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| Baseball's Top 10 Most Memorable Moments |
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| Major League Baseball and MasterCard, which sponsored the fan balloting, announced the results before Game 4 of the World Series in San Francisco.
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| Rank |
Moment |
Votes |
| 1. |
Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record in 1995. |
282,821 |
| 2. |
Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth's all-time home run record in 1974. |
275,451 |
| 3. |
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African-American player in modern major league baseball in 1947. |
251,564 |
| 4. |
The St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire and Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa race to beat Roger Maris' season home run record in 1998. |
242,279 |
| 5. |
Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees retires from major league baseball in 1939 with his "luckiest man" farewell speech. |
237,131 |
| 6. |
Pete Rose breaks the all-time career hits record in 1985, surpassing Ty Cobb's mark of 4,191. |
230,852 |
| 7. |
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hits .406 in 1941, the last player to end a season with an average above .400. |
203,982 |
| 8. |
Joe DiMiaggio of the New York Yankees hits in a record 56 straight games during the 1941 season. |
176,810 |
| 9. |
Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth inning wins Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. |
157,716 |
| 10. |
Nolan Ryan pitches his record-extending seventh career no-hitter in 1991. |
146,269 |
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