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in 1920, a 25-year-old Hornsby—a lifetime .310/.370/.440 hitter to that point—hit .370/.431/.559, leading the league in all three splits, and he also led the league in hits, doubles, RBIs, and total bases. Over the next five seasons combined—this is so ridiculous—Hornsby would hit .402. Nobody, not even Ty Cobb, hit .400 over five full seasons.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
Only three men as big as Frank Thomas—Derrek Lee and Mike Morse are the other two—have hit .300 in a full big-league season. Thomas did it nine times.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
In 1930, he led the league in wins and saves (though it would be decades before the save became an official statistic).
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
baseball on valium’, as some would describe it).
Susie Dent • Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain
Tony Gwynn hit a magnificent .338 for his career.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
Only 36 percent of the home runs Roberts gave up were with runners on base. That’s a pretty good percentage; it’s tied for 14th among the 100 pitchers who gave up the most home runs in baseball history.III
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
B. J. Ryan (in 2003, with the Baltimore Orioles) and Alan Embree (in 2009, with the Colorado Rockies) were each credited with a victory in a game in which they threw zero pitches. Both relievers picked a runner off a base to end an inning before their offense plated the winning run.