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What about Joe DiMaggio? In 1939 he led the league with a .381 average, was MVP and the Yanks won the series. I admit I had to look that up, but I had a hunch.
What about Joe DiMaggio? In 1939 he led the league with a .381 average, was MVP and the Yanks won the series. I admit I had to look that up, but I had a hunch.
You are correct. I failed to include in the post a fourth honor for Williams, the Golden Glove Award. DiMaggio probably would have won that also, but it was not instituted until 1957. Thanks for catching my mistake.
I failed to include in the post a fourth honor for Williams, the Golden Glove Award
Well, there ya go... :smile:
Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns pitched a no hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics in his first major league start on May 6, 1953. By late July he was back in the minors never to be heard from again.
In 1965 Kansas City A's SS Bert Campaneris once played all 9 positions in the same game. He pitched 1 inning throwing lefthanded to lefty hitters and righthanded to righties. He allowed an earned run for a lifetime ERA of 9.00.
There is a Hall of Fame baseball player who hit a home run in his first time at bat, and then never hit another in his twenty year career. Who was he? Hoyt Wilhelm.
I knew it had to be a pitcher, but the way your post lines up on the page, I didn't see the answer until after I'd done some serious head scratching. Good one!
HOFer Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity averaged 344 innings pitched over a 10-year stretch. But the real reason he was nicknamed "Iron Man" was because he worked in an iron mine during the offseason.
In 1965 Kansas City A's SS Bert Campaneris once played all 9 positions in the same game. He pitched 1 inning throwing lefthanded to lefty hitters and righthanded to righties. He allowed an earned run for a lifetime ERA of 9.00.
During the same time period, Cesar Tovar of the Minnesota Twins also accomplished the same feat.
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