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1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever
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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).
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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
Derek Jeter (2000) is the only player in baseball history to win an All Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season.
In the 2000 World Series against the Mets, Jeter slashed .409/.480/.864/1.344 in 22 at bats (25 PA) with 2 homers, 6 runs scored and of course, this gem. As you probably know, the Yanks would... See more
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The 1998 New York Yankees were a once in a generation team. Peep these numbers 👀. @sapsports
instagram.comOnly 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
Vin Scully meeting Willie Mays for the first time in 2016 is one of the most pure conversations you’ll ever watch. https://t.co/90RVGLk4z3
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