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The 2013 Major League Baseball season started on March 31 with a Sunday night game between the Texas Rangers and the
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
.Rangers vs. Astros to kick off the 2013 season in prime time
''Hardball Talk'' via NBC Sports, January 3, 2013
Opening Day for most clubs was a day later on April 1. The regular season ended on September 30, extended one day for a
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between the
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and the Texas Rangers to decide the second American League Wild Card winner. The 2013 season was the first with the Houston Astros as a member of the
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(AL), playing in the West Division. This marked the first growth in the number of American League teams since the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion added the
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and
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. When the then-named
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were added to the AL in 1998, the
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were reassigned to the
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(NL) the same year, keeping the AL at 14 teams. With the Astros' move to the AL, giving both leagues 15 teams,
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occurred throughout the entire season for the first time in MLB history. The
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's 84th edition was held on July 16 at
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, home of the
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, with the AL defeating the NL, 3–0. With the win, home field advantage at the
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was awarded to the AL. The season ended with the
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winning the World Series at
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for the first time since
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, defeating the
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in six games. The Red Sox's victory recovered the city of Boston six months after the marathon bombing. This marked the last time a team clinched the World Series on their home field until
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, where the Houston Astros won their second championship at
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.


Standings


American League


National League


Postseason


Bracket


Rule changes

Several minor rule changes took effect during the 2013 season. These changes were approved by MLB owners; unless otherwise noted, they will also need the approval of the players' union. * When visiting the pitcher's mound, managers and coaches are allowed to bring interpreters for the benefit of pitchers not fluent in English. * Teams are allowed to have seven uniformed coaches in the dugout, up from six last season. This change came about after many teams hired second hitting coaches. * The
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move in which a right-handed pitcher fakes to third base and throws to first base would be considered a
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. This rule had been approved by MLB's senior committee for the 2012 season, but the union voted against it pending further discussion. This change can be implemented for 2013 without the union's approval, but an
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report indicated that the owners hoped that the players would agree to the change.


Managerial changes


Field managers


Off-season

At the end of the 2012 season, the following teams made replacements to their managers.


Scheduling changes

The
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
' move to the American League West created two 15-team leagues each separated into three five-team divisions. With an odd number of teams in each league, interleague games were played nearly every day during the season, the only exception being when not every team had a game. For this season, each team played 20 interleague games (up from 15–18 games in 2012) in eight series. Each team played one three-game series against four teams from one division in the other league, and two two-game series (one home, one away) against the remaining team in that division (for 2013 the match-ups are
AL East The American League East is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. MLB consists of an East, Central, and West division for each of its two 15-team leagues, the American League (AL) and National League (NL). This division was created bef ...
vs. NL West,
AL Central The American League Central is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was formed in the realignment of 1994 by moving three teams from the American League West and two teams from the American League East. Its teams are al ...
vs.
NL East The National League East is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. Along with the American League Central, it is one of two divisions to have every member win at least one World Series title. After having internal, informal divisions for ...
, and AL West vs.
NL Central The National League Central is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was created in 1994, by moving two teams from the National League West (the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros) and three teams from the National Le ...
, meaning the changes of the Astros and the small increase in interleague play will not affect the yearly rotation, also the Astros played all their former NL Central rivals in 2013). The remaining four games were played against a team's "natural rival" in two back-to-back two-game series from May 27–30. Teams played in one city May 27 and 28, then traveled to the other city for games on May 29 and 30. It was the first season that every team has an interleague rivalry, according to the table below, with new rivalries for the season shown in italics. The remaining 142 games will be played within the league. Each team will play its four division rivals 19 times (up from 15–18 in 2012) for a total of 76 games. Each team will play either 6 or 7 games against the ten teams in the two other divisions in its league, for a total of 66 games. In 2012, these season series ranged anywhere from five to ten games, creating large disparities between teams' strengths of schedule. Aside from the natural rivalries, teams from the same division will play the same opponents for roughly the same number of games. The only variation occurs in interleague match-ups (either 3 or 4 games) and same-league interdivision match-ups (either 6 or 7 games).


