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Jim Gentile wins 1961 AL RBI Crown today

PowderedH2OPowderedH2O Posts: 2,443 ✭✭
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Much like the Hack Wilson correction of a few years ago, apparently Mantle and Maris got credited with one RBI/run that should not have been counted, so now Maris is in a tie with Jim Gentile for the RBI crown. Since Mantle loses a run scored, Maris is now the sole leader of the runs scored crown of 1961. hey - it only took 49 years to get it right. Maybe?

Read about it here
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  • bxbbxb Posts: 805 ✭✭
    Very interesting.

    Now if they can only fix the steroid-soaked stats of the last 15 years, we're all set.
    Capecards
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What should I do with my AL Leaders baseball cards?

    Will Topps reprint new cards with the correct stats, and perhaps take back the old cards for an exchange?
  • metrothememetrotheme Posts: 548
    http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-33368-NY-Baseball-History-Examiner~y2010m7d30-Jim-Gentile-takes-share-of-1961-RBI-crown-with-Roger-Maris-49-years-later

    I interviewed Gentile yesterday and it made for some interesting fodder. The link is above.
  • PowderedH2OPowderedH2O Posts: 2,443 ✭✭
    Great job with Jim Gentile. From everything I've ever read about him he really seemed like a down-to-earth good guy. I get the sense that you may have felt the same way. The Orioles should have a Diamond Jim day or something to bring some overdue glory to him and have a nice moment in an otherwise glum season.
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