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In 1930, he led the league in wins and saves (though it would be decades before the save became an official statistic).
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
Baseball's "Man of Steal," Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is dead after a bout with pneumonia
Oakland A's Legend Rickey Henderson Dead at 65
in 1920, a 25-year-old Hornsby—a lifetime .310/.370/.440 hitter to that point—hit .370/.431/.559, leading the league in all three splits, and he also led the league in hits, doubles, RBIs, and total bases. Over the next five seasons combined—this is so ridiculous—Hornsby would hit .402. Nobody, not even Ty Cobb, hit .400 over five full seasons.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
Only three men as big as Frank Thomas—Derrek Lee and Mike Morse are the other two—have hit .300 in a full big-league season. Thomas did it nine times.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
And a new era begins... This player is everything we thought he was when we would play him. Scary, funny, affable, and a bone-crusher. From my days as a sportswriter, I lived for this...
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