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Remarkable: one-season performances: here are some extraordinary accomplishments achieved by batters and pitchers that are among the greatest in baseball history.
IT'S PERHAPS NOT SURPRISING THAT George Sisler's mark for most base hits in a season, surpassed by Ichiro Suzuki in 2004, was almost never listed among the game s hallowed achievements in speculation about which records were at risk or remained invulnerable.
In a rare instance, in 1998, the year Mark McGwire (70) and Sammy Sosa (66) topped Roger Marls' total of 61 home runs in 1961, their assault making iconic marks a hot topic, a newspaper story headlined "Breakable Records Few" listed Sisler's total of 257 hits in 1920 as virtually unattainable.
A comment noted: "The benchmark for greatness is 200 hits, which is a far cry from 257. A speedy singles ...
- Sisler's record year packed big punch.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Reed, Tom October 2, 2004 700+ words
...Idelson said. ``But what Sisler was able to do was special...of the league, are not in Sisler's class. Ichiro is 44th...77th in RBI, 82nd in extra-base hits and 107th in home runs...player to break it,'' said Sisler's son, David Sisler, who...
- Sisler's record year packed big punch.
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) October 1, 2004 700+ words
...Idelson said. ``But what Sisler was able to do was special...of the league, are not in Sisler's class. Ichiro is 44th...77th in RBI, 82nd in extra-base hits and 107th in home runs...player to break it,'' said Sisler's son, David Sisler, who...
- George Sisler's name is sizzling once more.
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) October 1, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: Tom Reed AKRON, Ohio _ George Sisler is having the most publicized months of...Mariner Ichiro Suzuki and his quest to break Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257 hits...the A's, Ichiro was within one hit of Sisler's mark. ``It's exciting to see...
- George Sisler's name is sizzling once more.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Reed, Tom October 2, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: Tom Reed AKRON, Ohio _ George Sisler is having the most publicized months of...Mariner Ichiro Suzuki and his quest to break Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257 hits...the A's, Ichiro was within one hit of Sisler's mark. ``It's exciting to see...
- George Sisler.
- Magazine article from: The National Pastime Warburton, Paul January 1, 2000 700+ words
...mentioned. There was a guy named George Sisler, however, who deserves to be included...emphasis in today's game is on power. Sisler could not match the Herculean power of...out compliments to his rivals, called Sisler "the nearest thing to a perfect ballplayer...
- Sisler confronts the evil empire.(Biography)
- Magazine article from: The National Pastime Godin, Roger Sisler, George January 1, 2005 700+ words
George Sisler returned to action in 1924 after solving...Browns had fallen to fifth place in 1923 as Sisler's absence was severely felt. Owner Phil...balance of the season. Ball then hired Sisler as manager on October 21, 1923. It was...
- Columbus baseball owes a lot to Sisler.
- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) January 3, 2007 700+ words
...phone calls Cooper made was to George Sisler Jr., who had been the Columbus Red Birds...than a quarter century until the death of Sisler on Sunday at the age of 89. "He was...together. We had a lot of good times." Sisler, the son of Hall of Fame first baseman...
- George Sisler, Manolin's age, and Hemingway's use of baseball. (Ernest...
- Magazine article from: The Hemingway Review Losada, Luis A. September 22, 1994 700+ words
MANOLIN SAYS: "The great Sisler's father was never poor and he...Manolin's statement about George Sisler, Hemingway's reaction was to insert...understood in terms of the facts of George Sisler's life and career, the use Hemingway...
Source: HighBeam Research, Remarkable: one-season performances: here are some extraordinary...