Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30
'MusiaI and Ted
Share Years
Top Honors
BY the Associated Press

Stan Musial. a marvel of
hitting consistency at SO, to-
day took a place one notch
below Honus Wagner on the
list Of National League batting
champions.
Musial and 39-year-old Ted
Williams shared 1857 honors.
The Cards veteran topped the
senior circuit for the seventh
time with a 1851 average. while
Williams. the Red Sox star,
paced the American League
for the fifth time with 1888.
Nine years ago, Williams and
Musial also combined to win
the batting titles at 1863 and
1916. respectively. 1t was the
only other time these two
greats captured the champion
ships in the same season.
In addition to hitting .4O6
in 194l, Williams also led the
AL in 1912 with 1856, 1947
(.343) and 1913 (.369). Musial's
other championships came in
l943 (.35D, 1916 1850, 1913
(.376). 1850 t.346), 1851 1855
and 1852 1886.
Tied With HOrnsby
Musil's seventh title puts
him in the same bracket with
Rogers Hornsby. Stan still has
a chance to tie Wagner, who
won eight. but Ty Cobb's total
of IL American League titles
is out of reach.
Williams became the oldest
player ever to win a major
league batting championship.
Wagner was 81 when he won
in 1911. Ted also increased
his lifetime average two points
to $50 while Musial's stayed at
$40. They have the highest
marks among active major
leaguers. Ted has played Is
years and Stan 16.
Mickey Mantle of the YAM
KEGS, who led williams for a
good part of the campaign.
finished second with a 1865
average. Mickey topped the
league with 1853 in 1856.
Willie Mays of the Giants
was runnerup to Musial with
1893.
The season was the first
played under the rule requir-
ing ATT times at bat-of1icial
and unof1icial-to qualify for
the championships. Williams
and Musial made the grade
with plenty to spare. Ted's ag-
gregate Of 420 official trips was
padded by 100 bases on balls
two sacrifice flies and FIVE hit
by-pitches.
Sievers, Aaron Lead
The season also ended on a
resounding note for Roy Sievers
OF Washington and Hank
Aaron Of Milwaukee. who won
Home-run and runs-batted- in
honors.
Sievers slammed AZ home
runs to become the first
Senators player ever to lead
the American League in this
department. He drove in ia
runs and also led with 33l
total bases.
Aaron had "A homers and
1872 RIBS to head the Ma
tional League.
Sparkplug Red Schoendienst
OF the Braves was the only big
Lacquer to get 200 hits. hitting
that figure on the nose.
Warren SPAIN t2l-lD of the
Braves. Billy Pierce (2O-l2) of
the White Sox and Jim Bum
ming (20-8) Of Detroit were the
years 20-game winning pitch
ers. Burning got his 10th yes
terday in a relief role.
There were two 20-game
losers. Chuck Stobbs of the
Senators lost his 20th-pairine
with Robin Roberts tlO-22) of
the Phils-in yesterdays IA
l0-inning victory by the ORR
oles. StobbS won eight.
Eight Game Margins
Bob Bull of the Braves
missed a shot at his 18th win
yesterday. although Milwaukee
defeated Cincinnati, 4-3. A
two-run ninth did it for the
Braves, who were 1874 against
the Redlegs for the season and
rolled up 95 victories for the
year-their club high, passing
the "a scored by Boston's Mir
acle Braves in 1914.
Both the Braves and Yankees
finished eight games in 'front.'
after clinching their pennants
within minutes of each other
last Monday.
In other final National
League games, the Cubs
whipped the Cardinals. SO;
Philadelphia smacked Brook
Ign, 81. and Pittsburgh made
a shambles of the San Fran
cisco-bound Giants last game
at the Polo Grounds, 81.
In the American League,
Williams got a double and sin
gle as Boston tripped the YAM
KEGS, 80. and Cleveland socked