Home Run Record Asterisk?
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Home Run Record Asterisk?
I just thought about something that might bring up a little controversy, if it actually happens. Now that the Central League is going to play 146 games this year, if a player breaks the single season home run record of 55 HR's after they've already played 140 games, will there be an asterisk next to the players name, just like with Roger Maris?
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Re: Home Run Record Asterisk?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Mar 31, 2005 11:33 PM
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I think that it would be highly unlikely. In 1966, two years after Oh hit 55 home runs, the number of games was reduced from 140 to 130 (with ties being made up). Because ties were made up, the number of games each player played ended up being different team to team and year to year. Yet, no astrisk has been placed on any records set by players with more or less than 140 games played by a team.
It looks to me like the record is accepted for the number of games played for the given year, be it more or less than the previous record.
Sorry, no controversy to see here.
It looks to me like the record is accepted for the number of games played for the given year, be it more or less than the previous record.
Sorry, no controversy to see here.
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