As Chase Meidroth spun away from the second of two pitches far inside in the second inning of the Detroit Tigers ’ game against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, Sept. 7 , at least one sportswriter in the Comerica Park press box snapped his head up, finding a monitor showing the replay to see if a high-and-inside four-seam fastball had made contact with the White Sox second baseman.

A slice of MLB history was at stake for Tigers right-hander Charlie Morton – one plunk away.

MLB’s record for hit batters belongs to Gus Weyhing, who plunked 277 over a 14-year career that ended with one appearance in 1901 – meaning his career overlapped with the Tigers and MLB's modern era by, well, one game . No. 2 on the list, Chick Fraser, spent a little more time in the modern era, finishing in 19

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