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The others picked were second baseman Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox, third baseman Frank Thomas of the Pittsburgh Pirates, outfielder Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, catcher Del Crandall of the Braves and right-handed pitcher Bob Turley of the Yankees.
Lean & Powerful. At week's end, with a month left to play, Banks was hitting a lively .313 and leading the majors with 42 home runs and the league with no runs batted in.* Far behind were such famed sluggers as the Giants' Willie Mays (23 homers) and...
All this has been achieved in spite of the prolonged slump of Willie Mays, whose batting average has dropped 52 points in the last month (to .342) as he poked along at an anemic .231 clip. The key to the 1958 Giants lies with a phenomenal crop of rookies.
Most teams are lucky to turn up one rookie regular a year. The Giants have six rookies playing more or less regularly, and playing well. Cepeda, a good-humored Puerto Rican with a zest for clowning who addresses his teammates as "my boo-days," is hitting both for average (.311...
c. Del Crandall, Milwaukee (.280) 1b. Stan Musial, St. Louis (.351) 2b. Bill Mazeroski, Pittsburgh (.278) 3b. Frank Thomas. Pittsburgh (.296) ss. Ernie Banks, Chicago (.302) If. Bob Skinner, Pittsburgh (.324) cf. Willie Mays, San Francisco (.373) rf. Hank Aaron, Milwaukee (.266)