List of Major League Baseball single-season records
Batting records -- Overview ( 1876–present )
Table:
Records

Player

#

Season

Refs

Games

Maury Wills

165

1962

Highest batting average

Hugh Duffy

.440

1894

[1]

Most singles

Ichiro Suzuki

225

2004

[2]

Most doubles

Earl Webb

67

1931

[3]

Most triples

Chief Wilson

36

1912

[4]

Most home runs

Barry Bonds

73

2001

Most runs batted in

Hack Wilson

191

1930

[5]

Most hits

Ichiro Suzuki

262

2004

[6]

Most runs scored

Billy Hamilton

198

1894

[7]

Highest on-base percentage

Barry Bonds

.609

2004

[8]

Most stolen bases[a]

Hugh Nicol
Rickey Henderson

138
130

1887
1982

[9]

Highest slugging percentage

Barry Bonds

.863

2001

[10]

Highest OPS

Barry Bonds

1.422

2004

[11]

Most walks

Barry Bonds

232

2004

[12]

Most strikeouts

Mark Reynolds

223

2009

Most extra base hits

Babe Ruth

119

1921

[13]

Fastest pitch thrown

Aroldis Chapman

105.1 mph

2010

[14]

Most total bases

Babe Ruth

457

1921

[15]

Consecutive game hitting streak

Joe DiMaggio

56

1941

Most at-bats

Jimmy Rollins

716

2007

[16]

