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His full name was William Frederick Schriver, but to baseball he was known as "Pop." A catcher and first baseman, he played for 7 teams between 1886 and 1901, stepping to the plate more than 3,000...

Now that Detroit Tigers DH Miguel Cabrera is the 33rd MLBer to rack up 3,000 hits, its time to see how he compares to the 32 who did it before him.

Miguel Cabrera has become the latest player to join the 3000 hits club in the MLB - but just how many players have reached that mark? Who has the most?

Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera is now the seventh player in MLB history to have 3,000 hits and 500 home runs in a career.

A 162-game MLB season is an awfully long time to exclusively root for one team going nowhere fast, especially if that franchise has missed the playoffs in five, 10 or even 20 consecutive years...

I’ve decided to bring in a few ringers, professional baseballers. We’ll give them token jobs at the plant and have them play on our softball team. Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, Mordecai ‘Three-Finger’ Brown...

It was in a Chicago Daily News headline.

Only 1 Major League pitcher who threw a no-hitter threw another in his next start. You may know his name, Johnny Vander Meer, and his teams, the Reds. You may even know that he did it in 1938. H...

Joc Pederson was not a Cub for very long last year. The outfielder signed as a free agent on Feb. 5 and was traded to the Braves on July 15. He played in only 73 games, starting with the Cubs'...

A previous post told the story of Bernie Friberg, who rarely played first base during 6 season as a Cub, yet in 1925 made the first 2 outs of a triple play moments after taking over at first for...