Mauer earns third batting title
October 7, 2009
Joe Mauer missed the month of April but he didn’t seem to miss a beat as he went on to win his third batting title in four years. Mauer hit a career high .365 batting average, which beat out Ichiro Suzuki who hit .352.
Mauer’s third batting title is historic as he has surpassed both Bill Dickey (1936) and Mike Piazza (1997) for the highest batting average by a catcher. Dickey and Piazza were tied at .362.
His three batting titles also ties the total amount of batting titles won by other catchers combined. Ernie Lombardi won titles in 1938 and 1942 and Bubbles Hargrave won one in 1926.
Mauer also became the first player to earn back-to-back batting championships since Nomar Garciaparra did it in 1999 and 2000.
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