Editing Sacrifice fly (section)

==Records==
The most sacrifice flies by a team in one game in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) is five; the record was established by the [[Seattle Mariners]] in 1988, tied by the [[Colorado Rockies]] in 2006,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260607127|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615153732/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260607127|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2006|title=Torrealba's slam, five sac flies power Rockies past Bucs|work=ESPN.com|date=June 7, 2006|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> and tied again by the Mariners in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2004351837&zsection_id=2002990524&slug=mari16&date=20080416|title=Seattle Mariners ride flurry of sacrifice flies to 11-6 victory over Kansas City Royals|date=April 16, 2008|first=Larry|last=Stone|newspaper=Seattle Times}}.</ref>

Five MLB teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the [[Chicago White Sox]] (fifth inning, July 1, 1962, against the [[Cleveland Indians]]); the [[New York Yankees]] twice (fourth inning, June 29, 2000, against the [[Detroit Tigers]] and third inning, August 19, 2000, against the [[Anaheim Angels]]); the [[New York Mets]] (second inning, June 24, 2005, against the Yankees); and the [[Houston Astros]] (seventh inning, June 26, 2005, against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]).<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/sacrifice_flies_records.shtml Sacrifice Flies Records<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In these cases one or more of the flies did not result in a putout due to an error.

Since the rule was reinstated in its present form in MLB in 1954, [[Gil Hodges]] of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] holds the record for most sacrifice flies in one season with 19, in 1954;<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SF_season.shtml Single Season Records], baseball-reference.com.</ref> [[Eddie Murray]] holds the MLB record for most sacrifice flies in a career with 128.<ref name=bbrefcareer>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SF_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for Sacrifice Flies|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>

{{As of|2024|pre=the end of the|post=}} MLB season, the ten players with the most career sacrifice flies are:

# [[Eddie Murray]] (128)
# [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] (127)
# [[Robin Yount]] (123)<li value="3"> [[Albert Pujols]] (123) </li><li value="5"> [[Hank Aaron]] (121)</li><li value="5"> [[Frank Thomas]] (121)</li><li value="7"> [[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]] (120)</li><li value="7"> [[Rubén Sierra]] (120)</li><li value="9"> [[Rafael Palmeiro]] (119)</li><li value="9">  [[Rusty Staub]] (119)<ref name="bbrefcareer" /></li>

Only once has the [[World Series]] been won on a sac fly. In [[1912 World Series|1912]], [[Larry Gardner]] of the [[Boston Red Sox]] hit a fly ball off [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]]' pitcher [[Christy Mathewson]]. [[Steve Yerkes]] tagged up and scored from third base to win game 8 in the 10th inning and take the series for the Red Sox.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/world_series_final_outs.shtml|title=World Series Final Outs|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1912ws.shtml|title=1912 World Series|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>