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Wally Hebert: 1933’s League-Leading Batter

November 28, 2016 By Linda H. Todd 2 Comments

Better than Jimmie Foxx? Better than Al Simmons? Better than Lou Gehrig and Heinie Manush? No way. Unbelievable.

Believe it.

Wallace HebertIn 1933 Wallace “Preacher” Hebert ended the season with a league-leading .391 batting average.

“Every time we would go up against the Philadelphia Athletics, Simmons would get all over me,” he recalls.

Back then sports pages listed the leading hitters disregarding the number of times they faced opposing pitchers. Hebert stayed on top of the American League batting race all year long. When Simmons checked the newspaper each day for his average, whose name always appeared before his? Wally Hebert of the St. Louis Browns, the perpetual cellar dwellers.

How is this possible, you might ask. Being a pitcher he went to bat a mere twenty-three times. Nine of those times he got a hit. Do the math, folks. Nine divided by twenty-three is .391.

“Simmons always wanted me to see more action, figuring that if I went to bat more I couldn’t possibly keep up that high average.”

Simmons was probably right, but being bested by a pitcher must have rankled. The southpaw from the Louisiana bayous took great delight in reliving the time he beat out one of baseball’s greatest hitters.

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  1. Micki Todd says

    November 28, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    Love it Mama!

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  2. Mary Helen Whiteard says

    November 30, 2016 at 8:46 am

    Hot Dog!! Leave it to our South La. pro. Good reading, Linda.

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