Bald Eagle. The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known sub-species and forms a species pair with the White-tailed Eagle. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico.
A hold (abbreviated HLD, H or HD) is awarded to a relief pitcher who meets the following three conditions: Note that since the hold is not an official Major League Baseball statistic, the definition above can vary. One noticeable difference is that while STATS, Inc. requires the pitcher to record at least one out for a hold, SportsTicker does not have this requirement.
In doing so, he broke the long-standing AL record of eight, held by the likes of Nolan Ryan (who did it twice), Roger Clemens, Blake Stein and Ron Davis. Had Fister been able to ring up a 10th consecutive Royal, he would have tied Tom Seaver for the MLB record. Instead, shortstop Salvador Perez grounded out to end the streak. Check out the final strikeout of the streak in the video below. Thumbnail via Facebook/DougFister58.