List of Major League Baseball triples records
175 career triples
Table:
Player
Triples[1]
Teams & Seasons

Sam Crawford
309
1899–1902 Cincinnati; 1903–17 Detroit

Ty Cobb
297
1905–26 Detroit; 1927–28 Philadelphia (AL)

Honus Wagner
252
1897–99 Louisville; 1900–17 Pittsburgh

Jake Beckley
2431
1888–89, 1891–96 Pittsburgh; 1890 Pittsburgh (PL); 1896–97 New York (NL); 1897–1903 Cincinnati; 1904–07 St. Louis (NL)

Roger Connor
233
1880–82 Troy (NL); 1883–91, 1893–94 New York (NL); 1892 Philadelphia (NL); 1894–97 St. Louis (NL)

Tris Speaker
222
1907–15 Boston (AL); 1916–26 Cleveland, 1927 Washington; 1928 Philadelphia (AL)

Dan Brouthers
2052
1879–80 Troy (NL); 1881–85 Buffalo (NL); 1886–88 Detroit (NL); Boston (NL); 1890–91 Boston (PL-AA); Brooklyn; 1894–95 Baltimore (NL); 1895 Louisville (NL); 1896 Philadelphia (NL); 1904 New York (NL)

Joe Kelley
194
1891, 1908 Boston (NL); 1892 Pittsburgh; 1892–98 Baltimore (NL); 1899–1901 Brooklyn; 1902 Baltimore (AL); 1902–06 Cincinnati

Paul Waner
191
1926–40 Pittsburgh; 1941–44 Boston (NL); 1941 Brooklyn; 1944–45 New York (AL)

Bid McPhee
1883
1882–89 Cincinnati (AA); 1890–99 Cincinnati (NL)

Eddie Collins
187
1906–14, 1927–30 Philadelphia (AL), 1915–26 Chicago (AL)

Ed Delahanty
1854
1888–89, 1891–1901 Philadelphia (NL); 1890 Cleveland (PL); 1902–03 Washington (AL)

Sam Rice
184
1915–33 Washington (AL); 1934 Cleveland

Jesse Burkett
182
1890 New York (NL); 1891–98 Cleveland (NL); 1899–1901 St. Louis (NL); 1902–04 St. Louis (AL); 1905 Boston (AL)

Ed Konetchy
1825
1907–13 St. Louis (NL); 1914 Pittsburgh; 15 Pittsburgh (FL); 1916–18 Boston (NL); 1919–21 Brooklyn; 1921 Philadelphia (NL)

Edd Roush
1826
1913 Chicago (AL); 1914–15 Indianapolis/Newark (FL); 1916, 1927–29 New York (NL); 1916–26, 1931 Cincinnati

Buck Ewing
178
1880–82 Troy (NL); 1883–92 New York (NL); 1893–94 Cleveland (NL); 1895–97 Cincinnati

Rabbit Maranville
177
1912–20, 1929–33, 1935 Boston (NL); 1921–24 Pittsburgh; 1925 Chicago (NL); 1926 Brooklyn; 1927–28 St. Louis (NL)

Stan Musial
177
1941–44, 1946–63 St. Louis (NL)

