Baseball Prospectus 2012
King Kaufman and Cecilia M. Tan
Provides profiles of major league players with information on statistics for the past five seasons and projections for the 2012 baseball season.
Read Time: ~4 hr
Missed it by that much
by Victor Debs, Jr (1998)
About this book
After hitting his then-record 60th home run of the 1927 season, Babe Ruth said, "Sixty, count 'em, sixty. Let's see some other son-of-a-bitch match that." Jimmie Foxx almost did, five years later, with an agonizingly close 58 four baggers. Here are the stories of Foxx's and 11 other near-record breaking performances: Bill Terry's 254 hits in 1930, three short of George Sisler's record 257; Elroy Face's 17 consecutive pitching victories, two short of Rube Marquard's record; and Willie Mays's 17 home runs in August of 1965, just one off Rudy York's mark for a single month, are three more of the performances detailed. Boxscores and statistical tables are provided.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreMissed it by that much Lead Character
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