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1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants

1990 George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades

1989 Batting titles decided on final day Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney Lansford .339 to .336, Gwynn's 3-for-4 edges Will Clark .336 to .333

1988 Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313)

1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg

1980 Kansas City Royals' George Brett, batting avg reach .400

1980 George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401

1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to

1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs)

1972 Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234

1968 Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown

1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP

1958 Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets

1956 Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54

1955 Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ

1953 Agha Zahid, cricketer, open batting for Pak vs. WI 1975, scored 14 and 1

1951 Bill Madlock, 4X NL batting champ for the Chicago Cubs

1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP

1945 Doug Walters, cricketer, Aussie batting genius 1965-81 Extrovert

1944 Graeme Pollock, cricketer, South African batting prodigy

1941 Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg

1941 Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time

1941 Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941

1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets

1940 Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ, AL Rookie of Year 1964

1940 Due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps

1940 H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer, South African batting all-rounder 1961-67

1938 NL batting champ Ernie Lombardi is named MVP

1937 AL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP

1931 Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's

1926 Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened NZ batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953

1925 Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ

1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him

1922 Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger, NL Batting Champ 1953

1914 Dennis Dyer, cricketer, opened batting for South Africa vs. England 1947

1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won

1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ

1903 AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later

1902 Al Simmons, Milwaukee, outfielder, A's, /lifetime batting avg of .334

1901 Eddie Paynter, cricketer, England batting hero in Bodyline series



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