2014 — Albert Pujols became the first major leaguer to hit his 499th and 500th homers in the same game, driving in five runs ...

Cloyd Boyer, born in 192, pitched from 1949 until 1955 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Athletics. Appearing ...

1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.

Branch Rickey knew that signing Jackie Robinson as the first Black player in Major League Baseball’s modern era was a ...