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What MLB player holds the record for stolen bases (over a career)?

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Rickey Henderson (with 1406, including 130 in the 1982 season with the Oakland Athletics)

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What MLB player holds the record for consecutive steals?

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Vince Coleman (with 50, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals)

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What MLB player holds the record for most consecutive games played?

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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

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career doubles?

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Tris Speaker

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What MLB player holds the record for the most hits in one season?

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Ichiro Suzuki in 2004, playing for the Seattle Mariners

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career hits?

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Pete Rose (with 4256), followed by Ty Cobb with 4191

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career grand slams?

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Alex Rodriguez

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What MLB player holds the record for the highest career batting average?

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Ty Cobb (0.3664)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career singles?

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Pete Rose (with 3215)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career triples?

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Sam Crawford

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career home runs?

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Barry Bonds (with 762); he also holds the record for the most home runs in a season (73 in 2001)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career home runs by a pitcher?

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Wes Ferrell

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What MLB player is the youngest player to hit a home run?

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Tommy Brown (17 years, 257 days old)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career runs batted in (RBI)?

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Hark Aaron

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What MLB player holds the career record for the most runs scored?

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Rickey Henderson (not coincidentally, also the stolen base leader)

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What MLB player holds the record for the highest career on-base percentage?

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Ted Williams (0.482)

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What MLB player holds the career record for the most steals of home plate?

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Ty Cobb

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What MLB player holds the record for the highest career slugging percentage (total bases divided by at bats)?

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Babe Ruth (0.690)

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What MLB player holds the career records for the most walks and the most intentional walks?

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Barry Bonds

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career at-bats?

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Pete Rose

21
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What MLB player holds the career record for total bases?

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Hank Aaron

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most career wins?

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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

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the lowest career Earned Run Average (ERA)?

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Ed Walsh; the record for the lowest ERA during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Mariano Rivera

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What MLB pitcher holds the career records for the most no-hitters and the most strikeouts?

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Nolan Ryan (7 no-hitters and 5714 strikeouts); he also holds the record for the most losses in the “live-ball era” (1920-present)!

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What MLB player holds the record for the most career strikeouts?

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Reggie Jackson

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most career shutouts?

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Walter Johnson; the record for the most shutouts during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Warren Spahn

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most pickoffs?

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Steve Carlton

28
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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most saves?

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Mariano Rivera

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the lowest career WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Innings Pitched)

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Addie Joss (0.968); the record during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Mariano Rivera

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the highest career win-loss percentage?

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Spud Chandler

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most consecutive scoreless innings pitched?

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Orel Hershiser

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What MLB pitcher holds the career record for the most games pitched?

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Jesse Orosco

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What MLB catcher holds the career record for the most runners caught stealing?

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Gary Carter (who also holds the record for the most stolen bases allowed!)

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What MLB catcher holds the career record for the highest caught-stealing percentage?

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Roy Campanella

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What MLB catcher holds the career records for the most games caught and the most pickoffs?

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Ivan Rodriguez

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What MLB player holds the record for the most MVP Awards won?

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Barry Bonds

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What MLB player holds the record for the highest consecutive game hitting streak?

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Joe DiMaggio

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the fastest pitch thrown?

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Nolan Ryan (108.5 mph)

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What MLB player holds the record for the highest batting average in a single season?

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Hugh Duffy (0.440 in 1894); the modern-era record is held by Nap Lajoie (0.426 in 1901)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most runs batted in (RBI) in a single season?

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Hack Wilson (191)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most runs scored in a single season?

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Billy Hamilton (192 in 1894); the modern-era record is held by Babe Ruth (179 in 1921)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most consecutive games reaching base?

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Ted Williams (84 in 1949)

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What MLB player holds the record for the most consecutive games without a strikeout?

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Joe Sewell (115 in 1929)

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most consecutive games won?

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Carl Hubbell (24 over 2 seasons)

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What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most Cy Young awards won?

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Roger Clemens

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What MLB player has won the Hank Aaron Award (introduced in 1999 for the player selected as the best hitter) the most times?

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Alex Rodriguez

47
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What MLB player has won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (for fielding) the most times?

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Pitcher Greg Maddux (18)

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