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Maurice Morning Wills ( born October 2 , 1932 ) is an American former professional baseball player and manager . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1959 through 1966 and the latter part of 1969 through 1972 as a shortstop and switch-hitter ; he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967 and 1968 , and the Montreal Expos the first part of 1969 . Wills was an essential component of the Dodgers ' championship teams in the mid-1960s , and is credited for reviving the stolen base as part of baseball strategy . Wills was the National League Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) in 1962 , stealing a record 104 bases to break the old modern era mark of 96 , set by Ty Cobb in 1915 . He was an All-Star for five seasons and seven All-Star Games , and was the first MLB All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 1962 . He also won Gold Gloves in 1961 and 1962 . In a fourteen-year career , Wills batted .281 with 20 home runs , 458 runs batted in , 2,134 hits , 1,067 runs , 177 doubles , 71 triples , and 586 stolen bases in 1,942 games . Since 2009 , Wills is a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization serving as a representative of the Dodgers Legend Bureau . In 2014 , Wills appeared for the first time as a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame 's Golden Era Committee election ballot for possible Hall of Fame consideration in 2015 which required 12 votes . Wills missed getting elected by 3 votes . All the other candidates on the ballot also missed being elected . The Committee meets and votes on ten selected candidates from the 1947 to 1972 era every three years .
The following are the baseball events of the year 1962 throughout the world .
Hugh Duffy ( November 26 , 1866 - October 19 , 1954 ) was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball . He was a player or player-manager for the Chicago White Stockings , Chicago Pirates , Boston Reds , Boston Beaneaters , Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies between 1888 and 1906 . He had his best years with the Beaneaters , including the 1894 season , when he set the MLB single-season record for batting average ( .440 ) . He also managed the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox and spent several seasons coaching in collegiate baseball and in the minor leagues . Later in life , he spent many years as a scout for the Red Sox . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 . He worked for Boston until 1953 . He died of heart problems the next year .
The following are the baseball events of the year 1894 throughout the world .
Ichiro Suzuki /ˈiːtʃɪroʊ suːˈzuːki/ ( 鈴木 一朗 , Suzuki Ichirō , born 22 October 1973 ) , often referred to mononymously as Ichiro ( イチロー , Ichirō ) , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played 28 seasons combined in top-level professional leagues . He spent the bulk of his career with two teams : nine seasons with the Orix Blue Wave of Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ) in Japan , where he began his career , and 14 with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) in the United States . After playing the first 12 years of his MLB career for the Mariners , Ichiro played two and a half seasons with the New York Yankees before signing with the Miami Marlins . Ichiro played three seasons with the Marlins before returning to the Mariners in 2018 . Ichiro established a number of batting records , including MLB 's single-season record for hits with 262 . He achieved 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons , the longest streak by any player in history . Between his major league career in both Japan and the United States , Ichiro has the most hits by any player in top-tier professional leagues . He also has recorded the most hits of all Japanese-born players in MLB history . In his combined playing time in the NPB and MLB , Ichiro received 17 consecutive selections both as an All-Star and Gold Glove winner , won nine league batting titles and was named Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) four times . While playing in the NPB , he won seven consecutive batting titles and three consecutive Pacific League MVP Awards . In 2001 , Ichiro became the first Japanese-born position player to be posted and signed to an MLB club . He led the American League ( AL ) in batting average and stolen bases en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP .
The following are the baseball events of the year 2004 throughout the world .
William Earl Webb ( September 17 , 1897 - May 23 , 1965 ) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball , playing from 1925 to 1933 . He played for five teams , including the Boston Red Sox for three years . He batted left-handed , and threw right-handed . He was born in White County , Tennessee and died in Jamestown , Tennessee . In 1931 , while playing for the Red Sox , he hit a record 67 doubles , a record that still stands today . He had a career batting average of .306 ( 661-for-2161 ) with 56 home runs and 333 runs batted in . Webb finished second in the league in extra base hits in 1931 with 84 . His .333 batting average in 1931 was seventh-highest in the American League . He also finished sixth in the 1931 American League Most Valuable Player voting . He died on May 23 , 1965 at his home in Jamestown , Tennessee .
The 1931 Major League Baseball season .
John Owen Chief Wilson ( August 21 , 1883 - February 22 , 1954 ) was an American professional baseball right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1916 . He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , and St. Louis Cardinals . Wilson played minor league baseball for three teams until the end of 1907 , when he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates . After spending six seasons with the organization , Wilson was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals , where he spent the last three seasons of his major league career and with whom he played his last game on October 1 , 1916 . Wilson is best known for setting the single-season record for triples in 1912 with 36 , a record that still stands .
