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  Pete Runnels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That year, Runnels also set career-highs in home runs (10) total bases (256) and slugging percentage (.456), was considered for the MVP award (10th), and won the Comeback Player of Year award (batting average went from.230 to.322).
Runnels was a career.291 hitter (1854-for-6373) with 49 home runs, 630 RBI, 876 runs, 282 doubles, 64 triples, 37 stolen bases, and a.375 on base percentage in 1799 games.
Pete Runnels died in Pasadena, Texas, at the age of 63.
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 Pete Runnels | The BASEBALL Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
Runnels later won the 1960 and 1962 titles, capping a great run with Boston, for whom he hit.320 in five seasons.
Runnels began his career as a shortstop with the Senators in 1951, but the batting titles he later won made people forget that he had a fine glove.
Runnels was a fine hitter his whole career, but his seven seasons in Washington's spacious Griffith Stadium masked the fact.
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 Player Profile: Pete Runnels
Runnels broke in with the Senators as a shortstop, but moved to second base in 1955, and played mostly second or first base from then on out.
Runnels, a native Texan, ended his career with the Houston Colt.45s (forerunners of the Astros).
He was eventually elected to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, and died of a stroke in Pasadena, Texas in May, 1991.
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 Pete Runnels | BaseballLibrary.com
Runnels, with his line-drive swing, was the American League batting champion with Boston in 1960 (.320) and '62 (.326).
Runnels will win two batting titles, in 1960 and 1962, and just miss by six points in 1958.
Runnels has three more hits in the nightcap victory, 3—2 in 10 innings.
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Pete was the A.L. Batting Champ in 1960 and 1962, and he narrowly lost the 1958 crown the last day of the season to some guy named Ted Williams--Pete later called the 1958 batting race his biggest thrill in baseball.
Pete is 5th in all-time batting average for the Red Sox among players who have at least 5 full-time years with Boston, ahead of guys like Jimmy Foxx, Carl Yaztremski, Jim Rice, Dwight Evans, and Carlton Fisk.
Pete led A.L. 2nd basemen in fielding in 1960, and A.L. 1st basemen in fielding in 1961.
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 Pete Runnels Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
Pete Runnels was born on Saturday, January 28 1928, in Lufkin, Texas.
Runnels was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 1, 1951, with the Washington Senators.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Pete Runnels baseball stats page.
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 Runnels Welcome To The Official Website Of Runnels County, Texas Welcome To Runnels County.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
Runnels County was formed on December 1, 1858 from Bexar and Travis Counties.
Pete Runnels batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season awards he has won and his rank on various season and career statistical leaderboards.
Runnels (slang) Erosion patterns on the snow surface from water runoff.
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 It was a no-hitter and a loss
In the seventh, Houston's first two batters got on base as Fox singled and Pete Runnels reached on an error, but cleanup hitter Johnny Weekly hit into a 6-5-6 double play, erasing Fox and Runnels.
He hit the ball hard, and it ricocheted off Johnson's shin to third baseman Bob Aspromonte, who quickly fired to first for the second out as Rose took third.
Although Runnels reached on an error, Weekly was called out on strikes, instantly making Johnson an answer to one of baseball's great trivia questions.
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 Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT
The others are Eddie Collins (who ranks in the top 20 in three of the four tests), Rickey Henderson (no top 20s), and Pete Rose (two top 20s).
He was overshadowed by Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose, and Ron Cey at third in the NL in those days.
I was devastated when that Darth Vader of the diamond, Pete Rose, and his evil empire, the Big Red Machine, swept my Phils that year in the playoffs.
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 Roman Mejias: Inaugural Team MVP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
It may not be fair to blame Paul Richards for the fact that Pete Runnels failed in
Houston--after all Runnels was a two-time batting champ, and they don't grow on trees--but how can you even think of trading a guy who had meant so much to your club?
And Mejias hit 24 homers in 1962, while Runnels' career high going into '63 was ten.
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Pitching change: Barney Schultz is replaced by Pete Broberg.
