Reading the official MLB player stats is like jumping down a rabbit hole. The further you dig into it, the more you realize that there are things you have no clue about. Baseball is indeed a game of ...

Baseball is perhaps the most statistics-intensive sport of them all. Sometimes it can make the game seem way more complicated than it is. However, the goal of all the advanced metrics that have come ...

Major League Baseball has a new all-time batting leader. Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues before baseball was integrated. Now, statistics from those players have been added to the books. It's ...

M.L.B. is still working to incorporate Negro league statistics, but a popular website now lets fans put some of the numbers in context. By James Wagner On Monday, Baseball Reference, the go-to source ...

Sometimes MLB statistics can be fun. For instance, which players have the fasted and slowest home run trots so far in the 2023 season? The 2023 MLB season has gone on for over a month. While there’s ...

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Do stats matter in early April? Well … some of them? Plus: We check in on ...

It’s been 53 years since the first Negro Leagues player was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Now, baseball’s recognition of the Negro Leagues is finally reflected in the ...