1912 Major League Baseball season . Harper 's Weekly conducted a detailed accounting of the expenses of Major League clubs , and came up with a figure of around $ 175,000 to $ 200,000 .
Barry Lamar Bonds ( born July 24 , 1964 ) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants . He received a record seven NL MVP awards , eight Gold Glove awards , a record 12 Silver Slugger awards , and 14 All-Star selections . He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time . Bonds was regarded as an exceptional hitter : he led MLB in on-base plus slugging six times , and placed within the top five hitters in 12 of his 17 qualifying seasons . He holds many MLB hitting records , including most career home runs ( 762 ) , most home runs in a single season ( 73 , set in 2001 ) and most career walks . Bonds was also known as a talented all-around baseball player . He won eight Gold Glove awards for his defensive play in the outfield . He stole 514 bases with his baserunning speed , becoming the first and only MLB player to date with at least 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases ( no other player has even 400 of each ) . He is ranked second in career Wins Above Replacement among all major league position players by both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com , behind only Babe Ruth . However , Bonds led a controversial career , notably as a central figure in baseball 's steroids scandal . In 2007 , he was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to the grand jury during the federal government 's investigation of BALCO . The perjury charges against Bonds were dropped and an initial obstruction of justice conviction was overturned in 2015 .
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship . The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington , D.C. pushed the end of the regular-season from September 30 to October 7 . Because of the attack , the World Series was not completed until November 4 . The 2001 World Series was the first World Series to end in November . This season was memorable for the Seattle Mariners equaling the Major League regular season record of 116 wins , Barry Bonds breaking Mark McGwire 's single-season home run record , and baseball 's patriotic return after a week 's worth of games being postponed due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks .
Lewis Robert Hack Wilson ( April 26 , 1900 - November 23 , 1948 ) was an American Major League Baseball player who played 12 seasons for the New York Giants , Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies . Despite his diminutive stature , he was one of the most accomplished power hitters in the game during the late 1920s and early 1930s . His 1930 season with the Cubs is widely considered one of the most memorable individual single-season hitting performances in baseball history . Highlights included 56 home runs , the National League record for 68 years ; and 191 runs batted in , a mark yet to be surpassed . For a brief span of a few years , wrote a sportswriter of the day , this hammered down little strongman actually rivaled the mighty Ruth . While Wilson 's combativeness and excessive alcohol consumption made him one of the most colorful sports personalities of his era , his drinking and fighting undoubtedly contributed to a premature end to his athletic career and , ultimately , his premature death . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 .
The 1930 Major League Baseball season .
The 2004 Major League Baseball season ended when the Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game World Series sweep . This season was particularly notable since the Red Sox championship broke the 86-year-long popular myth known as the Curse of the Bambino . The Red Sox were also the first team in MLB history and the third team from a major North American professional sports league to ever come back from a 3-0 postseason series deficit , in the ALCS against the New York Yankees . The Montreal Expos would play their last season in Montreal , before re-locating to Washington DC , becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005 .
William Robert Hamilton ( February 16 , 1866 - December 15 , 1940 ) , nicknamed Sliding Billy , was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) during the 19th-century . He played for the Kansas City Cowboys , Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Beaneaters between 1888 and 1901 . Hamilton won the National League ( NL ) batting title twice and led the NL in stolen bases five times , eclipsing 100 on four separate occasions . He hit over .400 in 1894 and set the major league record for runs scored in a season with 198 . His 914 [ a ] stolen bases ranks third all time , a career .344 hitter he was nominated to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961 via the Veteran 's Committee .
The following are the baseball events of the year 1894 throughout the world .
Hugh N. Nicol ( January 1 , 1858 - June 27 , 1921 ) was a Scottish-American professional baseball player . An outfielder , Nicol played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Stockings , St. Louis Browns , Cincinnati Red Stockings , and Cincinnati Reds . Nicol 's debut game took place on May 3 , 1881 . His final game took place on August 2 , 1890 . Nicol had 138 stolen bases in 1887 , however prior to 1898 a stolen base was credited to a baserunner who reached an extra base on a hit from another player . He had 103 stolen bases in 1888 . Despite the fact that he had two 100 stolen-base seasons , only 383 of his total career stolen bases are known . He also managed the Browns in 1897 . Nicol became the head baseball coach and athletic director at Purdue University for the Purdue Boilermakers . He also scouted for the Reds during the summers , beginning in 1911 . Nicol resigned from Purdue in 1914 , after accusations that the American football team played like rowdies . He died in Lafayette , Indiana on June 27 , 1921 .
