Who is the meanest player in baseball?

Ty Cobb. By most accounts, Ty Cobb is hands down the worst human being to ever play in Major League Baseball, and it's not even that close. Cobb was frequently involved in fights and was also a well-known racist, obviously playing during a time where this was still common in the country.
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Who is the toughest guy in MLB?

Toughest Baseball Players in MLB History
  • Thurman Munson.
  • David Eckstein. ...
  • Craig Biggio. ...
  • Babe Ruth. ...
  • Orel Hershiser. ...
  • Aaron Rowand. ...
  • Derek Jeter. ...
  • Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. ...
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What was the biggest disgrace in baseball?

The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein.
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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 most ejected player in baseball?

The Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most times ejected from a game is 161 by Bobby Cox (USA) managing the Toronto Blue Jays (Canada) and Atlanta Braves (USA) from 1978 to 2010.
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The Biggest Villain in Baseball



Who can throw a baseball 100 mph?

As far as the technology of the time could tell us, Nolan Ryan threw a 100 mph fastball. Randy Johnson was clocked as high as 102. Bob Feller may have hit 104 in his day, although we only have some creative science experiments to rely on for that figure.
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Who is the goat in baseball?

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 hardest player to strikeout?

Over nearly 145 years of professional baseball, no player was tougher to strike out than Hall of Fame shortstop Joe Sewell. In 7,132 career at-bats, Sewell heard the umpire say “Strike three” just 114 times.
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Whats the hardest a girl has thrown a baseball?

The Guinness World Book of Records says the fastest pitch ever thrown by a female player was 69 m.p.h. (111 km/h).
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Has anyone ever hit the skin off a baseball?

only 2 or 3 guys in history ever busted the guts out of a baseball. Bryce Harper quite literally hit the cover off the ball. Harper ended up walking in that at-bat, leaving all other baseball covers intact.
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Who hit the hardest homerun?

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. Not to be outdone, Judge hit a 121.1 mph home run against the Orioles in 2017 when he was a rookie.
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Who is the best homerun hitter ever?

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 is the hardest pitcher ever?

Earl Weaver, who had years of exposure to both pitchers, said, "[Dalkowski] threw a lot faster than Ryan." The hardest throwers in baseball currently are recognized as Aroldis Chapman and Jordan Hicks, who have each been clocked with the fastest pitch speed on record at 105.1 mph (169 km/h).
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What is the rarest thing in baseball?

Rarest of all is the unassisted triple play by an outfielder, performed only once in professional baseball history, by Walter Carlisle. It is possible for a team to score on a triple play, but that is also phenomenally rare.
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Who is the losingest team in baseball?

The Philadelphia Phillies have the most losses, with 11,112, while the Arizona Diamondbacks have the fewest, with 1,946. With 21,769 games played, the Chicago Cubs have played more games than any other MLB club.
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What was the saddest day in baseball?

Today is June 2nd. It is the anniversary of one of baseball's saddest days. On this day in 1941, Yankee great Lou Gehrig passed away from ALS in his home in Riverdale, New York. Nicknamed 'the Iron Horse', Gehrig had a storied career with the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
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Who is the smartest man in baseball?

Intelligence
  • Breslow was nicknamed the "smartest man in baseball" by Minneapolis Star Tribune Twins beat writer La Velle E. ...
  • Referring to the reactions he has experienced to the plaudits, Breslow said: "There's no end to the teasing I've taken".
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Who is the strongest baseball player ever?

Prince Fielder, 6 feet, 275 pounds, became the game's strongest man, perhaps carrying the mantle from Mantle to Bo Jackson and others.
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Who has fastest pitch in MLB?

As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.
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Has anyone thrown a 27 pitch game?

The first recorded perfect game happened in 1880 by Lee Richmond, and the most recent perfect game was in August of 2012 by Felix Hernandez. There has not been a perfect game since. Here is a full list of all 23 pitchers who have thrown a perfect game in Major League Baseball.
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Has anyone struck 6 times in a game?

Only eight players have had six strikeouts in one game, as listed in the following table. All eight instances occurred in games that were completed in extra innings; the record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game is five.
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Who has the best mascot in baseball?

MLB's Most Predictable Mascots
  • Ace (A blue jay) – Toronto Blue Jays.
  • Billy The Marlin – Miami Marlins.
  • Clark (a bear cub) – Chicago Cubs.
  • Fredbird (a red bird) – St. ...
  • The Oriole Bird – Baltimore Orioles.
  • Sluggerrr (king of the jungle) – Kansas City Royals.
  • Paws (a tiger) – Detroit Tigers.
  • Pirate Parrot – Pittsburgh Pirates.
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