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Top 5 Sports Facts to Know From 4/6/20
The most significant milestones, records, & interesting occurrences to know from April 6th, 2020
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Whether it’s a monumental milestone or just an interesting occurrence to bring up in a conversation, here are the top sports facts to know from April 6, 2020:
The All-Pro Safety is a threat from anywhere on the field.
.@Prez gets to the QB unlike any other Safety in the game https://t.co/Gk6kO6rAUI
— pso_sports (@PSO_Sports) April 6, 2020
There’s plenty of reasons why Brady & Rodgers made the All-Decade Team.
The two quarterbacks on the 2010s All-Decade Team, @TomBrady and @AaronRodgers12, were the two winningest QBs of the decade. #2010sAllDecadeTeam pic.twitter.com/sYWecN8KN4
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) April 6, 2020
The winner of https://t.co/OMYlG6Q0ny's greatest season of all-time is Bob Gibson!
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) April 7, 2020
His 13 shutouts in a single season are the most in baseball since 1917. pic.twitter.com/SuaLvutWYH
We're down to the finals.
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) April 6, 2020
Bob Gibson's 17 Ks in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series still stands as the record for most Ks in a single postseason game.
Vote now if you think Gibson deserves the title of best single season: https://t.co/dfAsxyuYRK pic.twitter.com/qCnCSQremR
Babe Ruth has the record for the highest bWAR (14.1) in a single season (1923).
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) April 6, 2020
It's your last chance to vote if you think The Babe had the greatest single season ever: https://t.co/dfAsxyuYRK pic.twitter.com/Tpxl22GiIO
Cal Ripken Jr.’s durability doesn’t seem humanly possible these days.
Cal Ripken Jr. played in a record 2,632 consecutive games.
Let’s say we wanted to add up active streaks to get in the range of that number…
You’d have to add up the top *61* active such streaks thru 2019 — those totaled 2,636.
Longest: Whit Merrifield, 247
h/t @EliasSports— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 7, 2020
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