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Elias Says ...

By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Sunday, October 1, 2006

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: MLB  Mauer • Joe Mauer became the first catcher to win an AL batting title. In fact, no other AL catcher had even ranked second. Four catchers finished third in the AL batting race (in a season in which their primary fielding position was behind the plate): Bill Dickey (1936), Elston Howard (1964), Thurman Munson (1975), and Brian Downing (1979). • Mauer won the batting crown with a .347 average, holding off ...

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