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Rennie Stennett is the only player to ever go 7 for 7 in a 9 inning game. #70

Despite leading the league in strikeouts 5 different seasons, Babe Ruth's single season strikeout total is not in the top 500. #69

Rabbit Maranville has the lowest career batting average among hitters with at least 2,500 hits. #68

Alfonso Soriano is the only player to have a season with 40+ home runs, 40+ doubles, and 40+ stolen bases in one year. #67

Sam Crawford holds the record of career triples with 309. #66

On June 19th, 2001, a San Diego Padres versus San Fransisco Giants game had 40 total strikeouts, 20 thrown from each team. #65

Eddie Murray has the second most career hits as a switch hitter with 3,255 hits. #64

The last player to have a batting average over 0.400 in a season was Ted Williams. #63

Alex Rios is the only player to ever strike out 5 times in a 9 inning game twice in his career. #62

Albert Pujols has the most home runs for a single team (St. Louis Cardinals) between 2000 and 2009 with 366. #61