League leaders


American League


National League


Milestones


Batters

* Bryce Harper ( WSH): **Became the youngest player in Major League history to hit two home runs in the first game of the season by hitting his home runs off of the
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...
' Ricky Nolasco. **With his double in the second inning on September 15 against the
Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...
, Harper got his 100th career extra-base hit. He becomes the fifth player in Major League history to have at least 100 extra-base hits through his age-20 season, joining
Mel Ott Melvin Thomas Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants, from through . He batted left-handed ...
(142), Phil Cavarretta (108),
Tony Conigliaro Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 – February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (1964–1967, 1969–1970, 1975) and C ...
(105) and
Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, third baseman and designated hitter and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (ML ...
(104). **With his home run in the first inning on September 19 against the
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...
, Harper became the second player in Major League history to have two 20-homer seasons before turning 21 years old, joining former
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
outfielder
Tony Conigliaro Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 – February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (1964–1967, 1969–1970, 1975) and C ...
(1964–1965). *
Todd Frazier Todd Brian Frazier (born February 12, 1986), nicknamed "The Toddfather", is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Ran ...
/ Zack Cozart ( CIN): **Each player hit two home runs in the Reds' win on April 5 against the
Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. They play their home games at Na ...
to become the first starting shortstop and third baseman to have a multiple-homer game in franchise history. * Chris Davis ( BAL): **Became just the fourth player in Major League history to start the season off with four homers in as many games. **With his 20th double on June 5 against the
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
, Davis, in the Orioles 58th game of the season, became the fastest player in Major League history to reach 20 homers and 20 doubles in a season. He broke the record of 60 games held by
Mel Ott Melvin Thomas Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants, from through . He batted left-handed ...
in 1929 and
Iván Rodríguez Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Ran ...
in 2000. **With his 28th home run of the season on June 25 against the
Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. Since , the team ...
, Davis broke the team record for most home runs by the end of June. Brady Anderson set the mark in 1996. **With his 30th home run of the season on June 29 against the
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, Davis became the eighth player in Major League history to have 30 homers before the end of June. **Became the second player in Major League history to have at least 30 home runs and 90 RBIs before the All-Star Break with his four RBI performance on July 14. Davis had 37 home runs and 93 RBIs at the break. **His 37th home run on July 14 against the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
tied him with
Reggie Jackson Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and Cal ...
for the most by an American League player before the All-Star break. **With his double on September 11 against the
New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...
, Davis became the first player in Orioles' franchise history to hit 40 home runs and 40 doubles in a season. **Set the franchise record with his 51st home run against the
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
on September 17. He broke the team record that was set in 1996 by Brady Anderson. He finished the season with 53 home runs. *
Albert Pujols José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (, ; born December 11, 1985) is a Dominicans, Dominican professional baseball Manager (baseball), manager and former first baseman and designated hitter who is the manager of the Leones del Escogido of the Domin ...
( LAA): **Recorded his 1000th career extra-base hit with a double in the fifth inning against the
Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (frequently referred to as the Oakland A's) were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL) American League We ...
on April 10. He became the 36th player to reach this mark and with the fifth fewest at-bats. * Chris Davis ( BAL)/ John Buck ( PIT)/( NYM): **With 19 RBI, Buck and Davis have tied a Major League record for most RBIs in a team's first ten games of a season, established by
Lou Gehrig Henry Louis Gehrig ( ; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941), also known as Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was ...
for the 1927 Yankees and tied by
Manny Ramirez Manuel Arístides Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972) is a Dominican Americans (Dominican Republic), Dominican-American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for parts of 19 seasons. He played wit ...
for the Indians in 1999. * Aaron Hicks ( MIN): **With his 20 strikeouts in his first ten games of his career, Hicks tied a Major League record for most strikeouts by a rookie through his first ten career games. He tied the record that was set in 2012 by Brett Jackson. * B.J. Upton/
Justin Upton Justin Irvin Upton (born August 25, 1987) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Nicknamed "J-Up", he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Los Angel ...
( ATL): **Became the second pair of brothers to hit back-to-back home run in Major League history in the fifth inning against the
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on April 23. They join the Waner brothers, Lloyd and
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, who did it on September 15, 1938. * John Buck ( PIT)/( NYM): **With his ninth home run on April 29 against the
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...
, Buck tied the Major League record for most home runs by a catcher before the end of April. He tied the record set by
Johnny Bench Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career, which lasted from to , with the Cincinnati Reds, primarily as a catcher. Bench was the leader of the ...
in 1971 and Charles Johnson in 2001. *
Juan Pierre Juan D'Vaughn Pierre (born August 14, 1977) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000–2013 for the Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins, Florida/Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Los Angele ...
( MIA): **Recorded his 600th stolen base by stealing third base in the first inning against the
Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...
on May 2. He became the 18th player to reach that mark. *
Mike Trout Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is an 11-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star, three-time American League (A ...
( LAA): **Became the youngest player in American League history to hit for the cycle on May 21 against the
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. **Became the youngest player in Major League history to record two consecutive seasons of at least 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases. He set this record at the age of 22 years, 26 days with his stolen base against the
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...
on September 2. **Became the youngest player in Major League history to have a season with at least 100 walks, at least 70 extra-base hits and at least 30 steals after drawing his 100th walk on September 15 against the
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. * John Mayberry Jr. (
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): **Became the first player in Major League history to hit two home runs in extra innings in one game, including a walk-off grand slam on June 4 against the
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. * Carlos Gonzalez/
Troy Tulowitzki Troy Trevor Tulowitzki (born October 10, 1984), nicknamed "Tulo", is an American professional baseball coach and former shortstop who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Colorado Rockies. He also played for the T ...
( COL): **Gonzalez hit three home runs and Tulowitzki went 5–for–5 with two homers in the Rockies win over the
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on June 5. It's the first time in Major League history that one player had a three-homer game while a teammate had at least five hits including two homers in the same game. *
Yasiel Puig Yasiel Puig Valdés ( , ; born December 7, 1990) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball right fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Clevelan ...
( LAD): **Became the second player in modern Major League history (since 1900) to hit four home runs in his first five big-league games on June 7. **At the completion of June 19, Puig has played 15 games in his major league career and he has had at least two hits in 10 of those games. Among players who made their major league debut since 1900 only one other had 10 multiple-hit games in his first 15 career games: Baltimore's Curtis Goodwin in 1995. Goodwin had at least two hits in 10 of his first 11 major league games. Puig also has 27 hits and five homers in his 15-game major league career. Puig is the first player in baseball's modern era (since 1900) to have that many hits and home runs in his first 15 major league games. **At the completion of June 24, Puig has played 20 games in his major league career and he has notched 34 hits and seven home runs. Puig became the first player in Major League with at least that many hits and home runs in his first 20 career games. **For the month of June, Puig (who debuted June 3) improved his batting average to .436 (44–for–101). That is the highest average for any player in baseball's modern era (1900 to date) in the calendar month of his major-league debut (minimum: 60 at-bats). Only one other player who debuted in the majors since 1900 collected as many hits during his first calendar month in the big leagues as Puig. That was
Joe DiMaggio Joseph Paul DiMaggio (; born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, ; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career ...
, who went 48–for–126 (.381) in May 1936. **Became the first player to win the Player of the Month award in their first month of their career. **Won both the National League Rookie of the Month and the National League Player of the Month in the month of June, becoming the fifth player to win both awards for the same month. * Domonic Brown (
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): **With this 20th home run of the season on June 25 against the
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, Brown became the eighth different Phillies player to reach the 20-homer mark by the end of June, but at age 25 he is the youngest player to do so for the Phillies. * Aramis Ramírez ( MIL): **On June 26 against the
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, he got his 2000th career hit with a home run in the second inning. He became the 273rd player to reach this mark. *
Anthony Rendon Anthony Michael Rendon (, ; born June 6, 1990) is an American baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Washington Nationals and was a member of the Nationals' 2019 World S ...
( WSH): **With his three hits on June 26 against the
Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...
, Rendon has 35 hits in 99 career at-bats. He has tied the Montreal/Washington franchise record for most career hits within a player's first 100 major-league at-bats. Coco Laboy, a member of the Expos' inaugural 1969 team, started his big-league career 35 for 100. In his 100th at-bat (June 27), Rendon failed to get a hit. * Michael Cuddyer ( COL): **Set the franchise record for the longest single-season hitting streak – 24 games – with a single in the second inning against the
