Baseball Statistics

Baseball Statistics

Starting in the early 19th century in America is when small teams started to form. However, there were really not many written rules to go by to play the game of baseball. That means that there were not any way to track baseball statistics either. So, it really wasn’t until the 1900s that we can start seeing good record keeping for baseball statistics.

Major League Baseball Statistics

Since the 1900s was the time when we start to see baseball statistics produced, that was a big time in baseball. And, there is a reason that some fans can’t get enough baseball statistics from this era. There were some great baseball players produced during this time. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig seemed to top the statistical charts during the 1920s, and with good reason. With 22 years in his career, Babe Ruth managed to get 714 home runs and over 2,200 RBIs. Lou Gehrig and his 17 years captured almost 500 home runs and almost 2,000 RBIs.

Moving forward into baseball statistics to the 1950s. Mickey Mantle was one of the most known from the 1950s in baseball. Unfortunately, he had sustained several leg injuries over the course of his life, but this didn’t stop this young man from making history. Not only was he considered one of the best switch hitters, but he was also one of the best runners as well. Ted Williams was another player from the 1950s was Ted Williams. He had an incredible batting talent because he was known to be able to tell whether or not a ball was in the strike zone. He was also known to be able to see the markings on the ball as it was coming towards him. Ted Williams said his talent wasn’t from his eyesight, he contributed it to discipline. However, he was more attention in the 1950s for his temper tantrums than his playing skills. There are so many baseball legends that go unmentioned. These were just a few of well known ones that helped to make baseball what it is today.

Some other important baseball statistics is the longest major league baseball game in history. It was on 5/8/84 between Chicago and Milwaukee. It took 25 innings in this game to wrap up and find a winner. When they finally did, Chicago won the eight hour and six minute game 7 – 6.

Jackie Robinson’s Baseball Statistics

Jackie Robinson was 28 when he broke into the Major Legaues in 1947 playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was a great baseball player and over his 10 years in the game, his batting averaged at 0.311, with 137 home runs and 734 RBIs. The 1949 All Star game was the first of six that Jackie Robinson played in. The 1949 was also the first year they let African Americans play in the All Star game.