Rod Carew: Seven Batting Titles
Rod Carew hit .328 for his career, won seven American League batting titles and reached 3,053 hits. The numbers behind the .388 season, the Twins and Angels years and a first-ballot Hall of Fame election.
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Roger Clemens: Seven Cy Youngs and the Hall of Fame Debate
Roger Clemens won 354 games, struck out 4,672 batters and took a record seven Cy Young Awards, yet he never reached the Hall of Fame. A look at the numbers, the allegations and the ballot history.
Rogers Hornsby: The Right-Handed Hitter Who Hit .424
A career profile of Rogers Hornsby, the second baseman who hit .424 in 1924, won two Triple Crowns and retired with a .358 average, with the numbers in context and the limits of the record noted.
Roy Campanella: Three MVP Awards Before the Accident
Roy Campanella's career in numbers, from the Negro leagues to three National League MVP awards with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the 1958 car accident that ended his playing days, and what the statistics can and cannot tell us.
Sandy Koufax: Five Years of Dominance
A career profile of Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers left-hander who won three Cy Young Awards in four years and retired at 30. Year-by-year numbers, the 1965 Yom Kippur decision and what the stats cannot tell you.
Satchel Paige: A Legend Who Pitched into His Fifties
Satchel Paige's career in numbers, from the Negro leagues in the 1920s to the 1948 Indians and a final start in 1965, with a plain account of what the historical record can and cannot prove.
Stan Musial: Stan the Man and 3,630 Hits
Stan Musial finished with 3,630 hits, three MVP awards and a .331 average across 22 seasons in St. Louis. This profile follows the career in phases and explains what the numbers meant in his era.
Steve Carlton: Lefty and the 1972 Phillies Season
Steve Carlton won 27 games for a Phillies team that won only 59 in 1972, and his career ran to 329 wins, 4,136 strikeouts and four Cy Young Awards. A career profile built on the historical numbers.
Ted Williams: The Last .400 Hitter
Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941, finished with a .482 on-base percentage and 521 home runs, and lost nearly five seasons to military service. The career in phases, with the numbers that explain why.
Tom Glavine: The Left-Hander of the Braves Rotation
Tom Glavine won 305 games, two Cy Young Awards and a World Series MVP with a changeup and command of the strike zone instead of a big fastball. Here is his career in numbers, phase by phase.
Tom Seaver: Tom Terrific and the Miracle Mets
Tom Seaver won 311 games with a 2.86 ERA, three Cy Young Awards and the 1969 Mets title, then was elected with 98.8 percent of the vote. The career in phases, with what the numbers meant in their time.
Tony Gwynn: Mr. Padre and Eight Batting Titles
Tony Gwynn's career in numbers: 3,141 hits, a .338 average, eight National League batting titles and .394 in 1994, all with the San Diego Padres. Covers the phases of his career and what the stats do not show.
Trevor Hoffman: The Changeup Closer
Trevor Hoffman's career by the numbers: a shortstop who became a pitcher, 601 saves, a 2.87 ERA, the changeup that outlasted his fastball, the Petco Park years and the Hall of Fame vote that took three tries.
Ty Cobb: Fierce Competitor, Complicated Legacy
Ty Cobb's career in numbers and phases: the .366 average, 4,189 hits, the 1909 Triple Crown, the first Hall of Fame class, and how historians have reassessed the man behind the legend.
Wade Boggs: Five Batting Titles and the Discipline of a Hitter
Wade Boggs won five American League batting titles, collected 3,010 hits and reached base more often than almost anyone of his time. A career profile built on the numbers, with honest limits.
Walter Johnson: The Big Train and 110 Shutouts
A career profile of Walter Johnson, who won 417 games and threw 110 shutouts for the Washington Senators, with year-by-year numbers, the 1924 World Series and what the statistics can and cannot tell us.
Warren Spahn: 363 Wins and the Left-Handed Record
Warren Spahn won 363 games, more than any left-hander in history, after a late start and a wartime gap. His year-by-year line, 13 twenty-win seasons and place in Braves history are explained here.
Willie Mays: The Say Hey Kid and the Complete Player
Willie Mays by the numbers: 660 home runs, 3,293 hits, 12 Gold Gloves and 24 All-Star Game selections, plus the phases of his career and what the historical record cannot measure.
Willie McCovey: Stretch and the Power of the Giants
A career profile of Willie McCovey, from the 1959 Rookie of the Year season to 521 home runs and the 1969 MVP award, with every number sourced from the historical record and the limits of that data stated.
Yogi Berra: Ten Rings and a Catcher's Mind
Yogi Berra's career in numbers and phases: 358 home runs, three MVP awards, fifteen All-Star selections and ten World Series titles, with the Yogi-isms put in context and a plain account of what the statistics cannot show.
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