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Baseball Remembers: Heavy Johnson

Baseball Remembers: Heavy Johnson

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Paul White
Mar 11, 2024
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In the history of baseball, only eight* players have batted .400 more than once in a major league season. Seven of those eight are now in the Hall of Fame.

The eighth is Oscar “Heavy” Johnson.

  • Rogers Hornsby, 3 (1922, 1924, 1925)

  • Oscar Charleston, 3 (1921, 1924, 1925)

  • Ty Cobb, 3 (1911, 1912, 1922)

  • Ed Delahanty, 3 (1894, 1895, 1899)

  • Jud Wilson, 2 (1927, 1929)

  • G…

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