“The reason it was hard to choose that one,” host Garry Moore said after the panelists failed to guess the secret, “was because he also held the following records: the highest average in one American League season (.419 in 1911); most bases stolen in one season (96 in 1915); most total stolen bases (897); most seasons played in majors (24); most games played (3,034); most times at bat (11,440); most hits (4,191—with two hits later taken away); scored most runs (2,245); most years batting champion; most years hit over .300 (23, though that includes some partial seasons); most years hit over
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