Tony Oliva, Unfortunate lot...All three would not return to the top 3 in batting...Oliva took his last or three batting crowns; the first in his Rookie year of 1964 and an encore as a sophomore in 1965...Tony O was out for most of 1972 with a knee injury and while he put up solid numbers never really was the same afterwards having been robbed of his speed.... Bobby Murcer....solid career and NY darling turned his focus to home runs in 1972, collecting 33 but at the cost of a 39 point drop in BA....Murcer would reach over .300 once more, in 1973.....Merv Rettenmund sported a .318 BA and great promise but turned out to be a flash in the pan....At the end of 1971, was hitting .306 for his career; a figure that dovetailed to .271 mark by the time he hung up his spikes in 1980.
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