Reading the official MLB player stats is like jumping down a rabbit hole. The further you dig into it, the more you realize that there are things you have no clue about. Baseball is indeed a game of ...

Major League Baseball has a new all-time batting leader. Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues before baseball was integrated. Now, statistics from those players have been added to the books. It's ...

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Do stats matter in early April? Well … some of them? Plus: We check in on ...