This day in baseball: Mays shoots to the top
Posted: September 26, 2013 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Don Mueller, Duke Snider, history, Major League Baseball, Willie Mays Leave a commentOn 26 September 1954, in the final game of the season, the Giants’ Willie Mays collected three hits to boost his batting average to .345. In doing so, he passed teammate Don Mueller (who finished at .342) and the Dodgers’ Duke Snider (.341) to win the National League batting title.
Photo source: Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers
