Facts about Major League Baseball
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On July 17, 1941, Ted Williams finished the season with a .406 batting average, becoming the last Major League Baseball player to achieve a .400 average in over 80 years.
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Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941 remains the longest consecutive-game hit streak in Major League Baseball history and has never been approached since.
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Nolan Ryan threw 100 mph fastballs into his mid-40s, retiring at age 46 in 1993 as Major League Baseball's all-time strikeout leader with 5,714 strikeouts.
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Cy Young won 511 games during his 22-season Major League Baseball career from 1890 to 1911, a record that still stands as the most wins by any pitcher in history.
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In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers at age 28, becoming the first African American player in the modern era.
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The shortest game in Major League Baseball history lasted 51 minutes when the New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 on September 28, 1919.
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Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001, breaking Mark McGwire's 1998 record of 70 home runs in a single Major League Baseball season.