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on June 27. He broke the record that was set by
Dante Bichette Alphonse Dante Bichette Sr. (; born November 18, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the California Angels (1988–1990), Milwaukee Brewers (1991–1992), Colorad ...
in 1995. Cuddyer's streak ended at 27 games on July 2. *
Miguel Cabrera José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), nicknamed Miggy, is a Venezuelan former professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and designated hitter who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins a ...
( DET): **With his four hit, two home run game on June 28 against the
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...
, Cabrera became the first player in the modern era (since 1900) to go 4–for–4 or better with multiple homers in three games in a single season. **Became the first player in Major League history to have at least 30 home runs and 90 RBIs before the All-Star Break. Cabrera had 30 home runs and 95 RBIs at the break. **With his 100th RBI on August 6, Cabrera became the sixth player in Major League history to reach triple digits in RBIs in ten (or more) successive seasons, joining
Jimmie Foxx James Emory Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "the Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red ...
(13, 1929–41),
Lou Gehrig Henry Louis Gehrig ( ; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941), also known as Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was ...
(13, 1926–38),
Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, third baseman and designated hitter and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (ML ...
(13, 1998–2010),
Al Simmons Aloysius Harry Simmons (born Alois Szymanski; May 22, 1902 – May 26, 1956) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Bucketfoot Al", he had his best years with Connie Mack ...
(11, 1924–34) and
Albert Pujols José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (, ; born December 11, 1985) is a Dominicans, Dominican professional baseball Manager (baseball), manager and former first baseman and designated hitter who is the manager of the Leones del Escogido of the Domin ...
(10, 2001–10). *
David Ortiz David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975), nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican Americans, Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1997 ...
( BOS): **Tied
Harold Baines Harold Douglas Baines (born March 15, 1959) is an American former designated hitter and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for five American League (AL) teams from 1980 to 2001, and is best known for his three stints with the Chi ...
on July 9 against the
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...
for most hits by a
designated hitter The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher. Unlike other players in a team's lineup, they generally only play as an offensive player and usually do not play defense as ...
in a career with 1688. He set the new record the following night with a double against the Mariners. **Recorded his 2000th career hit with a double in the sixth inning on September 4 against the
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
. He became the 275th player to reach this mark. *
Manny Machado Manuel Arturo Machado (; born July 6, 1992) is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Highly recruited from an early age, he was raised in Miami, where he attende ...
( BAL): **Became the youngest player in Major League history to collect at least 125 hits before the All-Star break by collecting three hits against the Texas Rangers on July 10. He broke the record that was set in 1962 by Tommy Davis of the
Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...
, who was 23 when he had 126 hits at the break. **With his 50th double against the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
on September 14, Machado became the second-youngest player to reach 50 doubles in one season. Machado reached that milestone 70 days past his 21st birthday. In 1996,
Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, third baseman and designated hitter and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (ML ...
hit his 50th double of the season 43 days after he turned 21 years old. *
Brandon Barnes Brandon Barnes (born October 10, 1978) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the punk rock band Rise Against. Biography Barnes received his first drum set when he was nine years old from his grandfather, who was a jazz musi ...
( HOU)/ Brad Miller (
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): **On July 19 the Mariners' Miller homered twice, while the Astros' Barnes went 5–for–5 and hit for the cycle. It was the first time in Major League history that one rookie hit two home runs and another hit for the cycle in the same game. *
Jason Giambi Jason Gilbert Giambi (; born January 8, 1971) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. In his Major League Baseball (MLB) career, which began in 1995, Giambi played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yank ...
( CLE): **Became the oldest player in Major League history to hit a walk-off home run against the
Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
on July 28. Giambi, 202 days past his 42nd birthday, is 45 days older than Hank Aaron was when he hit his 754th career home run. **Recorded his 2000th career hit with a single in the ninth inning on September 8 against the
New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
. Giambi became the oldest player (age 42) at the time of his admission into the 2000-hit club. He became the 276th player to reach this mark. * Alfonso Soriano ( NYY)/( CHC): **After recording seven RBI against the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. Since 1966, the team has pl ...
on August 14, he became the third player to record at least six RBI in two consecutive games, joining
Rusty Greer Thurman Clyde "Rusty" Greer III (born January 21, 1969) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers from 1994 to 2002. He is currently the Head Baseball Coach for Fort Worth C ...
( 1997 Rangers) and Geoff Jenkins ( 2001 Brewers). Soriano had six RBI the previous game. **Recorded his 400th career home run against the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
on August 27. He became the 51st player to reach this mark. **With his multi-homer game on September 10 against the
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...
, Soriano became the second player in Major League history to have at least three multi-homer games for two different teams in the same season. The other player to accomplish this was
Mark McGwire Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2001 for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Card ...
in 1997. *
Ichiro Suzuki , also known mononymously as , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the next 12 years w ...
( NYY): **With a single in the first inning against the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
on August 21, Suzuki collected his 4000th career hit between the Major Leagues and Japan. He has 1278 hits in nine seasons in Japan.
Pete Rose Peter Edward Rose Sr. (April 14, 1941 – September 30, 2024), nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a member of ...
with 4256 hits and
Ty Cobb Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American professional baseball center fielder. A native of rural Narrows, Georgia, Cobb played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent ...
with 4191 are the only two players that have reached the number solely in the major leagues. *
Shane Victorino Shane Patrick Victorino (born November 30, 1980), nicknamed "the Flyin' Hawaiian", is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodge ...
( BOS): **Became the first player in Red Sox history to go 3–for–3 or better with at least two homers, four runs scored and seven RBI in a game against the
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...
on August 28. * Robinson Canó ( NYY): **Set the Major League record for most double-and-homer games as a second baseman for one team with his 47th such game on August 31 against the
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...
. He broke the record that was held by
Bobby Doerr Robert Pershing Doerr (April 7, 1918 – November 13, 2017) was an American professional baseball second baseman and coach (baseball), coach. He played his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Boston Red Sox (1937–1951). ...
of the
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
. *
Todd Helton Todd Lynn Helton (born August 20, 1973) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played his entire 17-year career for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). A five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, and t ...
( COL): **Recorded his 2500th career hit with a double in the seventh inning against the
Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...
on September 1. He became the 96th player to reach this mark. *
Matt Adams Matthew James Adams (born August 31, 1988) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Nicknamed "Big City" for his imposing size and ability to regularly hit long home runs, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Adams in the 23rd rou ...
( STL): **Became the first player in Major League history to hit two home runs in the 14th inning or later in one game on September 4 against the
Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...
. * Billy Hamilton ( CIN): **With his stolen base on September 7 against the
Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...
, Hamilton, who had not yet come to the plate in a Major League game, was the first player in the modern era (since 1900) to record a stolen base in each of his first four MLB contests. **Recorded four stolen bases in his first career start on September 18 against the
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
. He became the first player in the live-ball era (since 1920) to have at least four stolen bases in his first career start. * Mark Trumbo ( LAA): **Went 5–for–5 with four extra-base hits and five runs scored on September 10 against the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
. Trumbo became the ninth player (first in franchise history) in modern Major League history to go 5–for–5 or better with that many extra-base hits and runs scored in one game. * Mike Carp ( BOS): **With his pinch-hit grand slam in the 10th inning against the
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...
on September 11, Carp became the first in Red Sox' history to hit a pinch-hit home run with the bases loaded in extra innings. *
Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, third baseman and designated hitter and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (ML ...
( NYY): **Hit his Major League record 24th grand-slam home run in the seventh inning against the
San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...
on September 20. He broke the tie that he had with
Lou Gehrig Henry Louis Gehrig ( ; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941), also known as Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was ...
. * Raúl Ibañez (
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): **By hitting his 29th home run on September 21 against the
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, he tied the Major League record for homers in a season by a player age 40 or older. Ibanez, who celebrated his 41st birthday on June 2, matched the mark set by
Ted Williams Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 193 ...
, who set the record in 1960 when he turned 42.