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson ( born December 25 , 1958 ) is an American retired professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003 , including four separate tenures with his original team , the Oakland Athletics . Nicknamed the Man of Steal , he is widely regarded as baseball 's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner . He holds the major league records for career stolen bases , runs , unintentional walks and leadoff home runs . At the time of his last major league game in 2003 , the ten-time American League ( AL ) All-Star ranked among the sport 's top 100 all-time home run hitters and was its all-time leader in base on balls . In 2009 , he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot appearance . Henderson holds the single-season record for stolen bases ( 130 in 1982 ) and is the only player in AL history to steal 100 bases in a season , having done so three times . His 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the previous record of 938 by Lou Brock . Henderson is the all-time stolen base leader for the Oakland Athletics and previously held the New York Yankees ' franchise record from 1988 to 2011 . He was among the league 's top ten base stealers in 21 different seasons . Henderson was named the AL 's Most Valuable Player in 1990 , and he was the leadoff hitter for two World Series champions : the 1989 Oakland A 's and the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays . A 12-time stolen base champion , Henderson led the league in runs five times . His 25-year career elevated Henderson to the top ten in several other categories , including career at-bats , games , and outfield putouts and total chances .
The following are the baseball events of the year 1887 throughout the world .
The following are the baseball events of the year 1982 throughout the world .
On-base plus slugging ( OPS ) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player 's on-base percentage and slugging percentage . The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power , two important offensive skills , are represented . An OPS of .900 or higher in Major League Baseball puts the player in the upper echelon of hitters . Typically , the league leader in OPS will score near , and sometimes above , the 1.000 mark .
Mark Andrew Reynolds ( born August 3 , 1983 ) is an American professional baseball infielder who is currently a free agent . He previously played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Arizona Diamondbacks , Baltimore Orioles , Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees , Milwaukee Brewers , St. Louis Cardinals , Washington Nationals , and two stints with the Colorado Rockies . A right-hander both when batting and throwing , Reynolds has gained attention for his frequent and long home runs , high strikeout totals , and defensive versatility , having been primarily a third baseman before transitioning to first base while playing for the Orioles . The Diamondbacks drafted Reynolds in the 16th round of the 2004 MLB draft from the Cavaliers of the University of Virginia , with whom he played mainly shortstop . In the minor leagues , he played second base , third base , shortstop , and left field . He broke out in 2006 with Lancaster and Tennessee , batting .318 with 31 home runs ( HR ) and 98 runs batted in ( RBIs ) in 106 games . With the Diamondbacks in 2009 , he established career highs in HRs ( 44 ) , RBIs ( 102 ) , stolen bases ( 24 ) , and runs scored ( 98 ) . Known for his extreme statistical output , Reynolds displays prodigious power-hitting , record-breaking strikeout totals , and high error totals . Between 2009 and 2011 , he finished with top ten home run totals and at bats per home run rates . In 2009 , he set the all-time record for most strikeouts among batters in a season . He also holds two other of the ten-highest single-season strikeout totals ( 211 and 204 ) , and led the league in strikeouts in four consecutive seasons . As of 2018 , he led all active major league ballplayers in career strikeouts , with 1,870 .
The following are the baseball events of the year 2009 throughout the world .
George Herman Babe Ruth Jr. ( February 6 , 1895 - August 16 , 1948 ) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) spanned 22 seasons , from 1914 through 1935 . Nicknamed The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat , he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox , but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees . Ruth established many MLB batting ( and some pitching ) records , including career home runs ( 714 ) , runs batted in ( RBIs ) ( 2,213 ) , bases on balls ( 2,062 ) , slugging percentage ( .690 ) , and on-base plus slugging ( OPS ) ( 1.164 ) ; the last two still stand as of 2019 [ update ] . Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time . In 1936 , Ruth was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five inaugural members . At age seven , Ruth was sent to St. Mary 's Industrial School for Boys , a reformatory where he was mentored by Brother Matthias Boutlier of the Xaverian Brothers , the school 's disciplinarian and a capable baseball player . In 1914 , Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles but was soon sold to the Red Sox . By 1916 , he had built a reputation as an outstanding pitcher who sometimes hit long home runs , a feat unusual for any player in the pre-1920 dead-ball era . Although Ruth twice won 23 games in a season as a pitcher and was a member of three World Series championship teams with the Red Sox , he wanted to play every day and was allowed to convert to an outfielder . With regular playing time , he broke the MLB single-season home run record in 1919 . After that season , Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Ruth to the Yankees amid controversy . The trade fueled Boston 's subsequent 86-year championship drought and popularized the Curse of the Bambino superstition .
Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz ( Spanish : [ aˈɾoldis ˈtʃapman ] ; born February 28 , 1988 ) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs and in the Cuban National Series for Holguín . Chapman bats and throws left-handed , and is nicknamed the Cuban Missile or the Cuban Flame Thrower . Chapman pitched for Holguín domestically and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team . He defected from Cuba in 2009 and signed a contract with the Reds in 2010 . Chapman made his MLB debut that season . He won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award as the best relief pitcher for July 2012 , and has been named to four straight National League All-Star teams from 2012 to 2015 . The Reds traded Chapman to the Yankees after the 2015 season , and the Yankees traded Chapman to the Cubs during the 2016 season . With the Cubs , Chapman won Game 7 of the 2016 World Series . He signed with the Yankees after the 2016 season . On July 11 , 2014 , Chapman broke the record , previously held by Bruce Sutter , for the most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout , having struck out at least one batter in 40 consecutive appearances . Chapman 's streak began on August 21 , 2013 , and lasted 49 consecutive games over two seasons , with the 49th and final game being on August 13 , 2014 .
