Great Scott!
Yankee third baseman Scott Brosius, a .254 career hitter with average power, always seems to turn it up a notch in the World Series. A look:
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Year AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG 1998 17 3 8 0 0 2 6 .471 1999 16 2 6 1 0 0 1 .375 2000 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 Totals 39 7 16 1 0 3 9 .410
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Note: The World Series record (minimum 50 at-bats) for highest batting average is .418, by Pepper Martin and Paul Molitor. Also, Brosius--a career .959 fielder at third base--has never made an error in the World Series.
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