Information AboutJoe Rudi |
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PLAYING WITH THE A'S His best batting average was he hit .309 in 1970 , he had a career best 181 hits in 1972 , that year, he led the Athletics to the World Series, and in game 2, made a great game-saving catch that would be the highlight reel for many Major League Baseball Highglight films, with a Cincinnati Reds player on base and Oakland leading 2-0 in the ninth inning, Rudi raced to the left-field fence and made a leaping, backhanded catch of Denis Menke 's smash. in 1974 he had a career best 22 home runs and 99 runs batted in, he even hit a home run in the World Series , as his Athletics became the first team since the 1949 - 1953 New York Yankees to win 3 straight World Championships. In a 16-year career, Rudi was a .264 hitter with 179 Home Run s and 810 RBI in 1547 Games . HIGHLIGHTS
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