Pitchers


No-hitters In baseball, a no-hitter or no-hit game is a game in which a team does not record a hit (baseball), hit through conventional methods. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in ...

* Homer Bailey ( CIN): **Threw the 16th no-hitter in Reds history by defeating the
San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...
3–0 on July 2. This was Bailey's second career no-hitter. Bailey walked one batter,
Gregor Blanco Grégor Miguel Blanco Pedraza (born December 24, 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, and Arizona Diamondbacks. ...
in the seventh inning to lose his perfect game bid, while throwing 109 pitches. Bailey became the first pitcher since fellow Texan
Nolan Ryan Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed "the Ryan Express", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and sports executive. Over a record 27-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Ryan pitched for the New Yo ...
in 1974 and 1975 to throw two no-hitters without another big league pitcher accomplishing the feat between his. * Tim Lincecum ( SF): **No-hit the
San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. ...
on July 13 by a 9–0 score at Petco Park, making it the first no-hitter ever pitched in that stadium. Lincecum struck out 13 batters and threw 148 pitches. Lincecum was the losing pitcher in Homer Bailey's no-hitter on July 2 and becomes the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter and be on the losing end of a no-hitter during the same season since
Juan Marichal Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez (born October 20, 1937), nicknamed "the Dominican Dandy", is a Dominican former right-handed pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1975, mostly with the San Francisco Giants. Known ...
in 1963. The 13 strikeouts are the second-most by a Giant in pitching a no-hitter, after the 14 in Matt Cain's perfect game in 2012. This was Lincecum's first career no-hitter. * Henderson Álvarez ( MIA): **No-hit the
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
on the last game of the regular season (September 29) as the Marlins won 1–0. The Marlins won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning on a wild pitch by Tigers' reliever Luke Putkonen.


