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At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. [1] Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title. The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
List of Major League Baseball records includes the following lists of the superlative statistics of Major League Baseball (MLB): General.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time.
List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a first baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a second baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a third baseman leaders; List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a shortstop leaders
Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [ a ] He passed Hank Aaron , who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714, and Albert Pujols with 703.
† Due to the strike that took place in the middle of the 1981 season, Major League Baseball crowned both a "first half" (pre-strike) and "second half" (post-strike) division champion. The teams were then matched against each other in a special division series.
b The Major League Baseball (MLB) season in 2020 was less than half the length of a typical season, starting in late July and condensed into 60 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. s Suttles had 108 hits in 301 at-bats (.35880), while Wells had 113 hits in 315 at-bats (.35873) a Andrews played in 22 games and batted .398.