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As of the end of the 2023 MLB season, the American League holds an all-time series advantage of 3,962–3,690. The American League holds the longest streak for finishing with the better record in interleague play, at 14 straight seasons, dating back from 2004 through 2017.
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, 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.
List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game records; List of Major League Baseball attendance records; List of Major League Baseball postseason records. List of World Series career records; List of World Series single-game records; List of World Series single-series records
MLB's first regular season interleague game took place on June 12, 1997, when the Texas Rangers hosted the San Francisco Giants at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. [133] There were four interleague games on the schedule that night, but the other three were played on the West Coast, so the Giants–Rangers matchup started a few hours earlier than ...
Meanwhile, Hack Wilson's 191 RBI season has stood as a record since 1930, while Albert Belle became the first (and only) player to collect 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a season when he did so in ...
And just like that, Josh Gibson is now baseball’s all-time leader in several new key categories. More than 2,300 players who played in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 were integrated into MLB ...
Interleague play was introduced in the 1997 season, marking the first time the Angels and Dodgers played each other in the regular season. As a result of City of Anaheim v. Angels Baseball LP, Angels change name from "California Angels" to "Anaheim Angels". First time Dodgers sweep the Angels. 1998: Angels: 3–1: Angels, 2–0 Tie ...