Welcome to another edition of Saber rattling. I still haven’t been fired, so let’s dig in! Last week I introduced the idea that statistics is…
Category: Baseball Records
Player Spotlight – Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb, who was nicknamed the Georgia Peach, is considered to be one of the top players in the history of Major League Baseball. He…
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A regular contributor to Baseball Almanac sent us an email yesterday that mentioned Nomar Garciaparra having a 10-RBI game, and that he was the…
Matt Davidson – The Player of the Week (NOT)
Matt Davidson kept Baseball Almanac busy this week. He tied the Major League record for most home runs in an Opening Day game, tied the…
Pitchers With Three Putouts in an Inning
I was updating the record (3) for Putouts in an Inning by Pitchers, basically adding a link to a recent box score where the record…