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Samuel Earl Crawford ( April 18 , 1880 - June 15 , 1968 ) , nicknamed Wahoo Sam , was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . Crawford batted and threw left-handed , stood 6 ft 0 in ( 1.83 m ) tall and weighed 190 pounds ( 86 kg ) . Born in Wahoo , Nebraska , he had a short minor league baseball career before entering the majors with the Cincinnati Reds in 1899 . He played for the Reds until 1902 . Crawford then joined the Detroit Tigers and played for Detroit from 1903 to 1917 . He was one of the greatest sluggers of his era , leading his league in home runs twice and in runs batted in three times . He still holds the MLB record for most career triples , with 309 . While with the Tigers , Crawford played alongside superstar Ty Cobb , and the two had an intense rivalry while also helping Detroit win three American League championships from 1907 to 1909 . After his MLB career ended , Crawford moved to California , where he lived the rest of his life . He was a player and umpire in the Pacific Coast League and was a coach at the University of Southern California . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957 .
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati , Ohio . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . They were a charter member of the American Association in 1882 and joined the NL in 1890 . The Reds played in the NL West division from 1969 to 1993 , before joining the Central division in 1994 . They have won five World Series championships , nine NL pennants , one AA pennant , and 10 division titles . The team plays its home games at Great American Ball Park , which opened in 2003 replacing Riverfront Stadium . Bob Castellini has been chief executive officer since 2006 . From 1882 to 2019 , the Reds ' overall win-loss record is 10,599-10,393 ( a 0.505 winning percentage ) .
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit , Michigan . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . One of the AL 's eight charter franchises , the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894 and is the only Western League team still in its original city . They are also the oldest continuous one name , one city franchise in the AL . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the Tigers have won four World Series championships ( 1935 , 1945 , 1968 , and 1984 ) , 11 AL pennants ( 1907 , 1908 , 1909 , 1934 , 1935 , 1940 , 1945 , 1968 , 1984 , 2006 , 2012 ) , and four AL Central division championships ( 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 ) . They also won division titles in 1972 , 1984 , and 1987 as a member of the AL East . The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit . The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue in Corktown ( just west of Downtown Detroit ) and began playing there in 1896 . In 1912 , the team moved into Navin Field , which was built on the same location . It was expanded in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium . It was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to Comerica Park in 2000 . From 1901 to 2019 , the Tigers ' overall win-loss record is 9,346-9,191 ( a winning percentage of .504 ) .
Tyrus Raymond Cobb ( December 18 , 1886 - July 17 , 1961 ) , nicknamed The Georgia Peach , was an American Major League Baseball ( MLB ) outfielder . He was born in rural Narrows , Georgia . Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , the last six as the team 's player-manager , and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics . In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot , receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes ( 98.2% ) ; no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992 . In 1999 , editors at the Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb third on their list of Baseball 's 100 Greatest Players . Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career . His combined total of 4,065 runs scored and runs batted in ( after adjusting for home runs ) is still the highest ever produced by any major league player . He still holds several records as of the end of the 2019 season , including the highest career batting average ( .366 or .367 , depending on source ) and most career batting titles with 11 ( or 12 , depending on source ) . He retained many other records for almost a half century or more , including most career hits until 1985 ( 4,189 or 4,191 , depending on source ) , most career runs ( 2,245 or 2,246 depending on source ) until 2001 , most career games played ( 3,035 ) and at bats ( 11,429 or 11,434 depending on source ) until 1974 , and the modern record for most career stolen bases ( 892 ) until 1977 . He still holds the career record for stealing home ( 54 times ) and for stealing second base , third base , and home in succession ( 5 times ) , and as the youngest player ever to compile 4,000 hits and score 2,000 runs . Cobb ranks fifth all-time in number of games played and committed 271 errors , the most by any American League ( AL ) outfielder . Cobb 's legacy , which includes a large college scholarship fund for Georgia residents financed by his early investments in Coca-Cola and General Motors , has been somewhat tarnished by allegations of racism and violence , largely stemming from a couple of largely-discredited biographies that were released following his death .
The Oakland Athletics , a current Major League Baseball franchise , originated in Philadelphia . This article details the history of the Philadelphia Athletics , from 1901 to 1954 , when they moved to Kansas City .
Johannes Peter Honus Wagner ( /ˈhɒnəs ˈwæɡnər/ ; February 24 , 1874 - December 6 , 1955 ) , sometimes referred to as Hans Wagner , was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917 , almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates . Wagner won his eighth ( and final ) batting title in 1911 , a National League record that remains unbroken to this day , and matched only once , in 1997 , by Tony Gwynn . He also led the league in slugging six times and stolen bases five times . Wagner was nicknamed The Flying Dutchman due to his superb speed and German heritage . This nickname was a nod to the popular folk-tale made into a famous opera by another Wagner . In 1936 , the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members . He received the second-highest vote total , behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth . Most baseball historians consider Wagner to be the greatest shortstop ever and one of the greatest players ever . Ty Cobb himself called Wagner maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond . Honus Wagner is also the featured player of one of the rarest and the most valuable baseball cards in existence .
