1952 — Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin of the New York Giants broke his ankle in an exhibition game. Irvin played just 46 ...

Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB’s ...

1931 — Pitcher Virne Mitchell, 17, signed with the Chattanooga club of ... at the first two pitches and took a third strike. Lou Gehrig timed his swing to miss three straight pitches.

Philip Fong/Getty Share Only four active baseball stadiums remain where Babe ... then 39 years old, and included Lou Gehrig, Connie Mack, Jimmie Foxx and a rather inconspicuous journeyman catcher ...

The Mets signed Soto away from the Yankees in December with a 15-year, $765 million contract. The Yankees responded with ...

Other auction highlights include signed baseballs from Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, and more MLB icons. You could also snag Willie Mays’s bat from the 1957 All-Star Game; a baseball signed by ...

Baseball has seen its share of players who have been hyped before they ever played a game in the Major Leagues. Look no ...

Two women who’d gone to school together in New Jersey were there celebrating their 60th birthdays—Nina Kaplan, a Boca Raton ...

Many compared Judge and Soto to Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, Yankee greats who together, became baseball legends ... bidding war with several teams, Soto signed a massive, 15-year free agent contract ...

If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob ...

Former All-Star second baseman Daniel Murphy debuted in the SNY broadcast booth last spring, calling select Grapefruit League games. After returning to assist w ...

He also became just the second player in history, after Lou Gehrig, to record a hit ... After the Mets fell short in the Fall Classic, Murphy signed a three-year, $37.5 million contract with ...