7 Interesting Facts about MLB
- 5 years ago
Facts to get you started on Major League Baseball
Here are some facts to get you started on MLB and some to leave you awestruck and make you go, 'Wow! I didn't know that'
So let's go!
1. The MLB is divided into two leagues: American and National.
2. There are exactly 108 stitches on a baseball!
3. New York Yankees hold the record for World Championship won with 27. And the St. Louis Cardinals are second on the list with 11.
4. The distance from the pitcher’s mound to home plate is 60 feet, 6 inches.
5. The distance between each of the four bases is 90 feet.
6. The lowest attendance at an MLB game recorded is 347 fans! In 2011, only 347 people turned up because of the Hurricane Irene scare.
7. Deion Sanders holds a unique record
of hitting an MLB home run
and NFL touchdown
in the same week.
Sanders is also the only person in the history to play in the World Series and in the Super Bowl.
Here are some facts to get you started on MLB and some to leave you awestruck and make you go, 'Wow! I didn't know that'
So let's go!
1. The MLB is divided into two leagues: American and National.
2. There are exactly 108 stitches on a baseball!
3. New York Yankees hold the record for World Championship won with 27. And the St. Louis Cardinals are second on the list with 11.
4. The distance from the pitcher’s mound to home plate is 60 feet, 6 inches.
5. The distance between each of the four bases is 90 feet.
6. The lowest attendance at an MLB game recorded is 347 fans! In 2011, only 347 people turned up because of the Hurricane Irene scare.
7. Deion Sanders holds a unique record
of hitting an MLB home run
and NFL touchdown
in the same week.
Sanders is also the only person in the history to play in the World Series and in the Super Bowl.