Other accomplishments

* Texas Rangers: **Became the first team since 1900 to allow no runs and register 15 or more strikeouts in consecutive games. They accomplished this feat against the
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
on April 2 and 3. *
Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. They play their home games at Na ...
: **Became the 13th team since 1900 to start the season with two consecutive shutouts by blanking the
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...
on April 1 and 3. *
Joe Nathan Joseph Michael Nathan (born November 22, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Detro ...
(
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): **Recorded his 300th career save by closing out a 5–4 victory against the
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...
on April 8. He became the 24th player to reach this mark. * Adam Wainwright ( STL): **Became the first pitcher in modern Major League history (since 1900) to throw a shutout with at least a dozen strikeouts and no walks allowed, while also collecting three or more hits as a batter. He did this against the
Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Di ...
on April 13. **Became the first pitcher in modern Major League history (since 1900) to accumulate over 30 strikeouts before issuing his first walk of the season. He struck out 35 batters before walking Bryce Harper of the
Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. They play their home games at Na ...
on April 23. * Matt Harvey ( NYM): **Became the first pitcher in modern Major League history (since 1900) to win each of his first three starts of a season, with at least 25 strikeouts and six or fewer hits allowed over those three games. **Became the first pitcher in modern Major League history (since 1900) to win his first four starts while allowing no more than ten hits in those four starts combined. *
Roy Halladay Harry Leroy Halladay III (May 14, 1977 – November 7, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013. His nickname, "Doc ...
(
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): **Recorded his 200th career victory by defeating the
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...
on April 14. He became the 112th player to reach this mark. * A. J. Burnett ( PIT): **Record his 2000th career strikeout by striking out Carlos Beltrán of the
St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...
in the second inning on April 17. He became the 68th player to reach this mark. *
Aníbal Sánchez Aníbal Alejandro Sánchez Jr. (; born February 27, 1984) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2006 with the Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins and also played for the Detroit Tigers, ...
( DET): **Set the Tigers franchise record and interleague record for most strikeouts in a game by striking out 17
Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...
on April 26. He broke the team record of 16 that was held by Mickey Lolich on May 23, 1969, and June 9, 1969. He broke the interleague record of 16 that was held by
Pedro Martínez Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to . As of 2023, M ...
in 1999 and
Curt Schilling Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball right handed pitcher and commentator for media outlet BlazeTV. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a World Series appearance in 1993 World Seri ...
in 1997. *
Tim Hudson Timothy Adam Hudson (born July 14, 1975), nicknamed "Huddy", is an American former professional baseball pitcher of Major League Baseball (MLB). After spending his college years at Chattahoochee Valley Community College and Auburn University, H ...
( ATL): **Recorded his 200th career victory by defeating the
Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. They play their home games at Na ...
on April 30. He became the 113th player to reach this mark. * Alex Cobb ( TB): **On May 10 against the
San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. ...
, Cobb struck out 13 in becoming the first pitcher in Major League history to amass that many strikeouts in a game in which he pitched fewer than five innings. * Matt Harvey ( NYM)/ Shelby Miller ( STL)/
Jon Lester Jonathan Tyler Lester (born January 7, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals, and St. Louis Cardinals. L ...
( BOS)/ Chris Sale ( CWS): **Sale, of the
Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
, allowed only one runner to reach base on May 12. This makes it the fourth time in the last six days that a pitcher did not allow a run or more than one baserunner while throwing at least nine innings. The Cardinals Miller and
Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ch ...
Lester each did that in their shutouts on May 10 and the Mets Harvey had a start like that on May 7. This is the first month in the modern era (1900 to date) in which four pitchers had starts of nine or more shutout innings with no more than one batter reaching base via hit, walk or hit by pitch. *
Max Scherzer Maxwell Martin Scherzer (born July 27, 1984), nicknamed "Mad Max", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tige ...
( DET): **Became the second pitcher in Major League history to be undefeated with 100+ strikeouts in his first 12 starts of the season with his victory on June 6 against the
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...
. Scherzer, who was 8–0 with 100 strikeouts joined
Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees and also played ...
, who was 11–0 with 104 strikeouts in 1986 for the
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
. **Became the first starting pitcher in Major League history to begin a season 10–0 with no complete games thrown at that point. He recorded his tenth win on June 17 against the
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...
. **With his victory on August 24 against the
New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
Scherzer raised his record to 19–1. This matched the Major League record best won-lost record in a pitcher's first 20 decisions of a season that is held by Rube Marquard of the 1912 New York Giants and
Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees and also played ...
of the 2001 New York Yankees. *
Andy Pettitte Andrew Eugene Pettitte (; born June 15, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the New York Yankees. He also pitched for the Houston Astros. Pettitte won fiv ...
( NYY): **Recorded his 250th career victory by defeating the
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...
on June 8. He became the 47th player to reach this mark. **Became the all-time franchise leader in strikeouts when he fanned Justin Morneau of the
Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...
on July 1 in the fifth inning. It was his 1958th strikeout as a member of the Yankees. He broke the record that was held by
Whitey Ford Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (October 21, 1928 – October 8, 2020), nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. ...
. **With his 10th victory of the season against the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
on August 28, it was 14th time in his career that Pettitte recorded double-digit wins for the Yankees. That's the most such seasons in Yankees history, one more than
Whitey Ford Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (October 21, 1928 – October 8, 2020), nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. ...
. **Finished the season 11–11 and retires as the pitcher in Major League history who pitched in the most seasons without ever having a losing record in any season. * Ryan Dempster ( BOS): **Recorded his 2000th career strikeout by striking out Alberto Callaspo of the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. Since 1966, the team has pl ...
in the sixth inning on June 9. He became the 69th player to reach this mark. * Bartolo Colón (
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): **With his victory against the
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...
on June 21, Colon became the first pitcher in Major League history to win each of first six starts made in their 40s. * Francisco Rodríguez ( BAL)/( MIL): **Recorded his 300th career save by closing out a 2–0 victory against the
Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...
on June 22. He became the 25th player to reach this mark. * CC Sabathia ( NYY): **Recorded his 200th career victory by defeating the
Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...
on July 3. He became the 114th player to reach this mark. **With his 10th victory of the season against the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. Since 1966, the team has pl ...
on August 13, Sabathia reached double figures in wins in each of his first 13 seasons in the major leagues. Only four other pitchers who began their career in the modern era (since 1900) won ten or more games in each of their first 13 seasons:
Don Sutton Donald Howard Sutton (April 2, 1945 – January 19, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sutton won a total of 324 games, pitched 58 s ...
(17 from 1966 to 1982), Eddie Plank (16 from 1901 to 1916),
Tom Seaver George Thomas Seaver (November 17, 1944 – August 31, 2020), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the New York Mets, Cin ...
(15 from 1967 to 1981) and
Carl Hubbell Carl Owen Hubbell (June 22, 1903 – November 21, 1988), nicknamed "the Meal Ticket" and "King Carl", was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher for the New York Giants of the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained ...
(15 from 1928 to 1942). * Grant Balfour (
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): **Set a franchise record for most consecutive saves by closing out the game against the
Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...
on July 8. His 41st straight broke the team record held by
Dennis Eckersley Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, ...
. Balfour set the team record the next night by closing out a 2–1 victory against the Pirates. Balfour's team record of consecutive saves ended at 44 after he blew the save against the
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
on July 23. *
Stephen Strasburg Stephen James Strasburg (; born July 20, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who spent his entire 13-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Washington Nationals. He is a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star G ...
( WSH): **Became the second pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to have a game with recording at least 12 strikeouts while allowing two or fewer hits and zero walks in a loss to the
Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...
on July 24. The other pitcher was James Shields last season for the
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...
against the
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...
. *
Yu Darvish , more commonly known as Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有), is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Lo ...
(
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): **Making his 50th start on August 1 against the
Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...
, Darvish struck out 14 batters giving him 407 career strikeouts. This is the second-highest total for any pitcher since 1900 in his first 50 major-league starts. Dwight Gooden holds the modern-day record with 418 strikeouts. **Set the team record for most strikeouts in a month for August with 64. He broke the team record that was held by Jim Bibby that set the mark with 60 in July 1973. * Andrew Albers ( MIN): **Became the first pitcher in Twins history to go at least eight scoreless innings pitched in their Major League debut. Albers went against the
Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team ...
on August 6 striking out two, walking one and allowing four hits. * Dan Haren ( WSH): **With his victory against the
Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...
on August 9, Haren became the 13th pitcher to have a victory against all 30 Major League teams. * Craig Kimbrel ( ATL): **With his 40th save on August 21 against the
New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
, Kimbrel became the first pitcher to have 40 or more saves in three consecutive seasons, starting as a rookie. * Jose Fernandez ( MIA): **Set the franchise rookie record for most strikeouts in a season by recording his 167th strikeout in the first inning against the
Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...
on August 30. Chris Johnson was the victim. He broke the rookie record that was set by
Scott Olsen Scott Matthew Olsen (born January 12, 1984) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals between 2005 and 2010. Early life Olsen was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He attended Cr ...
in 2006. Fernandez finished the season with 187 strikeouts. **Became the first pitcher in modern Major League history to have two games in his rookie season in which he pitched at least seven innings, allowed no runs and no more than one hit and struck out at least nine batters after his performance on September 6 against the
Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. They play their home games at Na ...
. * Jarrod Parker (
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): **Set the franchise record for most consecutive starts without a loss. His streak of 19 games ended when Parker lost to the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. Since 1966, the team has pl ...
on September 16. * Matt Cain ( SF): **With his strike out of Andrew Brown of the
New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
in the second inning on September 18, Cain reached 150 strike outs for his eighth consecutive season. This ties him with
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(1962–1969) and Gaylord Perry (1964–1971) for the longest such streak in the Giants' franchise history. *
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
: **For the first time in franchise history, the Tigers had five pitchers to record at least 13 wins in a season after Doug Fister won his 13th game against the
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...
on September 19. Joining Fister with at least 13 wins were
Max Scherzer Maxwell Martin Scherzer (born July 27, 1984), nicknamed "Mad Max", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tige ...
,
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,
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and Rick Porcello. * Greg Holland ( KC): **Tied the franchise record for saves in a season by closing out a 6–5 victory against the
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...
on September 23. Holland's 45th save tied the record set by
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in 1983 and by Jeff Montgomery in 1993. Holland broke the team record on September 26 with his save against the
Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
. Holland finished the season with 47 saves.


