Twenty-Five George Brett picked up his 3rd batting title.
1991 Topps #2 Record Breaker George Brett - Batting Titles in 3 Decades
All three titles were in different decades which had not been done prior. Topps honored the achievement with teh #2 card in the 1991 set.
1991 Topps #2 Record Breaker George Brett - Batting Titles in 3 Decades (b-side)
On the final day of the season Brett singled during a 5-2 loss to the Indians in front of a massive Municipal stadium crowd of 5,196. The hit came off of journeyman reliever Mauro Gozzo. George Brett's .329 average bested fellow Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson by four points. Rickey never won a batting title, his .325 in 1990 was a career high as was his 2nd place finish. Henderson did however lead the league in OBP (.439) in 1990 and won the AL MVP Award. Advanced analysis now also reveal that Henderson led the league in WAR (9.9)
Score
1991 Score #769 HL George Brett Batting Champion
Another card that noted Brett's Batting title was 1991 Score #769.
1991 Score #769 HL George Brett Batting Champion (b-side)
Score tells us a bit more about the course of Brett's 1990 campaign. His final .329 season average only came about because of an impressive second half where he batted .388.
I like the shot on the back of the card. Brett carries three Bats on his shoulder likely symbolizing his three titles - each of the bats carries his uniform #5 on the knob.
Sources and Links
Phungo George Brett HoF Index
Baseball-ref
All three titles were in different decades which had not been done prior. Topps honored the achievement with teh #2 card in the 1991 set.
On the final day of the season Brett singled during a 5-2 loss to the Indians in front of a massive Municipal stadium crowd of 5,196. The hit came off of journeyman reliever Mauro Gozzo. George Brett's .329 average bested fellow Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson by four points. Rickey never won a batting title, his .325 in 1990 was a career high as was his 2nd place finish. Henderson did however lead the league in OBP (.439) in 1990 and won the AL MVP Award. Advanced analysis now also reveal that Henderson led the league in WAR (9.9)
Score
Another card that noted Brett's Batting title was 1991 Score #769.
Score tells us a bit more about the course of Brett's 1990 campaign. His final .329 season average only came about because of an impressive second half where he batted .388.
I like the shot on the back of the card. Brett carries three Bats on his shoulder likely symbolizing his three titles - each of the bats carries his uniform #5 on the knob.
Sources and Links
Phungo George Brett HoF Index
Baseball-ref
No comments:
Post a Comment