Barry Bonds holds the most hitting records with ten, most notably the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season. Cy Young, the Major League record holder for most career wins, losses, innings pitched, and complete games.
The first successful open heart surgery was performed on July 9, 1893, when Dr. Daniel Hale Williams opened the chest of a man and repaired the pericardium (sac surrounding thâ¦e heart) which had been damaged by a knife stabbing.
In 1943, Drew became the first African American surgeon to serve as an examiner on the American Board of Surgery. He received the Spingarn Medal in 1944 for his contributions to medicine. Death. Charles R. Drew died at the age of 45 from injuries suffered in a car accident in Green Level North Carolina. According to some reports, the nearest hospital refused to admit Dr. Drew because of his race, and vital time was lost in taking him further away to a black hospital.