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Cole Hamels, Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander became the first trio in nearly 40 years to…

Adrian Beltre, Nelson Cruz, Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli became the first foursome in the history of major league baseball to…

Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz

My first post in as long as I can remember is about none other than the record setting Kansas City Royals.

Top 10 Reasons the Phillies will will the World Series- Halladay, Hamels and Oswalt are the only pitching staff ever with 190+ strikeouts, era’s under 3.10 and whip’s under 1.2.

Eclipsing the 40 home run palteau three times in his career he would hit 50 home runs while striking out only 42 times in 1947

Brady Anderson and Barry Bonds are the only two players who have hit 50 home runs and stolen 50 bases in a single season (not the same season)

The 2003 Red Sox are the only team in the history of baseball to have 9 players finish the season with 50 or more extra base hits. They are the only team to have 6 players hit 25 or more home runs and one of two team so have 8 players hit 30 or more doubles.

The 1906 Chicago Cubs became had the first and last pitching staff with 6 pitchers with 140 or more innings pitched and an earned run average under 2.25. Mordecai Brown, Jack Pfiester, Ed Reulbach, Carl Lundgren, Jack Taylor and Orval Overall would have an overall record of 106 wins and 30 losses for an unbelievable [...]

Padro Martinez and Derek Lowe are the only duo to start at least 30 games in a season and finish with 20 or more wins and a WHIP (walks plus hits per inning) less than 1.00.

Rogers Hornsby remains the only player ever to have a batting average higher than .400 and a slugging percentage higher than .750.

Since 1917, only one player has stolen 55 or more bases and finished the year with a batting average of .370 or higher.

Eric Davis is the only player in Major League Baseball history to hit 35 or more home runs and steal 50 or more bases.

Biggio remains the only player to hit 50 doubles, steal 50 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

But in 1911 Ty Cobb became the first and only player with a slugging percentage higher than .600 with 80 or more stolen bases. His 83 stolen bases doubled the total for Bonds (40) and nearly doubled the total for Sisler (42).

Babe Ruth remains the only player to hit 60 or more home runs and maintain a .350 batting average.

There are only three players in the history of the game that have reached the following milestones: 1500 runs scored, 1500 runs batted in, 575 home runs, and a .400 on base percentage. Those players are Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds and most recently Jim Thome

It seems like every year the A.L. and N.L Gold Glove award winners are announced dozens of baseball analysts, commentators, and bloggers voice strong opposition regarding several selections. The inherent problem is that the only people that vote for the winners of this award are managers and coaches, and they cannot vote for players on [...]

When you think of the Phillies best players over the past two seasons, most people would point out Utley’s 63 home runs, 69 doubles, 225 runs and 37 stolen bases, or Howard’s 93 home runs and 287 runs batted in, or Victorino’s 204 runs, 69 doubles, 61 stolen bases and two .290+ batting averages, or [...]

In the history of Major League Baseball there have been only 23 players have hit for 40 or more doubles and 40 or more home runs in the same season, a feat that has been accomplished only 32 times. This past season Albert Pujols joins Lou Gehrig as the only two players to accomplish this [...]