The 1921 Major League Baseball season , ended when the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in Game 8 of the World Series . 1921 was the first of three straight seasons in which the Yankees would lead the majors in wins . Babe Ruth broke the single season home run record for the third consecutive season by hitting 59 home runs in 152 games . Ruth also broke Roger Connor 's record for the most home runs all time when he hit his 139th home run on July 18 against Bert Cole . The record for career strikeouts , previously held by Cy Young was also broken in 1921 by Walter Johnson ; Johnson lead the league in strikeouts with 143 and ended the season with 2,835 strikeouts . Young struck out 2,803 during his career . The Cincinnati Reds set a Major League record for the fewest strikeouts in a season , with only 308 . Future hall of famers Kiki Cuyler and Goose Goslin both debuted in September 1921 .
Joseph Paul DiMaggio [ a ] ( November 25 , 1914 - March 8 , 1999 ) , nicknamed Joltin ' Joe and The Yankee Clipper , was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees . Born to Italian immigrants in California , he is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time , and is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak ( May 15-July 16 , 1941 ) , a record that still stands . DiMaggio was a three-time Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons . During his tenure with the Yankees , the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships . His nine career World Series rings is second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra , who won ten . At the time of his retirement after the 1951 season , he ranked fifth in career home runs ( 361 ) and sixth in career slugging percentage ( .579 ) . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport 's greatest living player in a poll taken during the baseball 's centennial year of 1969 . His brothers Vince ( 1912-1986 ) and Dom ( 1917-2009 ) also were major league center fielders . DiMaggio is widely known for his marriage and lifelong devotion to Marilyn Monroe .
The 1941 Major League Baseball season included the New York Yankees defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series , Ted Williams batting .406 , and Joe DiMaggio having a 56-game hitting streak ; it has been called the best baseball season ever .
James Calvin Rollins ( born November 27 , 1978 ) , nicknamed J-Roll , is an American former professional baseball shortstop , who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Philadelphia Phillies ( 2000-2014 ) , Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2015 ) , and Chicago White Sox ( 2016 ) . After growing up in Alameda , California , and attending Encinal High School , Rollins was drafted by the Phillies in the second round of the 1996 MLB draft . After spending most of five seasons with Phillies minor league teams , he made his big league debut on September 17 , 2000 . At the MLB level , it wasnt long before Rollins earned recognition as an excellent defensive shortstop . In 2001 , he became the Phillies ' leadoff hitter , a role he retained for almost ten years . Rollins made three All-Star Game appearances in his career . While with the Phillies , he compiled a 38-game hitting streak , which spanned the end of the 2005 season and the start of the 2006 season , the longest in team history . Rollins was named the National League ( NL ) Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) in 2007 , as the Phillies won their division in the first of five consecutive seasons . He was also a key component of the 2008 World Series champion team that defeated the Tampa Bay Rays . In his career , Rollins led the NL four times in triples , and once each in runs , stolen bases , and stolen base percentage . As of 2018 , he was the Phillies career leader in at bats ( 8,628 ) , hits ( 2,306 ) , doubles ( 479 ) , and power-speed number ( 292.5 ) , second in games played ( 2,090 ) and stolen bases ( 453 ) , and third in runs scored ( 1,325 ) , triples ( 111 ) , and stolen base percentage ( 82.66 ) . Rollins won the Gold Glove Award four times , as well as the Silver Slugger Award , and the Roberto Clemente Award ( once each ) .
The 2007 Major League Baseball season began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series ; the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis , Missouri , which was won by the Mets , 6-1 . The regular season concluded with seven teams entering the postseason who had failed to reach the 2006 playoffs including all National League teams , with only the New York Yankees returning ; a dramatic one-game playoff between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres ; and the largest September collapse for a leading team in baseball history , with the Mets squandering a 7-game lead with 17 to play , losing on the final day of the regular season , and the Philadelphia Phillies capturing the National League East for the first time since 1993 . The season ended on October 28 , with the Boston Red Sox sweeping the World Series over the Rockies , four games to none . A special exhibition game known as the Civil Rights Game was played on March 31 in AutoZone Park in Memphis , Tennessee , between the Cardinals and the Cleveland Indians to celebrate the history of civil rights in the United States . The 2007 season commemorates the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson 's entry into the game , breaking the color barrier . For the fourth consecutive season , MLB regular season attendance increased by comparison with the previous year . In 2007 , an all-time attendance record of 79,502,524 ( 32,785 per game ) was set .