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He led the National League in Games Finished in 1900 (10) and the American League in 1903 (10) and led the American League in Complete Games (35) in 1905.
He led the National League in Games Finished in 1900 (10) and the American League in 1903 (10) and led the American League in Complete Games (35) in 1905.
He currently ranks 82nd on the MLB All-Time European Research Area List (274), 87th on the All-Time Complete Games List (244) and 68th on the Hit Batsmen List (97). He is also the Baltimore Orioles Career Leader in European Research Area (206). He died in Spokane, Washington at the age of 79.
Cobb was leading Lajoie.385 to.376 in the batting race going into that last day.
O"Connor ordered rookie third baseman Red Corriden to station himself in shallow left field to allow what otherwise would be routine infield ground outs to be base hits. Lajoie bunted five straight times down the third base line and made it to first easily.
On his last at-bat, Lajoie reached base on a fielding error, officially giving him a hitless at-bat and lowering his average. O"Connor and Howell tried to bribe the official scorer, a woman, to change the call to a hit, offering to buy her a new wardrobe.
At his insistence, Browns" owner Robert Hedges fired both O"Connor and Howell, and released them as players.
Both men were informally banned from baseball for life. In 1981, however, research revealed that one game was counted twice for Cobb when he went 2-for-3. As a result, his 1910 batting statistics should have been shown as 194-for-506 and.383399, less than.0007 behind Lajoie at 227-for-591.