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association ( AA ) throughout that league 's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891 . They were known as the Louisville Eclipse from 1882 to 1884 , and as the Louisville Colonels from 1885 to 1891 . The latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels . After the AA folded in 1891 , the Colonels joined the National League and played through the 1899 season . Until the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington in 2004 , Louisville was the last city to lose a Major League Baseball franchise and not have another franchise eventually replace it . Colonels was also the name of several minor league baseball teams that played in Louisville , Kentucky , in the 20th century .
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Founded in 1881 under the name Pittsburgh Allegheny , the franchise has won five World Series championships . The Pirates are also often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos ( derived from buccaneer , a synonym for pirate ) . The team plays its home games at PNC Park , its home since 2001 . The Pirates previously played at Forbes Field from 1909-1970 and at Three Rivers Stadium , so named because of its location near the confluence of the Allegheny , Monongahela , and Ohio rivers , from 1970-2000 . The franchise joined the NL in its eighth season in 1887 and was competitive from its early years , winning three NL titles from 1901 to 1903 , playing in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and winning their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner . The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history , most famously winning the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees on a series-winning walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski , the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run . They also won the 1971 World Series , led by the talent of Roberto Clemente , and the 1979 World Series under the slogan We Are Family , led by Pops Willie Stargell . After a run of regular-season success in the early 1990s ( winning three straight NL East Division titles ) , the Pirates struggled mightily over the following 20 years , with 20 consecutive losing seasons from 1993 to 2012 - the longest such streak in American professional sports history - before posting a winning record in 2013 of 94-68 , qualifying them for the NL Wild Card . They advanced to the NL Division Series round , where they lost in 5 games to the St. Louis Cardinals . The Pirates made the playoffs in both 2014 and 2015 , losing in the Wild Card Game both times .
Jacob Peter Beckley ( August 4 , 1867 - June 25 , 1918 ) , nicknamed Eagle Eye , was an American professional baseball first baseman . He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys , Pittsburgh Burghers , Pittsburgh Pirates , New York Giants , Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals from 1888 to 1907 . Beckley had a batting average of over .300 in 13 seasons . His 244 triples are fourth all time and his 23,767 putouts are a major league record . A career .308 hitter he was nominated to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 via the Veteran 's Committee .
The Pittsburgh Burghers were a baseball team in the Players ' League , a short-lived Major League that existed only for the 1890 season . The team included a number of players who had jumped from the National League 's Pittsburgh Alleghenys ( now the Pittsburgh Pirates ) , including Hall of Famers Pud Galvin , Ned Hanlon , and Jake Beckley . Hanlon served as the team 's manager . Meanwhile , John Tener , who would go on to represent Pittsburgh in the United States Congress and be elected the 25th Governor of Pennsylvania , finished his pitching career with the Burghers in 1890 . Later Tener would become the president of the National League , and a director of the Philadelphia Phillies . In its only season , the Burghers finished in 6th place with a 60-68 record . Hall Of Fame first baseman Jake Beckley was a powerhouse slugger for the Burghers . He hit .324 with 10 home runs and 120 RBIs . In addition , he led the PL by hitting 22 triples . But even Beckley 's fine work could not overcome the weak hitting of the Pittsburgh team in general . The Burghers finished tied for the worst batting average in the loop with a .260 mark . The team played at the Alleghenies ' former home , Exposition Park .
The San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball originated in New York City as the New York Gothams in 1883 and were known as the New York Giants from 1885 until the team relocated to San Francisco after the 1957 season . During most of their 75 seasons in New York City , the Giants played home games at various incarnations of the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan . Numerous inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown , New York played for the New York Giants , including John McGraw , Mel Ott , Bill Terry , Willie Mays , Monte Irvin , and Travis Jackson . During the club 's tenure in New York , it won five of the franchise 's eight World Series wins and 17 of its 23 National League pennants . Famous moments in the Giants ' New York history include the 1922 World Series , in which the Giants swept the Yankees in four games , Bobby Thomson 's 1951 home run known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World , and the defensive feat by Willie Mays during the first game of the 1954 World Series known as the Catch . The Giants had intense rivalries with their fellow New York teams the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers , facing the Yankees in six World Series and playing the league rival Dodgers multiple times per season . Games between any two of these three teams were known collectively as the Subway Series . The Dodgers-Giants rivalry continues , as both teams moved to the West Coast in California after the 1957 season , with the Dodgers relocating to Los Angeles . The New York Giants of the National Football League are named after the team .
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis , Missouri . The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006 . One of the nation 's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs , the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships , more than any other NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees . The team has won 19 National League pennants , third-most of any team . St. Louis has also won 14 division titles in the East and Central divisions . In 1881 , entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased the Brown Stockings barnstorming club , renamed it the St. Louis Browns , and made it a charter member of the American Association ( AA ) baseball league . The team won four league championships , qualifying them to play in the era 's professional baseball championship tournament , a forerunner of the modern World Series . In two of these championships , the Browns met the Chicago White Stockings , launching the enduring Cardinals-Cubs rivalry . In 1892 , the Browns - also called the Perfectos - joined the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs , later renamed the National League . In 1900 , the team was renamed the Cardinals . ( Two years later , an unrelated St. Louis Browns team joined the American League . )