Miscellaneous

*
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
: **Became the first team in Major League history to strikeout at least 13 times in each of four consecutive games of one season. Houston's batters totaled 13 strikeouts on Opening Night (March 31 against the Texas Rangers), followed by 15 (April 2 vs. Rangers), 15 (April 3 vs. Rangers) and 13 (April 5 vs.
Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (frequently referred to as the Oakland A's) were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL) American League We ...
) in the next three games. **With their 14 team strikeouts against the
Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (frequently referred to as the Oakland A's) were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL) American League We ...
on April 7, they increased their season total to 74. This is the most for any major league team through its first six games of a season in the modern era (since 1900). **With their loss on May 14 to the
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
, Houston's record fell to 10–30. That's the Astros' worst mark through 40 games in team history. Their previous low was 13 wins through 40 games in 1967 and 1975. **With Brett Wallace strikeout in the fourth inning on August 1 against the
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...
, the Astros reached 1000 strikeouts for the season. Houston batters reached this mark in their 107th game breaking the Major League record that was held by the 2010
Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...
. The Diamondbacks took 109 games to reach 1000 strikeouts that season. **Set the American League all-time record for strikeouts in a season when Trevor Crowe struck out to end the fifth inning against the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. Since 1966, the team has pl ...
on September 14. They broke the record that was set the
Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (frequently referred to as the Oakland A's) were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL) American League We ...
last year. **Set the Major League all-time record for strike outs with 1,535, breaking the record that was set by the 2010
Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...
. **Lost the last 15 games of the season, becoming the team with the most consecutive losses to end a season since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. *
New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...
: **With their victory against the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
on May 17, they became the first team in American League history to begin a season 17–0 in games in which they scored the first run. *
Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...
: **With a grand slam from pitcher Travis Wood on May 30, Cubs pitchers have driven in 19 runs in May, the most for any National League team in any calendar month since RBI became an official statistic in 1920. *
Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
/
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...
: **On June 5 the White Sox and Mariners labored through 13 scoreless innings before both teams exploded for five runs each in the 14th inning in a game that ended in a 7–5 win for Chicago in 16 innings. This was the first time in Major League history that both teams scored at least five runs in a game that was scoreless through nine innings. *
New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
/
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...
, Texas Rangers/
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...
: **The two games combined to be a total of 38 innings, and nearly 12 hours long, both on June 8. Texas and Toronto played 18 innings while Miami and the Mets played twenty. These games are the longest pair of games in ninety-seven years. Eventually, Toronto and Miami went home finally with victories. *
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( SF): **Became the 21st manager in Major League history to reach 1500 career wins with the Giants victory over the
Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...
on July 23. *July 27: **There were four 1–0 games on this date: three in the American League ( Rays over the Yankees, Royals over the
White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The club plays its home games at Rate Fie ...
, Indians over the Rangers) and one in the National League ( Cubs over the
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). In Major League history the only other day on which there were four 1–0 games was September 2, 2001, when the winning teams were the Yankees (vs.
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), Mariners (vs.
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), Astros (vs.
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) and
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(vs.
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). * Texas Rangers: **Became the second team in Major League history to win each game of a three-game series with a walk-off home run. The Rangers accomplished this feat against the
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on July 29–31.
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hit a two-run home run on July 29, Leonys Martín hit a three-run home run on July 30 and Adrián Beltré hit a solo home run on July 31 to accomplish the feat. The only other time that this happened was when the
Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...
beat the
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in 1999 as
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, Luis Gonzalez and Matt Williams provided the walk-off home runs. *
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(
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): **Became the Rangers winningest manager in franchise history when the Rangers defeated the
Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (frequently referred to as the Oakland A's) were an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California from 1968 to 2024. The Athletics were a member club of the American League (AL) American League We ...
on August 4. This victory gave Washington his 582nd victory which broke the team record that was held by
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. *
Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...
/
Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...
: **In an 18 inning game on August 24–25, the teams drew a combined 28 walks, setting a National League record. The Diamondbacks' 18 walks tied the National League mark. The game lasted seven hours and six minutes, the longest in franchise history for both clubs. The 18 innings also tied the longest game by innings in Arizona Diamondbacks history. *
Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...
: **With their victory on September 3 against the
Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Di ...
, the Pirates won their 81st game of the season, ensuring they will not finish with a losing record for the first time since it went 96–66 in 1992. The Pirates finished the season with 94 wins. *
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
: **With seven players hitting home runs on September 4 against the
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
, the Red Sox tied the American League record for most players with home runs in one game. *
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...
: **With their 114th errorless game of the season on September 18 against the
Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...
, the Orioles broke the Major League record that was held by the 2008
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
. They finished with 119 errorless games. *
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
: **Set the Major League record for single-season strikeouts and tied the Major League record for most 200-strikeout pitchers in a season on September 28 against the
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The ...
. The Tigers finished with 1,428 strikeouts (broke the record that was set by the 2003
Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...
) and with three pitchers of at least 200 strike outs joining the 1967
Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...
and 1969
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
.


Awards and honors


Regular season


Other awards

* ''The Sporting News Player'' of the Year Award:
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( DET) * Comeback Players of the Year:
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( NYY, American); Francisco Liriano ( PIT, National) * Edgar Martínez Award (Best designated hitter):
David Ortiz David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975), nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican Americans, Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1997 ...
( BOS) *
Hank Aaron Award The Hank Aaron Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players selected as the top hitter in each league, as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Han ...
:
Miguel Cabrera José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), nicknamed Miggy, is a Venezuelan former professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and designated hitter who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins a ...
( DET, American); Paul Goldschmidt ( AZ, National) *
Roberto Clemente Award The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball positions, player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community#Psychology, community involvement and the individual's contribution to ...
(Humanitarian): Carlos Beltrán ( STL) * Delivery Man of the Year (Best reliever): Craig Kimbrel ( ATL) * Warren Spahn Award (Best left-handed pitcher):
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Edward Kershaw (born March 19, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed starting pitcher, Kershaw has spent his entire MLB career with the Dodgers s ...
( LAD)


