Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...American League in hits (828), runs (438), home runs (101) and RBIs (402). Four Boston hitters ranked among the top dozen in the league: Leftfielder Carl Yastrzemski was batting .327 with 25 homers and 72 RBIs; Rightfielder Tony Conigliaro had 19 homers and a .305 average; First Baseman George Scott was hitting .290 and Shortstop Rico Petrocelli was at .280. On the mound, the Sox had Righthander Jim Lonborg, whose 14-4 record makes him the winningest pitcher in all of baseball. Last week, with 14 victories in 17 games, Boston was in second place, only a game behind...
Died. James E. Foxx, 59, baseball's "Double X," who in 20 seasons (1925-45), mainly as a first baseman for the Philadelphia A's, hit 534 homers, putting him second only to Babe Ruth (714) until 1966, when Willie Mays took over the runner-up spot; apparently of a heart attack; in Miami...
...Banks hit his 17th homer of the season. The rest of the Cubs got the sugar lip-and the results are astonishing. Pitcher Ferguson Jenkins, whose record last year was 6-8, is 12-7 this year. Centerfielder Adolfo Phillips, a .260 hitter in 1966, is batting .290. Third Baseman Ron Santo ranks third in the National League in homers (with 19) and fifth in RBIs (with...
...third baseman Joe Foy, who, with his team behind 5-2 in the ninth and Mike Andrews on first base with a single, lined a home run into the left field nets. Then home town kid and singer of a current rock 'n' roll hit, Tony Conigliaro, tied the score at 5-5 with a one-out home run that sent the fans wild...
...saved the tie with a leaping catch off the left field wall of Moose Skowron's line drive. He then ended the inning (see picture) by throwing our at the plate Don Mincher, who was trying to score from second on a single. Yastrzemski threw out the California first baseman, who had given the Angels their early lead with a three-run homer, by a margin so wide that the runner didn't slide...