In the National League, all you had was the Cincinnati Reds’ George Foster demolish the league’s pitching by leading in runs (124), home runs (52), runs batted in (149), slugging (.631) and total bases (388) while also collecting 197 hits and posting a .320 batting average.
The man was an absolute beast! So much so that it actually makes people forget he was runner up to the league’s MVP Award the previous season, losing out to teammate Joe Morgan.
In the American League, Rod Carew won his sixth batting title in supreme fashion, flirting with the magical .400 mark, ending up at .388 with a whopping 239 hits while also leading the league with 128 runs scored, a .449 on-base-percentage and 16 triples.
On top of all that he also drove in 100 runs, the only time he’d do so in his Hall of Fame career, while matching a career-high 14 home runs, not a small feat considering he won the batting title in 1972 while not hitting a single-round tripper.
He’d go on to win his seventh, and final batting title the following season, before heading out West to the California Angels where he’d play the final seven seasons of his 19-year career.
A fun card to produce because of such legendary years by these two all-stars!
