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...anyone believe this baseball season? Roger Maris has hit 59 or 61 home runs depending on how you look at it; Warren Spahn has tossed a no-hitter, won his 300th game, and chalked up 20 victories for the umpteenth season; and most incredible of all, the Cincinnati Reds have won the National League pennant...
Finally the questionnaire asks for factual responses--what was Roger Maris' batting average this season; how many times did Louis Aparicio steal this year; what was Warren Spahn's 1961 pitching record. These questions gave Aronson a clue to the viewer's knowledge of baseball--important, Aronson said, because the more one knows, the closer he will be to predicting the real probability...
...making about $67,000: some $42,000 in salary and World Series bonus, another $25,000 in fees for personal appearances and "testimonials" for such assorted products as Camel cigarettes, Infra-Rub and Aqua Velva after-shave lotion. But his busy agent, Frank Scott (other clients: Mantle, Warren Spahn, Willie Mays), estimates that movie and magazine rights to Roger's life story, royalties from a "Maris" candy bar and TV appearances (at $7,500 each) may boost his income by as much...
...major league baseball's 86-year history, only twelve pitchers had managed to win 300 games, a feat last performed by Lefty Grove in 1941. Fortnight ago Milwaukee's balding, 40-year-old Warren Spahn made it by hurling a tidy six-hitter against the Chicago Cubs, thereby virtually assuring his nomination to baseball's exclusive Hall of Fame. Last week, still improving an indifferent season's record (13 wins, twelve losses), Spahn allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates ten widely scattered hits, won his 301st victory to become the winningest pitcher alive. If Spahn's durable...
...Spahn's records: most games won (291) and most shutouts (52) by a National League left hander; most years leading league in games won (7); most years of 20 or more wins by a left hander (11). In addition, Spahn holds the Na tional League lifetime record for home runs hit by a pitcher...