Heinie Heitmuller won the Pacific Coast League batting title a month after he died.

Heitmuller was having a magnificent offensive season Bobby Jenks Jersey for the Los Angeles Angels in 1912, but so was his teammate Pete Daley. The two sluggers volleyed the leagues batting average lead back and forth throughout the season.

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On September 27, Heitmuller went 6-for-6. He almost caught Daleybut his body caught typhoid fever. Heitmullers illne s forced Reynaldo Lopez Jersey him to leave the team on September 29. He intended to mi s only a few games but his condition worsened and he pa sed away on October 8. The Angels canceled their game that day and other ballparks held moments of silence in Heitmullers honor.

The entire team is Yasmani Grandal Jersey depre sed in the lo s of Heitmuller. We have lost one of the best-liked members of our baseball family, Angels manager Pop Dillon told the Los Angeles Times.

His death is also a heavy blow to the Los Angeles club, as he was considered the batting mainstay of the team, the San Francisco Call wrote of Heitmullers pa sing. Until a Avisail Garcia Jersey short time ago he led the league in hitting. Heitmuller trailed Daley .338 to .335 when he died.

Heitmuller expired, but his statistics didnt. He accumulated enough plate appearances before his Joe Crede Jersey death to be eligible for the PCL batting title, even though hed never take another swing. Daleys performance down the stretch would determine who entered the record books.

Daley slumped in the final 22 games of the season, dropping his average to .332, three points behind the deceased Heitmuller.

And thats how Heinie Heitmuller won a batting title from the grave.

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