Roger Connor ( July 1 , 1857 - January 4 , 1931 ) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player . He played for several teams , but his longest tenure was in New York , where he was responsible for the New York Gothams becoming known as the Giants . He was the player whom Babe Ruth succeeded as the all-time home run champion . Connor hit 138 home runs during his 18-year career , and his career home run record stood for 23 years after his retirement in 1897 . Connor owned and managed minor league baseball teams after his playing days . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by its Veterans Committee in 1976 . Largely forgotten after his retirement , Connor was buried in an unmarked grave until a group of citizens raised money for a grave marker in 2001 .
The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882 . Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds ( 1879 ) and Haymakers ' Grounds ( 1880-1881 ) in the upstate New York city of Troy , and at Troy Ball Clubs Grounds ( 1882 ) across the Hudson in Watervliet , or West Troy as it was known at the time . The first Grand Slam home run in Major League history was hit by Roger Connor of this franchise in 1881 in East Albany ( now known as Rensselaer ) in what is now the Rensselaer Riverfront Park . The site in present day Rensselaer was infrequently used to host games when their normal field was unavailable . A baseball diamond in the park is currently in use very close to where the diamond would have been back in the 1880s . The site of the historic grand slam was only recently discovered as it was previously assumed to have occurred in eastern Albany . Overall , the franchise won 131 games and lost 194 . The Trojans , along with the Worcester NL team , were expelled from the league shortly before the end of the 1882 season , as Troy and Worcester were seen as too small for the league 's ambitions , but were encouraged to play out the rest of their seasons as lame-duck teams . On September 28 , 1882 , only six fans appeared to watch Worcester host the Trojans in the second-to-last game of the season , then only 25 arrived for the last game between the two teams . Among games that have had at least one paying attendee , the attendance figure of six is the lowest attendance ever recorded at a Major League baseball game . In 1883 the New York Gothams , later known as the Giants , took the Trojans ' former slot in the National League . Four of the original Gotham players were former members of the disbanded Trojans , including three Hall of Famers : Buck Ewing , Roger Connor and Mickey Welch .
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) East division . Since 2004 , the team 's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park , located in South Philadelphia . The Phillies are the oldest , continuous , one-name , one-city franchise in American professional sports . The Phillies have won two World Series championships ( against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ) and seven National League pennants , the first of which came in 1915 . Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903 , the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons ( and 97 seasons from the club 's establishment ) before they won their first World Series - longer than any of the other 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century . They are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball . The Phillies have won 11 division titles , including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011 ; these are ranked sixth among all teams and fourth in the National League . The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883 , replacing the team from Worcester , Massachusetts , in the National League . The team has played at several stadiums in the city , beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park , which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium , and now Citizens Bank Park . The team 's spring training facilities are located in Clearwater , Florida , where its Class-A minor league affiliate Clearwater Threshers plays at Spectrum Field . Other Class-A affiliates are the Lakewood BlueClaws , who play in Lakewood , New Jersey , and the Williamsport Crosscutters , who play in Williamsport , Pennsylvania .
Tristram Edgar Speaker ( April 4 , 1888 - December 8 , 1958 ) , nicknamed The Gray Eagle , was an American professional baseball player . Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) , he compiled a career batting average of .345 ( sixth all-time ) . His 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record . His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list . Defensively , Speaker holds career records for assists , double plays , and unassisted double plays by an outfielder . His fielding glove was known as the place where triples go to die . After playing in the minor leagues in Texas and Arkansas , Speaker debuted with the Boston Red Sox in 1907 . He became the regular center fielder by 1909 and led the Red Sox to World Series championships in 1912 and 1915 . In 1915 , Speaker 's batting average dropped to .322 from .338 the previous season ; he was traded to the Cleveland Indians when he refused to take a pay cut . As player-manager for Cleveland , he led the team to its first World Series title . In ten of his eleven seasons with Cleveland , he finished with a batting average greater than .350 . Speaker resigned as Cleveland 's manager in 1926 after he and Ty Cobb faced game fixing allegations ; both men were later cleared .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland , Ohio . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . Since 1994 , they have played at Progressive Field . The team 's spring training facility is at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear , Arizona . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the team has won 10 Central Division titles , six American League pennants , and two World Series championships , ( in 1920 and 1948 ) . The team 's current 71-year World Series championship drought is the longest active among all 30 current Major League teams . The name Indians originated from a request by club owner Charles Somers to baseball writers to choose a new name to replace Cleveland Naps following the departure of Nap Lajoie after the 1914 season . It was a revival of the nickname that fans gave to the Cleveland Spiders while Louis Sockalexis , a Native American , was playing for the team . Common nicknames for the Indians include the Tribe and the Wahoos , the latter referencing their former logo , Chief Wahoo . The team 's mascot is named Slider . The franchise originated in 1894 as the Grand Rapids Rustlers , a minor league team in the Western League . The team relocated to Cleveland in 1900 and was renamed the Cleveland Lake Shores .
