Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american professional baseball shortstop in the houston astros organization”. Today it says “american professional baseball third baseman for the chicago cubs of major league baseball”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2025 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2025
American baseball player (born 1994) Not to be confused with Alexander Bergman or Alexander Bergmann . Baseball player Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros . As a high school sophomore at Albuquerque Academy in 2010, Bregman became the first high school player to win the USA Baseball Player of the Year Award . As a junior the following year he batted .678 while setting a New Mexico season record with 19 home runs . In three years of college baseball for Louisiana State University (LSU), Bregman was voted the 2013 National Freshman of the Year by Baseball America , won the 2013 Brooks Wallace Award as the country's best college shortstop, and was a two-time All-American . Toward the end of his junior year of college, he was selected by the Houston Astros with the second pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft . Bregman made his MLB debut in 2016. He started 2017 as the youngest member of Team USA , which won the gold medal in the 2017 World Baseball Classic , and he ended the season winning the 2017 World Series with the Astros. He was named MVP of the 2018 MLB All-Star Game and led the American League in doubles in 2018. In 2019 he was again an All Star, led the AL in walks and WAR , and received the 2019 American League Silver Slugger Award at third base. In 2022, he won his second World Series . As of 2024, he is the all-time leader in multiple postseason records for a third baseman, including home runs, runs batted in, runs scored, putouts, and assists. Following the 2024 season, Bregman departed the Astros and signed with the Red Sox.
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1296752302.
The opening as it stood in 2015
Baseball player Alex Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Houston Astros organization. He played college baseball for Louisiana State University (LSU). In high school, in 2010 as a sophomore at the age of 16, Bregman became the first high school player to win the USA Baseball Player of the Year Award . In 2011 as a junior he batted .678, while setting a New Mexico season record with 19 home runs . In three years of college at LSU, Bregman was voted the 2013 National Freshman of the Year by Baseball America , won the 2013 Brooks Wallace Award , as the country's best college shortstop, and was a two-time All-American . Towards the end of his junior year, he was selected by the Houston Astros with the second pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB Draft .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 669293506.
The opening as it stood in 2020
American baseball player Baseball player Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).As a high school sophomore at Albuquerque Academy in 2010, Bregman became the first high school player to win the USA Baseball Player of the Year Award .As a junior the following year he batted .678, while setting a New Mexico season record with 19 home runs . In three years of college baseball for Louisiana State University (LSU), Bregman was voted the 2013 National Freshman of the Year by Baseball America , won the 2013 Brooks Wallace Award as the country's best college shortstop, and was a two-time All-American . Toward the end of his junior year of college, he was selected by the Houston Astros with the second pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft . Bregman made his MLB debut in July 2016.He started 2017 as the youngest member of Team USA , which won the gold medal in the 2017 World Baseball Classic , and ended the season winning the 2017 World Series with the Astros.He was named MVP of the 2018 MLB All-Star Game , and led the American League in doubles in 2018.In 2019 he was again an All Star, led the AL in walks and WAR , and received the 2019 American League Silver Slugger Award at third base.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 962403648.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American baseball player (born 1994) Baseball player Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a high school sophomore at Albuquerque Academy in 2010, Bregman became the first high school player to win the USA Baseball Player of the Year Award . As a junior the following year he batted .678, while setting a New Mexico season record with 19 home runs . In three years of college baseball for Louisiana State University (LSU), Bregman was voted the 2013 National Freshman of the Year by Baseball America , won the 2013 Brooks Wallace Award as the country's best college shortstop, and was a two-time All-American . Toward the end of his junior year of college, he was selected by the Houston Astros with the second pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft . Bregman made his MLB debut in 2016. He started 2017 as the youngest member of Team USA , which won the gold medal in the 2017 World Baseball Classic , and he ended the season winning the 2017 World Series with the Astros. He was named MVP of the 2018 MLB All-Star Game , and led the American League in doubles in 2018. In 2019 he was again an All Star, led the AL in walks and WAR , and received the 2019 American League Silver Slugger Award at third base. In 2022, he won his second World Series and became the all-time leader in postseason home runs (15) and runs batted in (47) for a third baseman.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1178816627.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american professional baseball shortstop in the houston astros organization”. Today it says “american professional baseball third baseman for the chicago cubs of major league baseball”. Read the current article and compare.
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2015, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
american professional baseball shortstop in the houston astros organization
Now
american professional baseball third baseman for the chicago cubs of major league baseball
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
