Reggie Jackson is way ahead of #2 Willie Stargell, 2,597 to 1,936, but some major leaguers are closing fast. Mike Schmidt has 1,883 and Tony Perez‘s election to the Hall of Fame with 1,867 strikeouts means that now-#5 Dave Kingman‘s 1,816 whiffs are the most by any eligible player not in the Hall. Perhaps someday,…
If major league baseball is shut down for the 2002 season as the owners wage their fiercest war ever to break the Players Association and turn back 30 years of advances, this Monday’s First-Year Player Draft will be regarded as one of the events that laid the foundation for the owners’ assault. Riding the wave…