Individual Record – Page 7 – Society for American Baseball Research

Cal Ripken Jr. homers on September 6, 1995, during his 2,131st consecutive game (COURTESY OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES)

September 6, 1995: Cal Ripken surpasses Lou Gehrig’s ‘unbreakable’ record with 2,131st consecutive game

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September 2, 1996: Mike Greenwell drives in all 9 Red Sox runs to beat Seattle in 10 innings

May 6, 1998: Kerry Wood ties major league record with 20 strikeouts

Mark McGwire (ST. LOUIS CARDINALS)

September 8, 1998: Cardinals’ Mark McGwire wins the race to 62 against Sammy Sosa’s Cubs

Cal Ripken Jr. (TRADING CARD DB)

September 20, 1998: Cal Ripken decides to end consecutive game streak at 2,632

April 23, 1999: Fernando Tatís hits two grand slams in one inning

Randy Velarde (Trading Card DB)

May 29, 2000: Randy Velarde’s unassisted triple play and homer not enough as A’s lose to Yankees

Rick Ankiel in the 2000 NLCS (MLB.COM)

October 3, 2000: Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel ties record with five wild pitches in his playoff debut

Rickey Henderson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 4, 2001: Rickey Henderson slides into record book with 2,245th career run scored to pass Ty Cobb

Barry Bonds (TRADING CARD DB)

October 5, 2001: Barry Bonds hits 71st home run to set new single-season record

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April 30, 2002: Al Leiter becomes first pitcher to beat all 30 major-league franchises

May 23, 2002: Shawn Green hits four home runs, sets record with 19 total bases

Rafael Furcal (Trading Card DB)

August 10, 2003: Rafael Furcal turns unassisted triple play, but Cardinals rally to beat Braves

May 5, 2004: Mike Piazza hits 352nd home run, setting career mark by a catcher

October 1, 2004: Ichiro Suzuki breaks George Sisler’s single-season record with 258th hit

Trevor Hoffman (TRADING CARD DB)

June 6, 2007: Padres’ Trevor Hoffman closes out Dodgers for 500th career save

April 15, 2009: Ian Kinsler hits for the cycle in 6-for-6 performance

Andre Ethier (TCDB)

September 15, 2009: Andre Ethier hits record fourth walk-off home run of the season

Aroldis Chapman (Trading Card DB)

September 24, 2010: Reds’ Aroldis Chapman tops 105 mph for fastest pitch ever recorded

Jamie Moyer (Trading Card DB)

April 17, 2012: Jamie Moyer sets record as oldest winning pitcher as Rockies beat Padres, 5-3

David Ortiz (TRADING CARD DB)

July 10, 2013: David Ortiz sets record for most hits by a designated hitter

July 26, 2015: Rockies’ Ben Paulsen, Carlos González lead mile-high power stroke

October 21, 2015: Daniel Murphy’s homer in sixth straight game sends Mets back to World Series

May 11, 2016: Nationals’ Max Scherzer ties MLB record with 20 strikeouts