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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