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ProfessorGAC

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2. In 1968, Yaz Led The AL In BA

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Tue Jun 8, 2021, 07:05 PM

Jun 2021

He hit .301.
He was the only player with a qualifying number of at-bats to hit .300 in the entire league.
Interestingly, 2 NL hitters hit .330 or better, but only 4 total were over .300.
That was a pitchers' year!

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Rod Carew [View all] kairos12 Jun 2021 OP

That was a down year for Carew, Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2021 #1

In 1968, Yaz Led The AL In BA ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #2

We may see another "low" BA win the title this year too Diamond_Dog Jun 2021 #3