MLB Records Flashcards
What MLB player holds the record for stolen bases (over a career)?
Rickey Henderson (with 1406, including 130 in the 1982 season with the Oakland Athletics)
What MLB player holds the record for consecutive steals?
Vince Coleman (with 50, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals)
What MLB player holds the record for most consecutive games played?
Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles (2,632 consecutive games over more than 16 years), beating the previous record of Lou Gehrig with the New York Yankees
What MLB player holds the record for the most career doubles?
Tris Speaker
What MLB player holds the record for the most hits in one season?
Ichiro Suzuki in 2004, playing for the Seattle Mariners
What MLB player holds the record for the most career hits?
Pete Rose (with 4256), followed by Ty Cobb with 4191
What MLB player holds the record for the most career grand slams?
Alex Rodriguez
What MLB player holds the record for the highest career batting average?
Ty Cobb (0.3664)
What MLB player holds the record for the most career singles?
Pete Rose (with 3215)
What MLB player holds the record for the most career triples?
Sam Crawford
What MLB player holds the record for the most career home runs?
Barry Bonds (with 762); he also holds the record for the most home runs in a season (73 in 2001)
What MLB player holds the record for the most career home runs by a pitcher?
Wes Ferrell
What MLB player is the youngest player to hit a home run?
Tommy Brown (17 years, 257 days old)
What MLB player holds the record for the most career runs batted in (RBI)?
Hark Aaron
What MLB player holds the career record for the most runs scored?
Rickey Henderson (not coincidentally, also the stolen base leader)
What MLB player holds the record for the highest career on-base percentage?
Ted Williams (0.482)
What MLB player holds the career record for the most steals of home plate?
Ty Cobb
What MLB player holds the record for the highest career slugging percentage (total bases divided by at bats)?
Babe Ruth (0.690)
What MLB player holds the career records for the most walks and the most intentional walks?
Barry Bonds
What MLB player holds the record for the most career at-bats?
Pete Rose
What MLB player holds the career record for total bases?
Hank Aaron
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most career wins?
Cy Young (who also holds the record for the most career losses since he also holds the records for the most innings pitched and most complete games); the record for the most wins during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Warren Spahn
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the lowest career Earned Run Average (ERA)?
Ed Walsh; the record for the lowest ERA during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Mariano Rivera
What MLB pitcher holds the career records for the most no-hitters and the most strikeouts?
Nolan Ryan (7 no-hitters and 5714 strikeouts); he also holds the record for the most losses in the “live-ball era” (1920-present)!
What MLB player holds the record for the most career strikeouts?
Reggie Jackson
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most career shutouts?
Walter Johnson; the record for the most shutouts during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Warren Spahn
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most pickoffs?
Steve Carlton
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most saves?
Mariano Rivera
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the lowest career WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Innings Pitched)
Addie Joss (0.968); the record during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Mariano Rivera
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the highest career win-loss percentage?
Spud Chandler
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most consecutive scoreless innings pitched?
Orel Hershiser
What MLB pitcher holds the career record for the most games pitched?
Jesse Orosco
What MLB catcher holds the career record for the most runners caught stealing?
Gary Carter (who also holds the record for the most stolen bases allowed!)
What MLB catcher holds the career record for the highest caught-stealing percentage?
Roy Campanella
What MLB catcher holds the career records for the most games caught and the most pickoffs?
Ivan Rodriguez
What MLB player holds the record for the most MVP Awards won?
Barry Bonds
What MLB player holds the record for the highest consecutive game hitting streak?
Joe DiMaggio
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the fastest pitch thrown?
Nolan Ryan (108.5 mph)
What MLB player holds the record for the highest batting average in a single season?
Hugh Duffy (0.440 in 1894); the modern-era record is held by Nap Lajoie (0.426 in 1901)
What MLB player holds the record for the most runs batted in (RBI) in a single season?
Hack Wilson (191)
What MLB player holds the record for the most runs scored in a single season?
Billy Hamilton (192 in 1894); the modern-era record is held by Babe Ruth (179 in 1921)
What MLB player holds the record for the most consecutive games reaching base?
Ted Williams (84 in 1949)
What MLB player holds the record for the most consecutive games without a strikeout?
Joe Sewell (115 in 1929)
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most consecutive games won?
Carl Hubbell (24 over 2 seasons)
What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most Cy Young awards won?
Roger Clemens
What MLB player has won the Hank Aaron Award (introduced in 1999 for the player selected as the best hitter) the most times?
Alex Rodriguez
What MLB player has won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (for fielding) the most times?
Pitcher Greg Maddux (18)
