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List. Andrew McCutchen, the active leader and 103rd all-time in games played as an outfielder. Barry Bonds holds the National League record. Willie Mays held the National League record for 38 years. Max Carey held the National League record for 42 years. Fred Clarke, who held the National League record for 18 years, was the first player to ...
Batting. List of Major League Baseball hit records. List of Major League Baseball doubles records. List of Major League Baseball triples records. List of Major League Baseball home run records. List of Major League Baseball runs batted in records.
Josh Gibson holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler 's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season. Record.
Johnny Vander Meer's elusive record of back-to-back no-hitters in 1938 has been described as "the most unbreakable of all baseball records" by LIFE Some Major League Baseball (MLB) records are widely regarded as "unbreakable" because they were set by freak occurrence or under rules, techniques, or other circumstances that have since changed. Some records previously regarded as unbreakable have ...
Starling Marte, the active leader in assists by an outfielder and tied for 272nd all-time. Jimmy Ryan held the major league record for 24 years. Max Carey holds the National League record. Orator Shafer's 50 assists in 1879 remain a record for outfielders. Roberto Clemente's 266 assists are the most by an outfielder since 1920.
In order to generate more home runs, Kauffman Stadium's outfield fences from bullpen to bullpen were moved in ten feet from their original dimensions, and the outfield wall height was reduced from 12 feet (3.7 m) to 9 feet (2.7 m) prior to the 1995 season. They were returned to their original dimensions prior to the 2005 season. [31]
Max Carey held the National League record for 45 years. Richie Ashburn holds six of the top ten single-season putout totals for outfielders. Mike Cameron recorded 2,000 putouts in both the American and National Leagues, leading each league once. Dom DiMaggio was the first American League outfielder to record 500 putouts in a season.
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. The newest stadium is Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, home of the Texas Rangers, which opened in 2020. Two ballparks were built in the 1910s, two in the 1960s, one in the 1970s ...