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- <text id=91TT1222>
- <title>
- June 03, 1991: Died:James ("Pete") Runnels
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- June 03, 1991 Date Rape
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- MILESTONES, Page 57
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- <p> DIED. James ("Pete") Runnels, 63, former two-time American
- League batting champion; of a stroke; in Pasadena, Texas. A
- spray-hitting infielder, Runnels played for the Washington
- Senators from 1951 through 1957, then won two batting crowns
- with the Boston Red Sox, in 1960 and 1962, with averages of .320
- and .326. In his 14-year major-league career, Runnels coma .291
- average.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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