Total bases (TB) refers to the number of bases a player has gained
with hits and is a very easy statistic to calculate; it follows a
simple formula: 1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR. Following Will
Middle...
Is Nomar Garciaparra retiring? Say it isn’t so. At age 36, with
several surgeries having limited his playing time in recent years, the
last rock at the shortstop position in Boston is hangi...
So, what in fact happened one October afternoon in 1932 as the Chicago
Cubs and New York Yankees battled for the World Series title? Did the
larger-than-life Babe Ruth really call his shot as leg...
The 2009 season begins with second baseman Dustin Pedroia set to
defend his title as American League Most Valuable Player, the first
since former first baseman Mo Vaughn began the 1996 season in ...
Years of waiting finally paid off for former Red Sox left fielder Jim
Rice; on Monday, in his 15th and final year of eligibility, he was
elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with 76.4 pe...
Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis strung together 135 errorless
games and 1,094 errorless innings at first base during the 2007
regular season for a fielding percentage of 1.000, a feat of
per...
Rafael Palmeiro will be elected to the Hall of Fame, regardless of the
fact that he was caught by Major League Baseball’s new drug testing
policy, which showed that he took steroids to boost hi...
