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Though it had been only 11 years since a baseball player had ended a season having hit .400, it was still newsworthy when a young Ted Williams flirted with the magical mark 75 years ago. | baseballhall.org
(COOPERSTOWN, NY) – Returning to Cooperstown as a Hall of Famer for the 2024 Induction Ceremony, Fred McGriff flashed the brilliant smile befitting one of the legends of the game.| baseballhall.org
When the Chicago White Sox hired Minnie Miñoso as their first base coach in January of 1976, speculation abounded about whether the 13-time All-Star might be convinced to return as an active player.| baseballhall.org
When Eddie Murray joined the 500-home run club on Sept. 6, 1996, only 14 players had reached the mark before he did.| baseballhall.org
In 1985, Steve Bedrosian started 37 games on the mound for the Atlanta Braves and completed none of them. No other pitcher in big league history has started more than 35 games in a year where they had zero complete games.| baseballhall.org
From 1963-66, only one pitcher not named Sandy Koufax won a Cy Young Award. That pitcher was Dean Chance in 1964, and not only was Chance the only pitcher other than Koufax to win the award but he was also one of only two pitchers other than Koufax to even receive a single vote in the Cy Young balloting during those four years.| baseballhall.org
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,” Jackie Robinson once said. The impact Robinson made on Major League Baseball is one that will be forever remembered. On April 15 each season, every team in the majors celebrates Jackie Robinson Day in honor of when he broke the color barrier in baseball, becoming the first African-American player in the 20th century to take the field in the American or National league. He opened the door for many others and will forever...| baseballhall.org