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Levine made his major league debut in 1996 with the White Sox. [1] In 1997, he held batters to a .125 batting average when there were two outs with runners in scoring position. In December 1997, he was traded by the White Sox with Larry Thomas to the Texas Rangers for Benji Gil.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Batting average: Luke Appling, .388 ... List of Chicago White Sox award winners and league leaders
The Cubs had won a then-record 116 regular-season games and were an overwhelming favorite to defeat the White Sox, especially since the White Sox had the lowest team batting average in the American League that year. However, in a stunning upset, the White Sox took the Series, and intracity bragging rights, in six games.
The first batting average champion in the NL was Ross Barnes; in the league's inaugural 1876 season, Barnes batted .429 for the Chicago White Stockings. [9] The AL was established in 1901, and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led that league with a .426 average for the Philadelphia Athletics . [ 10 ]
On April 6, 1973, at Fenway Park, he was walked by Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant on five pitches with the bases loaded in the first inning, [10] [11] [12] and the bat he used is in Cooperstown's Hall of Fame. [11] [6] Blomberg finished 1973 with a healthy .329 average, .395 OBP, and .498 SLG in 301 at-bats; [1] he hit .351 with runners in scoring ...
Nap Lajoie was the first American League runs scored champion, scoring 145 runs in the 1901 season. Babe Ruth was the American League runs scored leader a record seven times. Hank Greenberg was a Hall of Famer and two-time MVP.
Highest batting average Tetelo Vargas.471 1943 [1] Most singles Ichiro Suzuki: 225 2004 [2] Most doubles Earl Webb: 67 1931 [3] Most triples Chief Wilson: 36 1912 [4] Most home runs Barry Bonds: 73 2001: Most runs batted in Hack Wilson: 191 1930 [5] Most hits Ichiro Suzuki: 262 2004 [6] Most runs scored Billy Hamilton: 198 1894 [7] Highest on ...
In 1911, Jackson's first full MLB season, he set several rookie records. His .408 batting average that season is a record that still stands and was good for second overall in the league behind Ty Cobb's .419 - one of the few times in baseball history that a batting average above .400 did not win a batting title. His .468 on-base percentage led ...