NOW YOU KNOW
*--* Player, Team Year Ave. HRs RBIs Carl Yastrzemski, Boston (AL) 1967 325 44 121 Frank Robinson, Baltimore (AL) 1966 316 49 122 Mickey Mantle, N.Y. (AL) 1956 353 52 130 Ted Williams, Boston (AL) 1947 343 32 114 Ted Williams, Boston (AL) 1942 356 48 163 Joe Medwick, St. Louis (NL) 1937 374 31 154 Lou Gehrig, New York (AL) 1934 363 49 165 Chuck Klein, Philadelphia (NL) 1933 368 28 120 Jimmie Fox, Philadelphia (AL) 1933 356 48 163 Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis (NL) 1925 403 39 143
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For the record:
12:00 a.m. June 8, 2005 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday June 08, 2005 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 47 words Type of Material: Correction
Baseball statistics -- The Now You Know feature in Tuesday’s Sports section about triple crown winners misstated some of the statistics. Carl Yastrzemski batted .326, not .325, in 1967 and Ted Williams hit 36 home runs, not 48, and drove in 137 runs, not 163, in 1942.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday June 09, 2005 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 21 words Type of Material: Correction
Triple crown winner -- A list of baseball triple crown winners in Tuesday’s Sports section misspelled Jimmie Foxx’s surname as Fox.
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