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Hidden tales of the leaderboard

By Jayson Stark

Monday, October 5, 2009

With Game 162 in the rearview mirror, here's some historic stuff we guarantee Doris Kearns Goodwin will never unearth: • Even after Game 163, Joe Mauer is going to wind up leading the American League in batting average at home (.386) and on the road (.345). Last player to lead the AL in both departments, according to ESPN research gurus Jeremy Lundblad and Ryan McCrystal: Pre-Metrodome Twins hit man Rod Carew in 1977 (.374 road, .401 home). Mauer • But Mauer's pla ...

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