Pitching change: Pete Broberg is replaced by Brian Bohanon.
Runnels 2, W. Boggs 2, T. Williams, E. Martinez, J. Posada 3
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Also looking forward to the upcoming season is new manager Charlie Dressen, and McDonald interviews Charlie about his managing philosophies, team speed, the pitching staff, etc. There's the action of training and intersquad games as the club rounds into shape.
The players you'll see throughout the film are: Bruce Edwards, Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, Pete Runnels, Mickey McDermott, Roy Sievers, Ernie Oravetz, Bob Oldis, Jerry Snyder and Tom Umphlett.
Covered are pre-game and pre-season preparations at the park and pre-game ceremonies with President Eisenhower throwing out the first ball, and Pete Runnels scrambling for it, and getting it signed by the President!
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Aging veterans with winning backgrounds had been acquired to provide leadership while tutoring the young guns.
Two-time American League batting champ Pete Runnels, 1959 A.L. Most Valuable Player Nellie Fox and 1956 World Series hero Don Larsen were among the big names brought in to lure fans as they wrote postscripts to their big league careers.
Manager Harry Craft wanted to play the experienced men but the front office wanted to showcase the up-and-coming talent.
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 Pete Runnels Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
A bright light on otherwise dismal teams, Pete Runnels won 2 batting titles for the Red Sox.
One of the few things to cheer for in the early 60s.
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
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 eBay - topps pete runnels, Cards, Vintage Sports Memorabilia items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
1964 Topps Pete Runnels Houston Colts #121 NRMT
1953 Topps #219 Pete Runnels - Wash Senators PSA 6
1960 Topps #15 Pete Runnels #245 Eddie Yost EX+
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 Baseball Prospectus Player Card for PETE RUNNELS Born 1-28-1928   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
Baseball Prospectus Player Card for PETE RUNNELS Born 1-28-1928
PETE RUNNELS Born 1-28-1928 Bats L Throws R
YEAR TEAM POS G PO A E DP AdjG Rate RAR RAA Rate2 RAR2 RAA2 BatOut EQR 1954 WAS-A LF 1 0 0 0 0.1 100 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 LF 1 0 0 0 0.1 100 0 0 99 0 0 0 0.999
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 Pete Runnels Managerial Record - Baseball-Reference.com
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 ipedia.com: 1991 in sports Article
May 6 - Chucky Mullins, United States soccer player
May 20 - Pete Runnels, Major League Baseball player (1951-1964)
September 15 - Smoky Burgess, Major League Baseball player (1949-1967)
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   Red Sox Opening Day Lineups - A Haven for the Diehard Sox Fan  
3 Pete Runnels 1B 2 Chuck Schilling 2B 7 Gary Geiger CF 8 Carl Yastrzemski LF 11 Frank Malzone 3B 22 Russ Nixon C 16 Carroll Hardy RF 1 Eddie Bressoud SS 37 Don Schwall P
2 Chuck Schilling 2B 7 Gary Geiger CF 6 Vic Wertz 1B 4 Jackie Jensen RF 8 Carl Yastrzemski LF 3 Pete Runnels 3B 22 Russ Nixon C 12 Pumpsie Green SS 27 Bill Monboquette P
12 Pumpsie Green 2B 3 Pete Runnels 1B 11 Frank Malzone 3B 10 Gene Stephens RF 9 Ted Williams LF 7 Gary Geiger CF 1 Don Buddin SS 30 Haywood Sullivan C 15 Tom Sturdivant P
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 Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: December 2003 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
Mantle also tied for the league lead in Win Shares along with Nellie Fox, the MVP honoree that year.
30 Nellie Fox 30 Rocky Colavito 29 Minnie Minoso 29 Tito Francona 27 Al Kaline 27 Eddie Yost 27 Harvey Kuenn 25 Jim Landis 25 Camilo Pascual 24 Pete Runnels 24
Given that the Chicago White Sox won the pennant in 1959, I don’t really have a problem with the writers voting for the slick-fielding second baseman despite his inferior offensive stats (.306/.380/.389).
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