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Show GREAT BATTING FEATS FiK 12 years in succession Ty Cobb led thr- Aniertfiaja league in I batting. This record covered a period of y6afs oxte-nding from I i!i7 td i!n;. Iln mis Wagner for 17 consecutive years, 1897 to 1913, hit .300 or better in the National league. Willie Keeler for eight consecutive years in tlie National league made Ins 200 hits or hut.-, reaching the high water mark, for thai organization in 1897 with 243 "Babe" Ruth in three seasons in the American league, 1919. j 1!)2U and 1921. made 14'J limn,- ninv Hi- mark of 59 homers in I&2 stands as the record. '"Stuffy" M.dnnes during the season d 1921 played the entire en-tire season al first base and only made pnj errur. That one was very questionable. George Gibson in 1909 caught 140 consecutive games for Pittsburg. Pitts-burg. His team won the National league pennant that year. Bd Walsh in 1908 worked in 66 games f.r the ( 'hit-ago White Sox He sayed many games as a relief pitcher and was credited with 4o victories himself, In 1920 George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns made 257 base liits. breaking the record in that respect for both major leagues In 1888 Harry Stovey stole 156 basts, a record that has never j j been approached by any d the modern-day runners. "Old Boss" Radbourne in L884 pitched i" 72 games for the I'mvidfiici elub. of which he won 60 He worked in 37 games in j succession that season. "Wee Willie" Keeler while with the Baltimore Orioles went through an entire season in the National league without striking out He was al bat 7oo times before he was retired on strikes. |