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Old 07-10-2014, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth View Post
A hitting streak is part luck, and essentially meaningless. I would rank other single season accomplishments ahead of it. Williams' .406 the same year. Brett's .390. Maris' 61. Henderson's however many steals it was. And that's just baseball. Overall, I would rank Beamon's long jump first -- never has a record been broken by that much -- it was literally a quantum leap.
In 1920 Babe Ruth himself hit more home runs than any other team in both leagues except 1. That is also quite dominant.
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