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BNN Stats: Single-Season Records
Monday, January 10th , 1955
Who holds the single season record in the Major League Baseball for batting AVG?
Hugh Duffy, ML1, .4397, 1894
Ty Cobb, DET, .4281, 1911
Rogers Hornsby, STL, .4265, 1922
Harry Heilmann, DET, .4261, 1922
Willie Keeler, -, .4238, 1897
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Hall of Fame Inducts Foster
Wednesday, January 5th , 1955
What a way to cap a glorious career -- get elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. That's exactly what happened to pitching star, Bill Foster. The Baseball Writers Association rewarded him for his sensational seasons on the mound and today he took his place among the baseball immortals.
Foster told the audience at the ceremonies, "Baseball has been my life ... and what a wonderful life it has been. The truth is I would have played it for almost nothing -- but I wouldn't have told any of the owners that."
Foster had a career record of 358 victories and 319 losses with 2540 strikeouts in 6090.1 innings and a 3.66 ERA. He was 45 when he retired from baseball, and he appeared in 877 games.
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