Monthly Awards


Player of the Month


Pitcher of the Month


Rookie of the Month


Home field attendance and payroll


Uniforms


Wholesale changes

All 30 teams are wearing new
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caps. The new caps provided by the
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are of the 59Fifty style instead of the 39Fifty used in seasons past. In addition to batting practice and spring training games, Major League Baseball has also allowed the use of the new caps during regular season play. The Houston Astros unveiled a new/old identity at a fan event November 2, 2012, at
Minute Maid Park Daikin Park (originally Enron Field and formerly Astros Field and Minute Maid Park) is a retractable roof stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in 2000 and is the home ballpark of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). ...
, as the team reverted to the orange and navy colors used from their inception in 1962 through 1993. There are four uniforms and three hats. Houston will wear white uniforms with orange piping at home, and gray ones with blue piping on the road. There's an orange alternate jersey with blue piping that can be worn at home or on the road, as well as a blue jersey to be worn for Sunday games. On November 14, the
New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
introduced two new blue alternate jerseys. The home alternate features the "Mets" script, player numerals and names in orange outlined in white, while the road alternate features the "NEW YORK" script, player numerals and names in gray outlined in orange. The team also introduced a new alternate cap with a blue crown and an orange brim, with an orange "NY" logo outlined in white. On November 19, the
St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...
introduced an alternate uniform to be worn for Saturday home games. The uniform is off-white and the jersey features the "St. Louis" script on the front. This is the first time in 80 years the city name appears in the team's uniforms. On December 14, the
Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...
introduced an alternate uniform to be worn for Sunday home games. It is the same uniform that the team wore from mid-1970 through 1976 and was worn during their championship season of 1971. The hat that goes with this uniform is mustard gold with a black bill. On January 24, 2013, the
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announced they will be wearing 1983 throwback uniforms on Sunday home games to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1983 division title. The uniforms replaced the 1972 red pinstriped throwbacks from last season. On January 24, the
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promoted their special edition 'gold-out' uniforms to alternate status. The uniforms were first used on September 10, 2011, against the Phillies, but did not wear them the previous season. The Brewers have also worn a Latin Nights version of the gold uniform (with 'Cerveceros' wordmark) the last two seasons, and would wear them again on June 8 against the Phillies. They also wore a fan-designed uniform for two
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games, featuring an updated version of the Beer Barrel Man logo in the current colors, and classic typeface design, designed by Ben Peters of Richfield, Minnesota.


Throwbacks

As part of the franchise's 20th anniversary, the
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wore their original grey away uniforms at
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on April 16 against the Mets. The uniforms, complete with the inaugural season patch, team name and purple piping, were the uniforms the Rockies used in their inaugural
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. Though it was a home game, they wore the grey throwbacks to correspond to the franchise's first game at
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donned Detroit Stars throwbacks for
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tribute night against the
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on April 27. The Braves wore Atlanta Black Crackers throwbacks. The Brewers wore the 1913 American Association throwbacks on May 5 against the Cardinals, who wore corresponding throwbacks. The
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wore their orange, gold and brown home throwbacks from the 1984 season against the
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on May 17. On June 14, they wore their
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navy alternates against the
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. On July 12, they wore throwbacks of the 1948
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of the
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against the Giants. The
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wore the 1948 St. Paul Saints uniforms on May 30 against the Brewers. Even though the game was held at
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, the Twins wore the road grey versions of the throwbacks, while the Brewers will wore the home whites. Four teams – the Pirates, the Reds, the Nationals and the Braves – wore Negro leagues throwbacks on June 1. The Pirates wore the
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uniforms, while the Reds wore the Cincinnati Tigers uniforms. The Nationals and Braves wore Negro leagues throwbacks that day as well, the Nationals wearing Grays uniforms, and the Braves donning Black Crackers uniforms. (The Grays called Pittsburgh and Washington home.) On July 20, the Brewers wore the Negro league Milwaukee Bears uniforms against the Marlins, who wore the uniforms of the
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Marlins. The Nationals again represented the Grays on August 24 against the Royals, who wore
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uniforms. The
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wore the 1909 Seattle Turks uniforms for their interleague matchup with the
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on June 29. The Cubs wore their 1909 throwbacks, as well. The
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wore their 1985 powder blue pullover uniforms on June 9 against the Astros. The
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wore their faux-back 1970s uniforms on July 6 against the White Sox, who wore the previous season's Sunday home throwback jerseys from the 1972 season. The
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wore the 1902 Cleveland Bronchos uniforms on July 13, in a non-televised game against the Royals. Despite the game taking place at
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, the Indians wore the road version of the Bronchos uniforms (navy jersey, cap, and pants, with black socks). The
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, in celebration of their 1983 AL West champion team, donned 1983-replica jerseys during each Sunday home game, as well as other select occasions. The Angels and Athletics wore
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throwbacks on July 27. The Angels then wore a hybridized version of their 1980s throwbacks (with buttons, belts and
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patch on the left sleeve) on August 16, and then their 1961–65 throwbacks the following day against the Astros. The 1961–65 throwbacks were worn again on September 5 against the Rays to pay tribute to Bobby Knoop's induction to the Angels Hall of Fame. The
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wore their
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home pinstripe throwbacks on August 23 against the Diamondbacks, who wore their
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black alternate throwbacks. The Diamondbacks also wore the said throwback uniforms on August 31 against the Giants.


Other uniforms

The
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wore special uniforms to commemorate their 2012 World Series win on April 7. Similar to their commemoration of their
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championship, the jerseys, instead of bearing the familiar "GIANTS" across the chest, displayed the interlocking "SF" logo on the front of the jersey's left side in gold. The Giants also wore caps with the "SF" logo also in gold. On April 20 and 21, the
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wore home uniforms with "BOSTON" on the front of the jerseys instead of the familiar "RED SOX" to honor the victims of the
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.
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saw two teams don Hispanic-flavored uniforms. The Giants wore their cream home uniforms with 'Gigantes' in front against the Dodgers, while the
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wore their current home uniforms with 'Los Astros' in front against the
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. The
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wore red jerseys with 'Los Rojos' in front for their May 11 game against Milwaukee. The Giants again wore the 'Gigantes' uniforms against the Diamondbacks on September 7. On the same day, the
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wore a modified version of their white uniforms against the Rays, featuring 'Marineros' in front. The
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wore desert camouflage uniforms for their games against the Astros May 17 and 18. All teams wore uniforms with camouflaged logos, names and numerals on May 27, Memorial Day in the United States. The Milwaukee Brewers wore special batting practice uniforms against the Braves on June 23 for Poland, Polish Heritage Day. The uniform is white with red striping, featuring "Piwowarzy" in front. They also wore red fielding caps. The
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wore red jerseys against the
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on July 1, Canada Day in Canada. The Arizona Diamondbacks wore special black uniforms during their homestand from July 5–14 to commemorate the 19 firefighters who perished in the Yarnell Hill Fire. The style was similar to their alternate black uniforms, except the front read 'Arizona' in brick red, and had black and sand trim.D-backs honor fallen firefighters before game
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All teams wore special caps with an American (or Canadian) flag on July 4. The Reds, whose game was rained out that day, wore the caps on July 5 against Seattle. The New York Mets wore a special orange 'Los Mets' jersey on July 24 against Atlanta. The Tigers wore a Hispanic-flavored home uniform against the White Sox on August 3 as part of the 'Fiesta Tigres' promotion. The uniform is similar in style to the 1960 Detroit Tigers season, 1960 script uniforms, but read 'Tigres' in front. The Washington Nationals wore United States Navy, US Navy caps on September 17 during pre-game before the first game of a doubleheader against Atlanta to commemorate the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting. The first game was a makeup game for the one scheduled for September 16 which was postponed due to the shooting.


