Topic: Mickey Vernon

1946 Baseball Season

How Stuff Works - 554 days ago
Ted Williams started the 1946 baseball season on fire, after coming off four years of military service, as the Red Sox built a huge lead before coasting to a 12-game lead over Detroit at the wire. Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau contributed to ...

Vernon, 2-time AL batting champ, dies at 90

AP News - 1232 days ago
Mickey Vernon, 2-time AL batting champ and 7-time All-Star first baseman, dies at 90Mickey Vernon, a two-time American League batting champion with the Washington Senators and seven-time All-Star first baseman during a 20-year career in the major leagues, has died. He had ...