The Washington Senators baseball team was one of the American League 's eight charter franchises . Now known as the Minnesota Twins , the club was founded in Washington , D.C. in 1901 as the Washington Senators . In 1905 , the team changed its official name to the Washington Nationals . The name Nationals appeared on the uniforms for only two seasons , and was then replaced with the W logo for the next 52 years . However , the names Senators , Nationals and shorter Nats were used interchangeably by fans and media for the next 60 years ; in 2005 , the latter two names were revived for the current National League franchise that had previously played in Montreal . For a time , from 1911 to 1933 , the Senators were one of the more successful franchises in Major League Baseball . The team 's rosters included Baseball Hall of Fame members Goose Goslin , Sam Rice , Joe Cronin , Bucky Harris , Heinie Manush and one of the greatest players and pitchers of all time , Walter Johnson . But the Senators are remembered more for their many years of mediocrity and futility , including six last-place finishes in the 1940s and 1950s . Joe Judge , Cecil Travis , Buddy Myer , Roy Sievers and Eddie Yost were other notable Senators players whose careers were spent in obscurity due to the team 's lack of success .
Dennis Joseph Dan Brouthers ( /ˈbruːθərz/ ; May 8 , 1858 - August 2 , 1932 ) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned the period from 1879 to 1896 , with a brief return in 1904 . Nicknamed Big Dan for his size , he was 6 feet 2 inches ( 1.88 m ) and weighed 207 pounds ( 94 kg ) , which was large by 19th-century standards . Recognized as the first great slugger in baseball history , and among the greatest sluggers of his era , he held the record for career home runs from 1887 to 1889 , with his final total of 106 tying for the fourth most of the 19th century . His career slugging percentage of .519 remained the Major League record for a player with at least 4,000 at bats until Ty Cobb edged ahead of him in 1922 . At the time of his initial retirement , he also ranked second in career triples ( 205 ) , and third in runs batted in ( 1,296 ) and hits . A dominant hitter during the prime of his career , he led ( or was in the top of ) the league in most offensive categories , including batting average , runs scored , runs batted in ( RBI ) , on-base percentage and hits . He led the league in batting average five times , the most by a 19th-century player , and his career .342 batting average still ranks ninth all-time . Brouthers is one of only 29 players in baseball history to date who have appeared in Major League games in four decades . He was also an active players ' union member , and was elected vice president of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players . Brouthers was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 by the Veterans Committee .
The original Buffalo Bisons baseball club played in the National League between 1879 and 1885 . The Bisons played their games at Riverside Park ( 1879-83 ) and Olympic Park ( 1884-85 ) in Buffalo , New York . The NL Bisons are included in the history of the minor-league team of the same name that still plays today ; it is thus the only extant NL team from the 19th century that both still exists and no longer plays in Major League Baseball .
The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit , Michigan . In total , they won 426 games and lost 437 , taking their lone pennant ( and winning the pre-modern World Series ) in 1887 . The team was disbanded following the 1888 season .
The Atlanta Braves , a current Major League Baseball franchise , originated in Boston , Massachusetts . This article details the history of the Boston Braves , from 1871 to 1952 , after which they moved to Milwaukee , Wisconsin to become the Milwaukee Braves , and then eventually to Atlanta to become the Atlanta Braves . The Boston franchise played at South End Grounds from 1871 to 1914 and at Braves Field from 1915 to 1952 . Braves Field is now Nickerson Field of Boston University . The franchise , from Boston to Milwaukee to Atlanta , is the oldest continuous professional baseball franchise .
The Boston Reds were a 19th-century baseball team located in Boston , Massachusetts that played in the Players ' League in 1890 and in the American Association in 1891 . They played in the Congress Street Grounds in the 1890s . The team took its name from the successful Boston club of the National Association and National League formerly known as the ( Boston ) Red Stockings , who had changed their name to the Beaneaters in 1883 . The club lasted only two seasons , but in those two seasons they were league champions . In 1890 the Reds won the Players ' League pennant when they finished first ahead of the New York Giants , and then won the American Association pennant when they finished first ahead of the St. Louis Browns ( now the Cardinals ) . The Boston Reds are one of two major league teams to win back-to-back pennants spanning two different leagues . The Brooklyn Dodgers did it also , winning the AA pennant in 1889 and the NL pennant in 1890 . At the conclusion of the 1891 season , the National League pressed for the consolidation of the American Association with the National League . Part of the posturing included the National League directing its champion Boston Beaneaters not to play the Reds in a World Series . The leagues settled , adding four AA clubs to a combined circuit . As part of the settlement , the owners of the four clubs not joining the combined circuit , including the Reds , were paid $ 135,000 and their players dispersed to the surviving clubs . Their abandoned ballpark was revived for use by the National League club in 1894 , during the weeks that South End Grounds was being rebuilt following a fire .
