Up on the blog today, let's delve into the 1960s and give two-time batting champ Pete Runnels a 1965 "Career-Capper" shall we?
Here you go:
Runnels
put in what turned out to be the last Major League action of his career
in 1964, as a member of the Houston Colt .45s, or Astros as they were
making that transition at that time.
Just two years removed
from his second batting title in 1962, he hit .196 over 22 games for
Houston, with 10 hits over 51 at-bats with three RBIs.
Runnels
took home the American League batting title in 1960 and 1962 as a
member of the Boston Red Sox, hitting .320 and .326 respectively,
topping the .300 mark all of his five years with Boston.
His
first seven years in the Big Leagues were with the Washington Senators
between 1951 and 1957, where he average about .280 while playing both
the infield and outfield, even getting some MVP votes in both 1952 and
1956.
Overall, by the time he retired, he finished with a .291
batting average, with 1854 hits in 6373 at-bats over 1799 games,
getting named to five All-Star teams along the way.
Not too shabby a career!
