One overlooked scoring decision lingered for years before someone finally caught it.
Roger Maris’ 61st home run in 1961 sealed both history and a narrow RBI title—at least for decades. But a 1995 review uncovered a scoring mistake from July that cost him one RBI, dropping his total into a tie with Baltimore’s Jim Gentile.
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A lost bonus tied to an incorrect stat
How one researcher uncovered the discrepancy
The exact play that changed the RBI race
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