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League baseball team , active primarily in the National League ( founded 1876 ) from 1884 until 1957 , after which the club moved to Los Angeles , California , where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers . The team moved west at the same time as its longtime rivals , the New York Giants , also in the National League , relocated to San Francisco in northern California as the San Francisco Giants . The team 's name derived from the reputed skill of Brooklyn residents at evading the city 's trolley streetcar network . The Dodgers played in two stadiums in South Brooklyn , each named Washington Park , and at Eastern Park in the neighborhood of Brownsville before moving to Ebbets Field in the neighborhood of Flatbush in 1913 . The team is noted for signing Jackie Robinson in 1947 as the first black player in the modern major leagues .
The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League ( organized 1876 ) baseball team from 1882 to 1899 . The early ball club , which featured numerous future Hall of Famers , finished in first place three consecutive years ( 1894-1895-1896 ) and won the Temple Cup national championship series in 1896 and 1897 . Despite their success , the dominant Orioles were contracted out of the League after the 1899 season , when the N.L . reduced its number of teams and franchises from 12 to 8 , with a list of teams and cities limited to just the northeastern United States which endured for the next half-century . This controversial action resulting in the elevation of the former Western League by leaders such as Ban Johnson ( 1864-1931 ) , into a newly-organized American League in 1901 of which the new reorganized Baltimore Orioles were a prominent member for its first two seasons which waged war on the elder Nationals .
Joseph James Kelley ( December 9 , 1871 - August 14 , 1943 ) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) who starred in the outfield of the Baltimore Orioles teams of the 1890s . Making up the nucleus of the Orioles along with John McGraw , Willie Keeler , and Hughie Jennings , Kelley received the nickname Kingpin of the Orioles . In his MLB career , Kelley played in the National League ( NL ) for the Boston Beaneaters ( 1891 ) , Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1892 ) , Baltimore Orioles ( 1892-1898 ) , and Brooklyn Superbas ( 1899-1901 ) , before he jumped to the upstart American League to play for the Baltimore Orioles ( 1902 ) . He returned to the NL with Cincinnati Reds ( 1902-1906 ) and Boston Doves ( 1908 ) . Kelley served as player-manager of the Reds ( 1902-1905 ) and Doves ( 1908 ) . After extending his career in the minor leagues , he coached the Brooklyn Robins ( 1926 ) , and scouted for the New York Yankees ( 1915-1916 ) . Kelley was regarded as an excellent batter , a good base runner , and a great leader . Over his seventeen-season MLB career , Kelley had a .317 batting average , and batted over .300 in eleven consecutive seasons . Kelley stole a career-high 87 bases in the 1896 season , which led MLB . He finished in the league 's top ten in categories such as batting average , home runs , runs batted in ( RBI ) , and stolen bases numerous times . He served as team captain of the Orioles and the Superbas . In recognition of his career achievements , Kelley was elected a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1971 .
The history of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball ( MLB ) team spans more than a century . Frank J. Farrell and William Stephen Devery bought the rights to an American League ( AL ) club in New York City after the 1902 season . The team , which became known as the Yankees in 1913 , rarely contended for the AL championship before the acquisition of outfielder Babe Ruth after the 1919 season . With Ruth in the lineup , the Yankees won their first AL title in 1921 , followed by their first World Series championship in 1923 . Ruth and first baseman Lou Gehrig were part of the team 's Murderers ' Row lineup , which led the Yankees to a then-AL record 110 wins and a Series championship in 1927 under Miller Huggins . They repeated as World Series winners in 1928 , and their next title came under manager Joe McCarthy in 1932 . The Yankees won the World Series every year from 1936 to 1939 with a team that featured Gehrig and outfielder Joe DiMaggio , who recorded a record hitting streak during New York 's 1941 championship season . New York set a major league record by winning five consecutive championships from 1949 to 1953 , and appeared in the World Series nine times from 1955 to 1964 . Mickey Mantle , Yogi Berra , and Whitey Ford were among the players fielded by the Yankees during the era . After the 1964 season , a lack of effective replacements for aging players caused the franchise to decline on the field , and the team became a money-loser for owners CBS while playing in an aging stadium . George Steinbrenner bought the club in 1973 and regularly invested in new talent , using free agency to acquire top players . Yankee Stadium was renovated and reopened in 1976 as the home of a more competitive Yankees team .
Paul Glee Waner ( April 16 , 1903 - August 29 , 1965 ) , nicknamed Big Poison , was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for four teams between 1926 and 1945 , most notably playing his first 15 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates . The greatest Pirate outfielder up to his retirement , he won the 1927 NL Most Valuable Player Award in his second season , collecting a team record 237 hits that year . Waner set the team record for doubles in a season three times , including in 1932 when he set the NL record for doubles in a season with 62 . In the only postseason appearance of his career , he hit .333 in the Pirates ' 1927 World Series loss against the New York Yankees . Waner won three National League ( NL ) batting titles , led the NL in hits twice and collected over 200 hits in eight seasons from 1926 to 1934 . On June 19 , 1942 , Waner became the seventh member of the 3,000 hit club , with a single off of Rip Sewell . He led the NL in putouts four times and holds the career record for most putouts by a right fielder . His 191 triples are 10th all time , and his 605 doubles are 14th all time . A career .333 hitter , and known for his ability to hit while drunk or hungover , he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952 . When his younger brother Lloyd Waner got elected to the Hall of Fame they became the second pair of brothers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame , after Harry and George Wright . Paul and Lloyd also hold the record for most hits recorded by brothers ( 5,611 ) . On July 21 , 2007 , Waner 's No .
