Word: hitters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chicago White Sox pulled off their second major trade in less than 24 hours yesterday, swapping Minnie Minoso, their righthanded power hitter, and infielder Fred Hatfield to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Early Wynn and outfielder Al Smith. Yesterday the Chisox sent Larry Doby and Jack Harshman to Baltimore in return for Billy Goodman, Tito Francona and Ray Moore...
...saga of Williams' sixteenth season is already legend. At 39, he was the oldest man ever to win the batting crown, hitting a fantastic .388, compared to Mantle's .365. Williams also poled thirty-eight homers, four more than Mantle. In the most significant single numerical gauge of a hitter's worth, the slugging percentage, Mantle accumulated a mark of .665. This was much less than Williams' .731, the highest record recorded in either league since Williams' 1941 season...
...staff officer, he managed to steer clear of cliques and cabals, and win a reputation for sheer performance, for all-out mastery of Air Force doctrine and operations. "White," says a former commander, "has the ability to step back for a long look. He is not a home-run hitter. He's just the league's leading batter...
...time the breaks went against that myth, Casey Stengel. In a White Sox game this year, Casey left in a .100 hitter, pitcher Bob Grim, to hit with a tie score and two out in the ninth because he had no pinchhitters left. Grim hit the first home run of his career, swinging blindly...
Braves' pinch hitter Nippy Jones was hit by pitcher Tommy Byrne, and scored the tying run on a double by Johnny Logan. With Logan on base, Matthews then tied the series with his homer into the right-field bleachers...