SAM CRAWFORD·1914

Nineteen fourteen was the triples avalanche. Sam Crawford hit twenty-six triples for Detroit with one hundred four ribbies — a dead-ball gap total that still sits in the air like a challenge. Twenty-two doubles. Eight homers for good measure. The three frames ahead keep the twenty-six year ringing.

26 TRIPLES

Twenty-six triples — a mountain of gap hits that still looks like a dare.

GAP KING

Third-base coaches wore out their arms sending Wahoo around again.

STILL FLYING

Dead-ball baseball with wings — the alley shot that never wanted to land.

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