Patches


Anniversaries and special events

The following teams wore commemorative patches for special occasions:


Memorials

*The
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wore a patch honoring former manager Earl Weaver, who died on January 19. The circular patch is in orange with a black-and-white border, with Weaver's No. 4 in black surrounding his name and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Hall of Fame designation. *The
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wore a patch honoring former player Stan Musial, who died on January 19. The patch features Musial's No. 6 in red with navy trim, along with his signature and a red and navy border. Three versions of the patch will be used: a white one for home uniforms, a grey one for away uniforms, and a cream one for their new alternate uniforms. These will be worn on the left sleeve. During a three-game interleague series against the
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from July 2–4, at the urging of former Cardinal
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, the Angels wore the Musial patch on their batting practice uniforms. *To honor the victims of the
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, the
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sported black armbands on the right sleeve of their road uniforms; and wore a navy-blue circular patch with a white border saying "B Strong" (with the red B in the classic font featured on the Red Sox's caps) on their home and alternate uniforms. The Cleveland Indians also wore the black armbands during the Red Sox's visit to
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on April 16, the
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wore the "B Strong" patch on April 20–21 (the first two games at
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after the bombing), and the
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wore the "B Strong" patch during the Red Sox's visit to AT&T Park on August 19. *The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim wore navy circular patches on the left chest of their uniforms to honor team doctor Lewis Yocum, who died on May 28. The patch features Yocum's nickname 'LEW'. In addition,
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players Félix Hernández, Raúl Ibañez and Kendrys Morales wore the patch during a game against the Angels on June 20. *The
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wore a black Houston Fire Department, HFD patch (during their brief 3-game homestand against the Orioles from June 4–6) to honor the four Houston Firefighters who lost their lives in the Southwest Inn fire. *The
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wore black armbands on their right sleeve beginning July 1 against the New York Mets to honor the 19 firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Prescott, Arizona. They also wore a white patch with the No. 19 in black on the left chest of a special black uniform, which would be worn during their homestand of July 5–14. For the rest of the season, the black version of the patch will be sewn on the right sleeve of the uniforms. *The Miami Marlins wore a circular patch on the right sleeve of the throwback International League Marlins uniforms on July 20 against the Brewers to honor Satchel Paige, who played for the IL Marlins from 1956 to 1959. The patch is blue with Paige's No. 29 in orange with white trim. *The
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wore a black circular patch on the right sleeve to honor former owner Hiroshi Yamauchi, who died on September 19. The patch features Yamauchi's initials 'HY' inside the black circle. *All Umpire (baseball)#2014 umpiring crews, Major League umpires wore 'WB' patches to honor umpire Wally Bell, who died on October 14.


Television


National

This was the seventh and final year of the current TV contracts with
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, Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports and Turner Sports, TBS, before the new eight-year TV contracts begin in 2014.
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aired games on Sunday Night Baseball, Sundays, most Monday Night Baseball, Mondays, and Wednesday Night Baseball, Wednesdays, in addition to a four-game Opening Day schedule. ESPN also aired the Home Run Derby during All-Star week. Turner Sports, TBS carried Major League Baseball on TBS, Sunday afternoon games, along with two League Wild Card Games, League Division Series, and National League Championship Series. Fox aired games on Fox Saturday Baseball, Saturday afternoons and select Baseball Night in America, Saturday nights, and also aired the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star Game, American League Championship Series, and
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. MLB Network had a Thursday Night Baseball, Thursday game of the week and several simulcasted games from local channels during the season.


Local

The Houston Astros switched from Fox Sports Houston to Comcast SportsNet Houston starting this season. On March 1, 2013, Fox Sports South and SportSouth announced they have picked up 45 more
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games, ending the team's contract with WPCH-TV. This will be the first season in 40 years without locally produced Braves games on over-the-air TV. This is the final season of
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games on Bally Sports SoCal, Prime Ticket and KCAL-TV. They will move to a new channel called SportsNet LA in 2014. Cleveland Indians owner Larry Dolan sold SportsTime Ohio to Fox Sports Networks on December 28, 2012, and it was rebranded as Fox SportsTime Ohio on April 1, 2013.


Retirements

*
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of the
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announced on March 9 that he would be retiring at the conclusion of the season. *Édgar Rentería announced his retirement on March 22. *Carlos Lee announced his retirement on June 21. *Jim Thome announced his retirement on July 2. *Derek Lowe announced his retirement on July 18. *Vladimir Guerrero, who last played in 2011, officially announced his retirement on September 14. *
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announced on September 14 that he will retire at the end of season. *Mark Kotsay announced on September 16 that he will retire at the end of the season. *
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announced on September 20 that he will retire at the end of the season. *Mark DeRosa announced his retirement on November 12. *Chris Carpenter announced that he will retire after the season. He made it official on November 20. *Chad Durbin announced his retirement on November 25. *Ted Lilly announced his retirement on November 27. *
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announced his retirement on December 9. *Mark Prior, who last played in the majors in 2006, announced his retirement on December 10. *Jerry Hairston Jr. announced his retirement on December 11, joining the Sports LA broadcasting team. *Jeff Suppan announced his retirement on January 2, 2014. *Aubrey Huff announced his retirement on January 4, 2014. *Ryan Theriot announced his retirement on January 6, 2014. *Dallas Braden announced his retirement on January 14, 2014. *Rod Barajas announced his retirement on January 14, 2014. *Lance Berkman announced his retirement on January 29, 2014. *Michael Young (baseball), Michael Young announced his retirement on January 30, 2014. *Matt Diaz announced his retirement on February 4, 2014. *Ryan Spilborghs announced his retirement on February 7, 2014. He played in Japan the previous year and his last season in the major leagues was 2011. *Dan Wheeler announced his retirement on February 7, 2014. *Joel Zumaya announced his retirement on February 7, 2014. *Roy Oswalt announced his retirement on February 11, 2014. *Jake Westbrook announced his retirement on February 14, 2014. *Carl Pavano announced his retirement on February 26, 2014. *Guillermo Mota announced his retirement on February 28, 2014. *Rick Ankiel announced his retirement on March 5, 2014. *Liván Hernández, who last played in the majors in 2012, officially announced his retirement on March 13, 2014. *Bill Bray announced his retirement via Twitter on March 16, 2014.


Retired numbers

*Chipper Jones of the
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had his No. 10 retired by the team on June 28 against the
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. He was the 11th player to have his number retired by the Braves. *
Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian Americans, Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and " ...
of the
New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...
had his No. 42 retired by the team in a special ceremony at Yankee Stadium on September 22. Rivera was the last player to wear the number after its universal retirement in MLB in honor of Jackie Robinson.


See also

*2013 Korea Professional Baseball season *2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season


References


External links

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