Baseball's Milestones: A Century of Records

0:00On May 3rd, back in 1869 on May 4th, baseball got its Pro Roots with the Cincinnati Red Stockings crushing the Great Westerns. 45-9 in their first full-season game as the sports inaugural All Pro Squad. That same year, Henry Chadwick dropped his first annual handbook, Lang Groundwork for what became Spalding's official baseball guide. As forward, in 1966 saw Willie Mays smash his 512-homer at Candlestick Park, snapping Melott's national league, record in a giant's win over the Dodgers. Then in 1975, Houston's Bob Watson hustled home on a homer to score baseball's 1-millionth run, beating out Cincinnati's Dave. Concept C on, by seconds. These moments shifted the game. In 1944, when St. Louis finally led black fans by grandstand seats, ending bleach her only restrictions. As the last big league holdout, fans buzzed over oddities too, like Milwaukee's Bob Shaw blocking 5 times in 1963, or the Astros turning 7 double plays in, 1969.

1:06Lately, Barry Bond's noshed his 400th homer with the Giants in 2002. Albert Poohol's grabbed his 3000th hit in two. In 2018, while joining an elite club with 600 dingers, and Walker Bueller anchored the Dodgers 23rd no-hitter that year-in, Mexico. Rapping it tight, 2022 had Adam Wainwright and Yada Yermelina teaming for their 200-second win together, matching the all-time battery record in a cardinal shutout over the royals. Prove some legends just keep stacking history. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI.