Baseball Facts - Page 7

About 20% more home runs were hit in 2019 than in any year of the so-called "Steroid Era".

Justin Verlander is one of the best pitchers in the modern era, but he has been awful in the World Series, posting a 1-6 record with a 5.63 ERA.

Collector Jefferson R. Burdick gave his rare and immensely valuable baseball card collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum only displays a few cards in a tiny corner of the museum and keeps the rest in a vault somewhere never to see the light of day.

Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 120 times in 2004.

There have been three players with the first name Aurelio to ever play in the Major Leagues. All three died in car accidents within a ten year span between 1990–2000.