Word: ashburn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three-time winner in the National League: the St. Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial (1943, '46, '48). ¶ Statisticians finally finished wading through the columns of figures they kept so carefully all during baseball season, computed the averages and named the Philadelphia Phillies' Center Fielder Richie Ashburn National League batting champion. Ashburn's average: .338. Other National League championships: Most Home Runs: the Giants' Willie Mays, with 51; Most Runs Batted In: the Dodgers' Duke Snider, with 136. ¶ By the biggest margin ever, the American Football Coaches Association named Michigan State...
...Series wound up the baseball season, some players whose teams did not make the grade quietly slipped into the record book. Cleveland Pitcher Herb Score and St. Louis Outfielder Bill Virdon were named Rookies of the Year. The National League batting title went to the Phillies' Outfielder Richie Ashburn who hit .338. The American League winner: Detroit Outfielder Al Kaline...
NATIONAL LEAGUE Team: Brooklyn (by 14 games) Pitcher: Newcombe, Brooklyn (19-4) Batter: Ashburn, Philadelphia (.336) Runs Batted In: Snider, Brooklyn (128) Home Runs: Kluszewski, Cincinnati...
...Batter: Ashburn, Philadelphia...
...Cardinals gained Vic Raschi and lost Enos Slaughter in their deals with the Yankees. This leaves them about where they were when they started. They look like fourth. The Phillies, whiz kids of several years ago, aren't whizzing now. Ennis, Ashburn, Roberts, and Simmons still form a strong nucleus, but there isn't much else. They're fifth...