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Ty Cobb, the all-time leader in games played as an outfielder. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.
Pesky's Pole is the name for the pole on the right field foul line, which stands 302 feet (92 m) from home plate, [70] the shortest outfield distance (left or right field) in Major League Baseball. [79] Like the measurement of the left-field line at Fenway Park, this has been disputed.
Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, is the newest stadium in Major League Baseball. It opened in 2020. There are 30 stadiums in use by Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The oldest ballpark is Fenway Park in Boston, home of the Boston Red Sox, which opened in 1912.
Fantasy baseball analyst Scott Pianowski continues his Shuffle Up series for 2024, this time sharing his rankings tiers for the outfielder position.
The Tampa Bay Rays dropped the opening game of the AL wild-card series to the Texas Rangers 4-0 on Tuesday. There were 19,704 fans in attendance at Tropicana Field, the fewest number of fans to ...
Thomas is the shortest player to be included on an All-NBA team, the shortest player to play in multiple All-Star games (2) and the shortest player ever to record a triple-double.
The record was previously held by Cobb until the integration of Negro league statistics into Major League Baseball's record books on May 28, 2024. Since then, Gibson not only holds the new record for career batting average, but also the records for career OPS with 1.177 and slugging percentage with .718, as well as the single-season records in ...
In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is credited to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been hit by the batter ) prior to the recording of a putout , even if the contact was unintentional.