Wednesday, January 23, 2013

1977 Topps Baseball #437 - Turn Back The Clock Ralph Kiner


  • Leading the league in anything for seven straight years is quite an accomplishment. 
  • The closest streaks I could find were:
    • Walter Johnson - AL strikeout leader for 8 straight years (1912-1919)
    • Dazzy Vance - NL strikeout leader for 7 straight seasons (1922-1928)
    • Lefty Grove - AL strikeout leader for 7 straight years (1925-1931)
    • Rogers Hornsby - NL Batting Average leader for 6 years in a row (1920-1925)
    • Ty Cobb led the AL in batting average every year from 1907-1919 except for 1910 (Nap Lajoie led) and 1916 (Tris Speaker was the BA champion). 
    • Sandy Koufax - NL ERA leader for 5 straight years (1962-1966)


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