Who is the best batter in MLB history?

Outfielder Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb
American Major League Baseball outfielder Ty Cobb was nicknamed "The Georgia Peach"
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, whose career ended in 1928, has the highest batting
batting
In the sports of baseball and softball, a batted ball is a pitch that has been contacted by the batter's bat. Batted balls are either fair or foul, and can be characterized as a fly ball, pop-up, line drive, or ground ball.
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average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He batted . 366 over 24 seasons, mostly with the Detroit Tigers. In addition, he won a record 11 batting titles for leading the American League
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in BA over the course of an entire season.
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Who is the greatest hitter in MLB history?

No one was ever better at hitting a baseball than Ted Williams. If he were playing today, he would be the best hitter today. Ted Williams won six batting titles and four home run crowns. His numbers are staggering.
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Who was the best baseball batter?

1. Ty Cobb. The Georgia Peach's career batting average over his 24 seasons in baseball is the highest in major league history. Plus, historians have proven he wasn't the worst human being to ever play the game as early biographies reported.
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Who is the greatest hitter that ever lived?

During his remarkable career with the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams earned many nicknames: The Kid, The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame... but the only nickname that he ever wanted was "the greatest hitter who ever lived."
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Who is the hardest hitter in baseball?

Giancarlo Stanton's 119.8 mph HR.
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Who is the goat of the MLB?

1. Nobody changed a sport like Babe Ruth did when he joined the Yankees and transformed baseball into a game of power. He is the greatest slugger of all time, proven by his record (. 690) career slugging percentage.
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Who is the hit king of baseball?

Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256.
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Who has the most batting title?

Stan Musial won seven NL batting titles from 1943 to 1957. Tony Gwynn won a record-tying eight NL batting titles from 1984 to 1997.
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Who is the closest to 3000 hits in MLB?

Tony Gwynn was the fastest player in National League history to hit the 3,000 mark; he reached the mark in his 2,284th game. Hank Aaron was the youngest NL player to accomplish 3,000 hits; he achieved the feat at 36 years, 100 days old.
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Who holds the homerun record without steroids?

Barry Bonds has hit the most career homers, with 762 homers.
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Who is the best catcher ever?

1. Yogi Berra- Good luck trying to dispute this one: he won three MVP awards (1951, 1954 and 1955), made 15 All-Star game appearances, caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series and boasts an unprecedented 10 World Series rings.
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Who is the real home run king?

Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714 and Albert Pujols with 703.
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Who hit the hardest home run ever?

Stanton hit a 121.7 mph home run in 2018 against the Texas Rangers, which remains the hardest-hit home run to this day. He also managed a 121.3 mph home run against the Washington Nationals in 2020.
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Who hit the longest home run ever?

What is the longest home run of all time? Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! The media could not be played.
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How many players have 700 home runs?

Of the more than 20,000 players who have participated in an MLB game, Pujols joined Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth as one of only four AL/NL players to have reached 700 homers. Here is a quick look at that short list of legends. No player went from 600 to 700 home runs quicker than Bonds.
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Who else has 500 home runs 3000 hits?

Every position except catcher and pitcher has at least one player with 3,000 hits. Ten of these players have played for only one major league team. Seven players—Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, and Miguel Cabrera—are also members of the 500 home run club.
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Has anyone ever hit 3 home runs in a game?

Babe Ruth was the first player to hit three home runs in game at least once both leagues, once with the New York Yankees in 1930, and once in the National League, with the Boston Braves in 1935. Merv Connors had eight career home runs, the fewest career home runs by any player with a 3-homer game on their resume.
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Who has 500 home runs 3000 hits and 600 doubles?

3,000 hits, 600 doubles, 500 home runs and now his 12th All Star appearance. Miguel Cabrera has been selected to the American League All-Star team by Commissioner Rob Manfred for his accomplishments as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.
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Who was the youngest player to reach 3000 hits?

Career hits: 4,191

He got it with a single in the second game of a doubleheader against the Red Sox, just two weeks after the first-ever radio broadcast of an MLB game. Cobb is the youngest player to reach 3,000th hits.
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Has anyone hit 7 home runs in a game?

"The White Sox hit seven home runs during Saturday's game against the Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field, and made dubious history in the process. Those seven long balls, all amazingly of the solo variety, were not enough to prevent a 10-8 loss.
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