MLB Records

Question 1

What MLB player holds the record for stolen bases (over a career)?

Answer 1

Rickey Henderson (with 1406, including 130 in the 1982 season with the Oakland Athletics)

Question 2

What MLB player holds the record for consecutive steals?

Answer 2

Vince Coleman (with 50, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals)

Question 3

What MLB player holds the record for most consecutive games played?

Answer 3

Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles (2,632 consecutive games over more than 16 years), beating the previous record of Lou Gehrig with the New York Yankees

Question 4

What MLB player holds the record for the most career doubles?

Answer 4

Tris Speaker

Question 5

What MLB player holds the record for the most hits in one season?

Answer 5

Ichiro Suzuki in 2004, playing for the Seattle Mariners

Question 6

What MLB player holds the record for the most career hits?

Answer 6

Pete Rose (with 4256), followed by Ty Cobb with 4191

Question 7

What MLB player holds the record for the most career grand slams?

Answer 7

Alex Rodriguez

Question 8

What MLB player holds the record for the highest career batting average?

Answer 8

Ty Cobb (0.3664)

Question 9

What MLB player holds the record for the most career singles?

Answer 9

Pete Rose (with 3215)

Question 10

What MLB player holds the record for the most career triples?

Answer 10

Sam Crawford

Question 11

What MLB player holds the record for the most career home runs?

Answer 11

Barry Bonds (with 762); he also holds the record for the most home runs in a season (73 in 2001)

Question 12

What MLB player holds the record for the most career home runs by a pitcher?

Answer 12

Wes Ferrell

Question 13

What MLB player is the youngest player to hit a home run?

Answer 13

Tommy Brown (17 years, 257 days old)

Question 14

What MLB player holds the record for the most career runs batted in (RBI)?

Answer 14

Hark Aaron

Question 15

What MLB player holds the career record for the most runs scored?

Answer 15

Rickey Henderson (not coincidentally, also the stolen base leader)

Question 16

What MLB player holds the record for the highest career on-base percentage?

Answer 16

Ted Williams (0.482)

Question 17

What MLB player holds the career record for the most steals of home plate?

Answer 17

Ty Cobb

Question 18

What MLB player holds the record for the highest career slugging percentage (total bases divided by at bats)?

Answer 18

Babe Ruth (0.690)

Question 19

What MLB player holds the career records for the most walks and the most intentional walks?

Answer 19

Barry Bonds

Question 20

What MLB player holds the record for the most career at-bats?

Answer 20

Pete Rose

Question 21

What MLB player holds the career record for total bases?

Answer 21

Hank Aaron

Question 22

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most career wins?

Answer 22

Cy Young (who also holds the record for the most career losses since he also holds the records for the most innings pitched and most complete games); the record for the most wins during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Warren Spahn

Question 23

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the lowest career Earned Run Average (ERA)?

Answer 23

Ed Walsh; the record for the lowest ERA during the “live-ball era” (1920-present) is held by Mariano Rivera

Question 24

What MLB pitcher holds the career records for the most no-hitters and the most strikeouts?

Answer 24

Nolan Ryan (7 no-hitters and 5714 strikeouts); he also holds the record for the most losses in the “live-ball era” (1920-present)!

Question 25

What MLB player holds the record for the most career strikeouts?

Answer 25

Reggie Jackson

Question 26

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most career shutouts?

Answer 26

Walter Johnson; the record for the most shutouts during the "live-ball era" (1920-present) is held by Warren Spahn

Question 27

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most pickoffs?

Answer 27

Steve Carlton

Question 28

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most saves?

Answer 28

Mariano Rivera

Question 29

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the lowest career WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Innings Pitched)

Answer 29

Addie Joss (0.968); the record during the "live-ball era" (1920-present) is held by Mariano Rivera

Question 30

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the highest career win-loss percentage?

Answer 30

Spud Chandler

Question 31

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most consecutive scoreless innings pitched?

Answer 31

Orel Hershiser

Question 32

What MLB pitcher holds the career record for the most games pitched?

Answer 32

Jesse Orosco

Question 33

What MLB catcher holds the career record for the most runners caught stealing?

Answer 33

Gary Carter (who also holds the record for the most stolen bases allowed!)

Question 34

What MLB catcher holds the career record for the highest caught-stealing percentage?

Answer 34

Roy Campanella

Question 35

What MLB catcher holds the career records for the most games caught and the most pickoffs?

Answer 35

Ivan Rodriguez

Question 36

What MLB player holds the record for the most MVP Awards won?

Answer 36

Barry Bonds

Question 37

What MLB player holds the record for the highest consecutive game hitting streak?

Answer 37

Joe DiMaggio

Question 38

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the fastest pitch thrown?

Answer 38

Nolan Ryan (108.5 mph)

Question 39

What MLB player holds the record for the highest batting average in a single season?

Answer 39

Hugh Duffy (0.440 in 1894); the modern-era record is held by Nap Lajoie (0.426 in 1901)

Question 40

What MLB player holds the record for the most runs batted in (RBI) in a single season?

Answer 40

Hack Wilson (191)

Question 41

What MLB player holds the record for the most runs scored in a single season?

Answer 41

Billy Hamilton (192 in 1894); the modern-era record is held by Babe Ruth (179 in 1921)

Question 42

What MLB player holds the record for the most consecutive games reaching base?

Answer 42

Ted Williams (84 in 1949)

Question 43

What MLB player holds the record for the most consecutive games without a strikeout?

Answer 43

Joe Sewell (115 in 1929)

Question 44

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most consecutive games won?

Answer 44

Carl Hubbell (24 over 2 seasons)

Question 45

What MLB pitcher holds the record for the most Cy Young awards won?

Answer 45

Roger Clemens

Question 46

What MLB player has won the Hank Aaron Award (introduced in 1999 for the player selected as the best hitter) the most times?

Answer 46

Alex Rodriguez

Question 47

What MLB player has won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (for fielding) the most times?

Answer 47

Pitcher Greg Maddux (18)