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Liam Hicks

Liam Hicks (Liam John Sherwood Hicks), born 1999 in Toronto, is a Canadian MLB catcher, left-handed batter, for the Tampa Bay Rays; drafted by Texas in 2021, debuted with Miami in 2025, traded to the Rays in 2026.

List of all-time Major League Baseball win–loss records

All-time MLB win–loss records: cumulative franchise won-lost totals and single-season bests. Giants lead with 11,687 wins; Yankees top the AL at 10,965; 1906 Cubs own the best season (116-36).

List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks

First overall picks in the MLB Rule 4 draft, held since 1965, from Rick Monday (Kansas City A's) to Roch Cholowsky (2026 White Sox, record $10.35M bonus), including notable hits, busts, and bonuses.

List of Jewish Major League Baseball players

Jewish Major League Baseball players: about 200 Jewish-identifying MLB players since 1871, including Hall of Famers Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, with 19 on rosters in 2023, the most for any season.

List of Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives

Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives: from GM Buzzie Bavasi (1950) through O'Malley, McCourt, and Mark Walter's Guggenheim Baseball Management ($2.15 billion, 2012), with Stan Kasten, Andrew Friedman, and GM Brandon Gomes.

List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game venues

List of MLB All-Star Game venues, also called Midsummer Classic host ballparks, from Comiskey Park 1933 through Citizens Bank Park 2026, Wrigley Field 2027, and Oracle Park 2028; Cleveland Stadium and old Yankee Stadium lead with four games each.

List of Major League Baseball All-Star Games

The list of Major League Baseball All-Star Games covers the midsummer exhibition between the American and National Leagues, first played in 1933, with the AL leading 49-44-3.

List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders

MLB annual home run leaders, year-by-year since 1876; record 73 by Barry Bonds (2001), after Maris 61 (1961) and Ruth 60 (1927); Ruth led his league a record 12 seasons.

List of Major League Baseball batting champions

MLB batting champions: the AL and NL players with each league's highest batting average, under the 3.1 plate appearances per game (502) rule. Covers Cobb's 12 titles, Duffy's .440, the 1910 Lajoie correction, and 2023–2025 champions.

List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders

MLB career batting average leaders: Josh Gibson (.372) leads Ty Cobb (.367) and Oscar Charleston (.363) since Negro Leagues stats (1920-48) entered the official record in May 2024; career qualification is 5,000 at-bats.

List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts

MLB franchise postseason droughts: streaks without playoffs, World Series appearances, titles, or series wins. Guardians lead title droughts since 1948; Angels lead berth droughts; Mariners never reached a World Series.

List of Major League Baseball home run records

MLB home run records: Barry Bonds holds the single-season mark (73 in 2001) and career mark (762); Aaron Judge's 62 in 2022 is the AL record; Cal Raleigh hit 60 in 2025.

List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks

MLB longest winning streaks: 1916 Giants 26 games (with a tie), Cleveland 2017 22, Cubs 1935 21, A's 2002 20; also Expansion Era 15+ streaks and per-franchise records.

List of Major League Baseball players from Japan

Japanese-born players in Major League Baseball: 84 players through 2025, from pioneer Masanori Murakami and Hideo Nomo to Shohei Ohtani, transferred mainly via the MLB-NPB posting system.

List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican MLB players: 302 Major Leaguers including Negro Leaguers, starting with José "Gacho" Torres (1926) and Hiram Bithorn (1942, first AL/NL), through Hall of Famers Clemente, Cepeda, Rodríguez, and Martínez.

List of Major League Baseball players suspended for performance-enhancing drugs

MLB players suspended for performance-enhancing drugs under the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program: 50/100/lifetime penalty ladder, from Palmeiro and Ramirez through Biogenesis, Rodriguez's 162-game ban, Mejía's lifetime ban, and recent 80-game cases.

List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle

List of MLB players to hit for the cycle (batting for the cycle): batters who hit a single, double, triple, and home run in one game; 354 total occurrences, only postseason cycle Brock Holt 2018 ALDS.

List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable

MLB records considered unbreakable: DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak (1941), Cy Young's 511 wins and 749 complete games, Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games, Henderson's 130 and 1,406 steals, Cobb's .366 average.

List of Major League Baseball single-game home run leaders

MLB single-game home run record: four home runs by one player, achieved by 21 players from Bobby Lowe (1894) to Kyle Schwarber (2025); no one has hit five; Shawn Green's 19 total bases record tied by Nick Kurtz.

List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

The members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are the 354 players, managers, umpires, and executives elected to the museum in Cooperstown, New York, since 1936.

List of Minor League Baseball leagues and teams

Minor League Baseball leagues and teams: since 2021, 120 affiliated clubs in 11 leagues (International, Pacific Coast, Eastern, Southern, Texas, Midwest, Northwest, South Atlantic, California, Carolina, Florida State) under MLB's Professional Development League, plus partner leagues.

List of New York Yankees managers

New York Yankees managers: the 33 field leaders of the AL franchise (formerly the New York Highlanders, 1903-1912). Joe McCarthy is the winningest (1,460-867, .627); Stengel won 7 World Series; Billy Martin managed five times; Aaron Boone is current.

List of people banned from Major League Baseball

People banned from Major League Baseball: the Black Sox eight (1921), Phil Douglas, O'Connell and Dolan, owner William Cox, Pete Rose (1989), and Tucupita Marcano (2024); Manfred's May 2025 ruling ended bans at death.

List of worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records

Worst MLB season records: 1899 Cleveland Spiders 20-134 (.130) all-time worst; 2024 White Sox 41-121 (.253) modern-era loss record, breaking the 1962 Mets' 40-120; 2003 Tigers 43-119.

LoanDepot Park

LoanDepot park, formerly Marlins Park, is the Miami Marlins' retractable-roof MLB ballpark in Little Havana, Miami. Opened 2012, capacity 37,442 (smallest in MLB), renamed March 31, 2021 in a roughly $10 million-a-year naming rights deal.

Logan Henderson (baseball)

Logan Henderson (Logan Blake Henderson) is a Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher, born 2002 in Houston. NJCAA Pitcher of the Year at McLennan CC, 2021 fourth-round pick, MLB debut April 20, 2025 with 9 strikeouts.

Long Beach Coast

Long Beach Coast (also the Regulators) is an independent Pioneer League professional baseball team founded in 2026, playing at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, co-owned by Warren G, managed by Troy Percival.

Lorenzo Cain

Lorenzo Lamar Cain, American former MLB center fielder (2010-2022) for the Brewers and Royals; 2014 ALCS MVP, 2015 World Series champion, two-time All-Star, 2019 Gold Glove winner, career .283 hitter.

Los Angeles Angels

Los Angeles Angels, formerly California Angels and Anaheim Angels, are an MLB American League West expansion franchise founded 1961, based in Anaheim since 1966, with one World Series title in 2002 and a pending 2026 sale to Stan Kroenke.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB National League West franchise formerly the Brooklyn Dodgers (moved 1958). 27 pennants, 9 World Series titles including 2024 and 2025; Dodger Stadium (1962); Guggenheim-owned, record $514.6M 2025 spending.