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PEOPLE, Page 63Ty Breaker
By MICHAEL QUINN
A record was set in major-league baseball last week -- by
a pitcher who retired from the game in 1986. Tom Seaver, whose
power and precision turned the New York Mets into champions and
who later pitched his only no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds,
was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year
of eligibility. Seaver's winning percentage of 98.8% of the
hearts and minds of the Baseball Writers Association of America
slid past the previous record of 98.2% collected by diamond king
Ty Cobb in 1936. The writers' group also fingered relief pitcher
Rollie Fingers for his unmatched 341 saves. He is the first
hurler with a lifetime losing record to enter Cooperstown.