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What is the elimination number in MLB? ›

Tragic numbers, also called elimination numbers, or E, are the opposite of what magic numbers are. We calculate them by subtracting the losses of our team and winnings of the opponent team from the total number of games to be played, plus one, i.e., 163. This number determines how many losses will eliminate our team.

The first recorded unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball (MLB) history occurred on May 8, 1878, when Paul Hines of the Providence Grays accomplished the feat. Since then, there have been fewer than 15 instances of unassisted triple plays in MLB history, making it an exceedingly rare occurrence.

2024 Schedule49-21, 1st in AL East.

Jackie Robinson and number 42

The #42 cannot be issued by any team, having been retired in honor of Jackie Robinson. Those wearing the number upon its league-wide retirement, such as Mo Vaughn of the Boston Red Sox and Butch Huskey of the New York Mets, were allowed to keep it under a grandfather clause.

Below are the retired numbers for every Major League club. On April 15, 1997, every team in MLB retired No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.

'An electrifying moment': The night Fernando Tatis hit two grand slams in the same inning. Editor's note: On Friday, April 23, 1999, Cardinals 3rd baseman Fernando Tatis hit two grand slams in one inning, which never had been done before.

The contribution of teenagers to major league baseball has been somewhat limited over the years, although there have been more than 25 who made their playing debuts at 17, and about a half-dozen who broke in at 16.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders own the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games) and for all eras, finishing at 20–134 (.

The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 40 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any team amongst the major North American professional sports leagues. The Dodgers of the NL have the most losses with 14, while the Yankees have the most losses among AL teams with 13.

What does L10 mean in baseball? ›

L10:Record last 10 games.

The two leagues merged in 1892 as a single 12-team NL, but the NL dropped four teams after the 1899 season. This led to the formation of the American League in 1901 under AL president Ban Johnson, and the resulting bidding war for players led to widespread contract-breaking and legal disputes.

The New York Yankees player that had scored the greatest number of wins throughout their career as of January 2024 was Whitey Ford with 236 career wins.

Yankee. Originally a nickname for people from New England , now applied to anyone from the United States. Even before the American Revolutionary War , the term Yankee was used by the British to refer, derisively, to the American colonists. Since the Civil War , American southerners have called all northerners Yankees.

A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot.

1-9 - Innings. R - Runs (the score) H - Hits (the number of times batters reached first base successfully, excluding walks) E - Errors (total mistakes by the team that should have resulted in an out) P - Pitches (number of pitches thrown by the team)

This created a new postseason round called the League Championship Series (LCS), in which the East and West division champions of each league played a best-of-five series to determine the league champion. In 1985, the LCS was expanded to a best-of-seven series, which continues today.

The ALDS is a best-of-five series where the divisional winner with the best winning percentage in the regular season hosts the winner of the Wild Card Series between the top two wild card teams in one matchup, and the divisional winner with the second best winning percentage hosts the winner of the series between the ...