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Baseball Almanac News
Date Major League Baseball Calendar Days Away
03-31-2022 Opening Day (History) 78 days
04-15-2022 Jackie Robinson Day (History) 93 days
07-19-2022 92nd All-Star Game (History) 188 days
2020 National League Standings 2020 American League Standings
East F W L PCT East F W L PCT
TBR y F 100 62 .617 ATL y F 88 73 .547
BOS w F 92 70 .568 PHI F 82 80 .506
NYY w F 92 70 .568 NYM F 77 85 .475
TOR F 91 71 .562 MIA F 67 95 .414
BAL F 52 110 .321 WSN F 65 97 .401
Central F W L PCT Central F W L PCT
CHW y F 93 69 .574 MIL y F 95 67 .586
CLE F 80 82 .494 STL w F 90 72 .556
DET F 77 85 .475 CIN F 83 79 .512
KCR F 74 88 .457 CHC F 71 91 .438
MIN F 73 89 .451 PIT F 61 101 .377
West F W L PCT West F W L PCT
HOU y F 95 67 .586 SFG y F 107 55 .660
SEA F 90 72 .556 LAD w F 106 56 .654
OAK F 86 76 .531 SDP F 79 83 .488
LAA F 77 85 .475 COL F 74 87 .460
TEX F 60 102 .370 ARI F 52 110 .321
Bold = Playoff Team | y = Division Champion | w = Wilcard Winner
Postseason: Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series
New Research on Rookies (AL Debuts | NL Debuts)
  10-03: Joan Adon (Dominican Republic) & Tyler Payne (West Virginia State).
  10-02: Oneil Cruz (Named After Paul O'Neill) & Kyle Dohy (Cal Poly).
  10-01: Dylan Lee (Sequoias & Fresno State) & Spencer Strider (Clemson).
  09-30: Erick Castillo (Venezuela) & Angel Zerpa (Venezuela).
  09-29: Roansy Contreras (Dominican Republic) & Trent Giambrone (Delta State).
New Research in Baseball Autographs
  Jacob Barnes, Jake Reed, Kyle Lobstein, Gavin Sheets, Jake Burger.
  Aaron Ashby, Jimsario, Justin Garza, Konner Wade, Alexander Wells.
  Corey Oswalt, Matt Vierling, Matt Manning, Tayler Saucedo, Jimmie Sherfy.
  Ernie Clement, Alek Manoah, Jackson Kowar, Edward Olivare, Beau Burrows.
  Carl Edwards, Jr., Austin Wynns, Jefry Rodriguez, Jason Foley.
New Research in Baseball Awards
  Top Newcomer Award: New. Official Brewers award for best new player on team.
  Ford C. Frick Award: Awarded to Jack Graney, 1st MLB player turned broadcaster.
  BBWAA Career Excellence Award: Congratulations Tim Kurkjian!
  Edgar Martinez Award: Added 2021 recipient Shohei Ohtani (Awards).
  Comeback Player of the Year Award: Trey Mancini (AL) & Buster Posey (NL).
New Research in the Baseball Card Database
  1962 Post Cereal Baseball Card Checklist added. (Post Cereal Sets).
  1986 Big League Chew Home Run Heroes (Miscellaneous Sets).
  Mother's Cookies Sets: Padres checklists added for 1993, 1994, and 1995.
  2020 Bowman Baseball Card Checklist added. (Bowman Sets).
  1934 Four on one Exhibit Baseball Card Checklist (Miscellaneous Sets).
New Research in Baseball Feats
  Silver & Gold Club: Added Marcus Semien (AL / 2B) and Max Fried (NL / P).
  Three Home Runs in a Playoff Game: Added Chris Taylor.
  Three Home Runs in a Game: Brandon Lowe — 1st by a Rays second baseman!
  HR Surrendered to First Batter Faced: added Hans Crouse.
  30 / 30 Club: Added Cedric Mullins, first in Orioles history (excluding Browns).
New Research in Baseball Lists (List of Last Ten Site Updates)
  World Series Umpires: Updated. Added 2021 World Series crew.
  MLB Trades: New. Every trade made during every year in baseball history!
  MLB Division Series: Updated. Added all new games / data.
  MLB Wild Card Game: Updated. Added final data to 2021 games.
  Splash Hits: Added LaMonte Wade Jr. — second splash hit this year!
New Research on Baseball Players
  Casey Candaele. Only mom & son professional baseball duo in history.
  Travis Lee. Added: Draft history. Diamondbacks history. Rays history.
  Larry Biittner. Added cemetery, terrific quote, rookie card, Rangers history..
  Jim Corsi. Added cemetery, nice quote, career synopsis, rookie card & some trivia.
  Scott Karl: Rookie card, address, quote, and some great trivia added.
New Research in Baseball Records
  Home Runs Allowed Records: Craig Stammen & Roel Ramirez set to consecutive.
  Relief Pitcher Records: Added most consecutive in game by a reliever.
  Most HBP in a Season by Rookie: Broken by Jonathan India (Frank Robinson).
  Most Home Runs in a Season by a Team: Added all 2021 data / record breakers.
  MLB Innings Pitched Records: Added Robbie Ray, broke fewest IP by leader mark.
New Research on Baseball Teams & Historic Games
  July 14, 1934. Newspaper story (Gehrig at shortstop), quote, research added.
  2021 MLB All-Star Game: Added game story, line score, box score.
  2021 Home Run Derby: Added results from 2021 MLB HR Derby contest.
  Lee Richmond Perfect Game. Added newspaper story — from 1880!
  September 28, 1919. Newspaper stories, quotes & new research added.
New Research in College Baseball Lists
  Chabot College: New. Eighteen MLB players updated!
  Long Beach City College: Fourteen MLB players updated!
  Olivet Nazarene University Baseball Players: Three MLB players.
  Blinn College Baseball Players: Nineteen MLB players updated.
  Erskine College Baseball Players: Seven MLB players updated.
New Research on Major League Players Who Died in 2022
  Don Dillard. Died January 8. Set Guardians record for single season PH BAVG!
  Carl Linhart. Died January 4. The third ballplayer from Czechoslovakia.
  Tom Matchick. Died January 4. Hit historic home run for Series-winning '68 Tigers.
  Jim Corsi. Died January 4. Ten years in MLB, 368 pitching appearances, 3.25 ERA.
  Larry Biittner. Died January 2. Made Texas Rangers history with Ted Ford in '72.
New Research on World Series Pages & Year-by-Year MLB History
  1901 American League History & 1901 National League History. Format updated.
  1895 National League. Formatting upgraded, typo fixed, cycles added.
  2022 American League & 2022 National League. New pages for new season!
  1908 World Series: formatting upgraded / Game 4 ticket stub added.
  1907 World Series: formatting upgraded / Game 4 ticket stub added.
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