Baseball Records

Baseball records are moving targets. For example, Babe Ruth held the home run record for 39 years until Hank Aaron broke the record and now Barry Bonds is about to do the same. Making and breaking records happens regularly in baseball and fans love to keep track of the successes and the failures.

Major League baseball records include many different kinds of feats. There is the first World Series game, MLB pitching records, and the MLB home run record. Fans are even recorded in terms of the larges MLB attendance record for a single game.

Numbers comprise a major component of baseball. All time Major League baseball records have been maintained since 1871 when the first batting averages were logged. Records of complete games did not start until 1909 when the National League secretary began recording game statistics.

Because the rules of the game were so different before 1900, current baseball records usually reflect comparisons within the 20th century. For example, Pete Rose tied Wee Willie Keeler's 1897 record of a 44-game hitting streak, but the official record is Rose broke the league record set by Tommy Holmes's 37-game hitting streak in 1945.

MLB records are comprehensive. Following are examples of what you can find in the MLB record book.

• All time Major League baseball records
  
• MLB single season records
  
• MLB strikeout record
  
• MLB attendance record
  
• 2005 Major League baseball records by month
  

Records are for games and for individual player and manager records. The Major League baseball record book reveals that manager Connie Mack has 3,755 career victories, which is a manager record. You can learn that Sandy Koufax never played in the minor leagues and began in the major leagues.

All time MLB records also keep track of game length records. For example, the shortest American League game was played in 55 minutes in 1926 between St. Louis and New York.

You can also read the records for your favorite MLB team. Did you know the name of the team with the most wins or the most losses? Or do you know which team has had the longest uninterrupted existence? MLB team records can be every bit as interesting as individual player records.

The Major League baseball record book is a history book. Through the years, MLB record holders have inspired fans and future ball players alike. You can find records for the longest professional game, the most strikeouts by one team, and career highs for every baseball player.

If you decide you want to learn more about baseball records, be prepared to dive into many numbers. It's all there, and it's all been counted through thousands of games.