. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats3.shtml 4 comments baseball
- TIL the Atlanta Braves may hold the worst untouchable record in baseball. They gave up 1,220 runs in the '94 season. The 1894 season. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_runs2.shtml 4 comments baseball
- Bold Prediction: In 2014, Billy Hamilton will break a record last set in 1894 by...Billy Hamilton. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stba.shtml 59 comments baseball
- Baseball Poem from 1744!? http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_babl.shtml 9 comments baseball
- TIL Of the five active players whom hit a home run on the first pitch of their career, two are pitchers http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats6.shtml 24 comments baseball
- What do you think sport's most unbreakable record is? My vote goes to Cy Young's 511 career wins. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/piwins2.shtml 587 comments sports
- People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quohorn.shtml 40 comments baseball
- Is it just me... http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/frank_viola_autograph.jpg 8 comments baseball
- TIL that the Yankees and Cardinals have made it to the playoffs more than any other teams this millennium (Yanks 11 times and Cards 8 times). http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/postseason.shtml 16 comments baseball
- Uniform Number Database? http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1992&t=TOR 6 comments baseball
- "Casey At The Bat," first published on this day in 1888. Seemed appropriate. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_case.shtml 3 comments baseball
- I Love to Read This as Baseball Season Gets Underway: Baseball Is by Greg Hall http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_is.shtml 3 comments baseball
- I consider this to be the most impressive single game performance in baseball history http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196805080oak 19 comments baseball
- Discussion point: To what degree does Felix Hernandez's winning the Cy Young devalue the win? http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pi300c.shtml 21 comments baseball
- Is game 1 "pivotal"? http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ 15 comments baseball
- If you think pitching a perfect game is rare, hitting four home runs in a game is ever rarer. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats4.shtml 3 comments sports