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Bill Jenkinson, author of Recrowning Baseball's Greatest Slugger: The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs, recently made the determination after studying old newspaper accounts of the event and aerial photographs of Artillery Park as well as taking on-site measurements of the field.

The scoring rules clearly specify the criteria for a starting pitcher to be awarded a victory: 1. He must complete at least 5 full innings 2. He must exit with his team leading, or his team must...

The Athletic published a fun story last month what author Marc Craig called "all-hitters": games in which a starting pitcher allowed a hit to every batter he faced. Craig said there have been 358 s...

In the History Watch, posted as a comment in each Game Preview, I have been documenting where the 2021 Cubs rank in team history in total hits to that point in the season. For a long stretch, they...

Special to the Times Valentina Webb, president of the Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County, was presented with a $1,585 check from John Solomon, executive director of Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce, for funds raised at the fourth annual Butts & Clucks Cook-Off on the Bay. Special thanks to Team Uncle Bucks BBQ, Backyard Bro’s Buck Freeman and Tim Maloy and everyone that purchased a blue bucket to support ECCC. These funds are being put to immediate use to continue ECCC’s ef...

4) Jim O’Rourke: 8 5) Harry Stovey: 6 Jones had a huge year in 1879, totaling an MLB-best nine home runs to go with 85 runs scored, 62 RBIs and 29 walks in 83 games, all league bests. He would set a new career high for homers in ’83, with 10, though that came during Chester Arthur’s presidency. Hines won the Triple Crown in ’78, when he hit .358 with four home runs and 50 RBIs for the Providence Grays. He led baseball with a .357 batting average the following year, and his career high o...