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City , the other being the National League 's ( NL ) New York Mets . The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles ( no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles ) . In 1903 , Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City , renaming the club the New York Highlanders . The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in 1913 . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises , an LLC that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner , who purchased the team in 1973 . Brian Cashman is the team 's general manager , and Aaron Boone is the team 's field manager . The team 's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008 . In 1974 and 1975 , the Yankees shared Shea Stadium with the Mets , in addition to the New York Jets and the New York Giants . In 2009 , they moved into a new ballpark of the same name that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility , which was closed and demolished . The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance .
John Alexander Bid McPhee ( November 1 , 1859 - January 3 , 1943 ) was an American 19th-century Major League Baseball second baseman . He played 18 seasons in the majors , from 1882 until 1899 , all for the Cincinnati Reds franchise . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000 . Known more for his fielding than his hitting , McPhee was the last second baseman to play without a glove .
Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr. ( May 2 , 1887 - March 25 , 1951 ) , nicknamed Cocky , was an American professional baseball player , manager and executive . He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox . A graduate of Columbia University , Collins holds major league career records in several categories and is among the top few players in several other categories . In 1925 , Collins became just the sixth person to join the 3,000 hit club - and the last for the next 17 seasons . His 47 career home runs are the fewest of anyone in it . Collins is the only non-Yankee to win five or more World Series titles with the same club . Collins coached and managed in the major leagues after retiring as a player . He also served as general manager of the Boston Red Sox . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939 .
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The White Sox are owned by Jerry Reinsdorf , and play their home games at Guaranteed Rate Field , located on the city 's South Side . They are one of two major league clubs in Chicago ; the other is the Chicago Cubs of the National League ( NL ) Central division . One of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the franchise was established as a major league baseball club in 1901 . The club was originally called the Chicago White Stockings , but this was soon shortened to Chicago White Sox . The team originally played home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in 1910 , where they played until Guaranteed Rate Field ( originally known as Comiskey Park and then known as U.S. Cellular Field ) opened in 1991 . The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a defense-oriented team dubbed the Hitless Wonders , and the 1917 World Series led by Eddie Cicotte , Eddie Collins , and Shoeless Joe Jackson . The 1919 World Series was marred by the Black Sox Scandal , in which several members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to fix games . In response , Major League Baseball 's new Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the players from Major League Baseball for life . In 1959 , led by Early Wynn , Nellie Fox , Luis Aparicio and manager Al López , the White Sox won the American League pennant . They won the AL pennant in 2005 , and went on to win the World Series , led by World Series MVP Jermaine Dye , Paul Konerko , Mark Buehrle , catcher A. J. Pierzynski , and the first Latino manager to win the World Series , Ozzie Guillén .
Edward James Delahanty ( October 30 , 1867 - July 2 , 1903 ) , nicknamed Big Ed , was an American professional baseball player , who spent his Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing career with the Philadelphia Quakers , Cleveland Infants , Philadelphia Phillies , and Washington Senators . He was renowned as one of the game 's early power hitters , and while primarily a left fielder , also spent time as an infielder . Delahanty won a batting title , batted over .400 three times , and has the fifth-highest career batting average in MLB history . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame , in 1945 . Delahanty died falling into Niagara Falls or the Niagara River , after being removed from a train while intoxicated . Delahanty 's biographer argues that :
The Cleveland Infants were a one-year baseball team in the Players ' League , a short-lived Major League that existed only for the 1890 season . Owned by Al Johnson , the Infants finished 1890 , their lone season , with 55 wins and 75 losses . Their home games were played at Brotherhood Park .
Edgar Charles Sam Rice ( February 20 , 1890 - October 13 , 1974 ) was an American pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball . Although Rice made his debut as a relief pitcher , he is best known as an outfielder . Playing for the Washington Senators from 1915 until 1933 , he was regularly among the American League leaders in runs scored , hits , stolen bases and batting average . He led the Senators to three postseasons and a World Series championship in 1924 . He batted left-handed but threw right-handed . Rice played his final year , 1934 , for the Cleveland Indians . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963 . Rice was best known for making a controversial catch in the 1925 World Series which carried him over the fence and into the stands . While he was alive , Rice maintained a sense of mystery around the catch , which had been ruled an out . He wrote a letter that was only opened after his 1974 death ; it claimed that he had maintained possession of the ball the entire time .
Jesse Cail Burkett ( December 4 , 1868 - May 27 , 1953 ) , nicknamed Crab , was an American professional baseball left fielder . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1890 to 1905 for the New York Giants , Cleveland Spiders , St. Louis Perfectos / Cardinals , St. Louis Browns , and Boston Americans . Burkett batted over .400 twice , and held the major league single-season hits record for 15 years . After his playing career , Burkett managed in the minor leagues . He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 . Burkett holds the record for the most inside-the-park home runs in MLB history , with 55 . He is also regarded as one of the greatest bunters of all time .
The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team that played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland , Ohio . The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899 , when they were disbanded , along with three other teams , after a travesty of a season with a horrific record of 20-134 .
