The Records
Streaks, milestones, and the numbers with asterisk-shaped shadows.
Baseball's history, kept honestly
Baseball History Blog covers the game's past through its record book: what the numbers meant in their own era, and which comparisons across eras hold up.
From 1876 to the pitch clock
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What Is a Good Batting Average in Baseball?
Modern MLB benchmarks put about .250 near average, around .275 as good and .300 as elite; era, sample size, OBP and power add context.
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Aroldis Chapman’s Relief Pitcher Strikeout Record
He passed Hoyt Wilhelm with No. 1,364; the mark counts regular-season strikeouts recorded in relief, excluding postseason Ks and starts.
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Highest-Scoring Baseball Game in MLB History
Chicago won 26-23 on Aug. 25, 1922, as the teams combined for a record 49 runs in nine innings after the Cubs led 25-6.
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Salvador Perez’s Royals Home Run Record Explained
He tied George Brett at 317, passed him with No. 318 on July 25, and reached 322 by September 13, while separating career, season and playoff marks.
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Dodgers’ 90-Win Record: 13 Full Seasons Explained
The achievement is a run of season-level totals—not a 90-game winning streak—and postseason wins do not count.
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Dead ball, integration, expansion, steroids — how each rewrote the book.
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What the statistics were quietly recording while history happened.