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Players with 40+ Career WAR who played for the Royals

21st May 2024

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Players with 40+ Career WAR who played for the Brewers

21st May 2024

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Players with 40+ Career WAR who played for the Braves

21st May 2024

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Top 11 Players with Highest Batting Averages of All Time

18th May 2024

The 2023 Major League batting champ, Luis Arráez, was able to hit over .350 on the season. Maintaining a .350 average over a career, however, is a very difficult feat.

Batting average is one of the key traditional statistics in baseball, and batting average records are some of the most lauded in the game. It takes a high level of consistency and skill to hit for average and any player who can hit for over .350 in their career, no matter the era, solidifies their place in baseball history. The list of who has the highest batting average of all time is a list of some of the greatest hitters of the early 20th century. Given advances in pitching and fielding skills, it’s highly unlikely we will ever see these records broken. Here are the players with the highest batting averages of all time. 

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Players who pitched a no-hitter and won a Gold Glove

18th May 2024

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Players who pitched a no-hitter and had a sub-3.00 season

18th May 2024

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Pitchers who threw a No-Hitter and had 2000 career strikeouts

18th May 2024

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Players born outside the USA who won the Gold Glove Award

18th May 2024

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Top 5 Leaders in Home Runs for the Boston Red Sox

17th May 2024

Without dispute, the Boston Red Sox are and have been one of MLB’s premier franchises since the early 1900s. Think about all of the iconic events, indelible images, and American mythology associated with this team from Beantown: The Curse of the Bambino, The Green Monster, Teddy Ballgame hitting .406, Carlton Fisk’s waving the ball fair, Bill Buckner, the 2004 ALCS comeback from down 3-0, etc. This club has infused the sport with countless memories and barroom debates. This list will look at the players with the most home runs in Red Sox history. All of these names are legends in Fenway and heels in the Bronx. 

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Players with a 6+ WAR Season for the Pirates

15th May 2024

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