The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , as the Milwaukee Brewers . Charter member of the American League ( AL ) , the Brewers moved to St. Louis , Missouri , after the 1901 season , where they played for 52 years as the St. Louis Browns . This article covers the franchise 's time in St. Louis . After the 1953 season , the team relocated to Baltimore , Maryland , where it became the Baltimore Orioles . As of August 2019 , there are only 9 living former St. Louis Browns players . [ citation needed ]
Edward Joseph Konetchy ( September 3 , 1885 - May 27 , 1947 ) , nicknamed Big Ed and The Candy Kid , was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for a number of teams , primarily in the National League , from 1907 to 1921 . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1907-1913 ) , Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1914 ) , Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League ( 1915 ) , Boston Braves ( 1916-1918 ) , Brooklyn Robins ( 1919-1921 ) , and Philadelphia Phillies ( 1921 ) . He batted and threw right-handed .
The Pittsburgh Rebels were a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania in 1914 and 1915 . The team was a member of the short-lived Federal League.They finished the 1914 season as the Pittsburgh Rebels . The team was originally called Pittsburgh Stogies after an earlier Pittsburgh team that played in the Union Association in 1884 . They finished the year as the Pittsburgh Rebels . The team played all of its home games at Exposition Park , located on Pittsburgh 's Northside . The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League left the stadium for Forbes Field in 1909 . After the Rebels left Exposition Park in 1915 , the field was demolished and its property became part of the rail yards .
Edd J. Roush ( May 8 , 1893 - March 21 , 1988 ) was an American professional baseball center fielder . He played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds , New York Giants , Chicago White Sox , Newark Peppers and Indianapolis Hoosiers from 1913 to 1931 . Roush won the National League ( NL ) batting title two times and had a career batting average of .323 . He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 .
The Newark Peppers , originally known as the Indianapolis Hoosiers , were a Federal League baseball team from 1913-1915 . The Federal League ( FL ) , founded in 1913 , was a third major league in 1914 and 1915 .
William Buck Ewing ( October 17 , 1859 - October 20 , 1906 ) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager . Renowned for his offensive and defensive skills , he was the first 19th-century catcher elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .
Walter James Vincent Rabbit Maranville ( November 11 , 1891 - January 6 , 1954 ) was an American professional baseball shortstop , second baseman and manager . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Boston Braves , Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Robins , and St. Louis Cardinals between 1912 and 1934 . At the time of his retirement in 1935 , he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League , a mark which was n't broken until 1986 by Pete Rose .
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field , located on the city 's North Side . The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago ; the other , the Chicago White Sox , is a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The Cubs , first known as the White Stockings , were a founding member of the NL in 1876 , becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903 . The Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series . The 1906 Cubs won 116 games , finishing 116-36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763 , before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ( The Hitless Wonders ) by four games to two . The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908 , becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series , and the first to win it twice . Most recently , the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series , which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought , both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball . The 108-year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports . Since the start of divisional play in 1969 , the Cubs have appeared in the postseason ten times through the 2019 season . The Cubs are known as the North Siders , a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago , and in contrast to the White Sox , whose home field ( Guaranteed Rate Field ) is located on the South Side .
Stanley Frank Musial ( /ˈmjuːziəl , -ʒəl/ ; born Stanisław Franciszek Musiał ; November 21 , 1920 - January 19 , 2013 ) , nicknamed Stan the Man , was an American baseball outfielder and first baseman . He spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for the St. Louis Cardinals , from 1941 to 1944 and 1946 to 1963 . Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most consistent hitters in baseball history , Musial was a first-ballot inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 , and was also selected to the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 2014 . Musial batted .331 over the course of his career and set National League ( NL ) records for career hits ( 3,630 ) , runs batted in ( 1,951 ) , games played ( 3,026 ) , at bats ( 10,972 ) , runs scored ( 1,949 ) and doubles ( 725 ) . His 475 career home runs then ranked second in NL history behind Mel Ott 's total of 511 . His 6,134 total bases remained a major league record until surpassed by Hank Aaron , and his hit total still ranks fourth all-time , and is the highest by any player who spent his career with only one team . A seven-time batting champion with identical totals of 1,815 hits at home and 1,815 hits on the road , he was named the National League 's ( NL ) Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) three times and led St. Louis to three World Series championships . He also shares the major league record for the most All-Star Games played ( 24 ) with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays . [ a ] Musial was born in Donora , Pennsylvania , where he frequently played baseball informally or in organized settings , and eventually played on the baseball team at Donora High School . Signed to a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher in 1938 , Musial had arm problems and performed erratically on the mound for two seasons . On the recommendation of minor league manager Dickie Kerr , Musial was converted into an outfielder and made his major league debut in 1941 . Noted for his unique batting stance , he quickly established himself as a consistent and productive hitter .