Then the Mets would have switch-hittters at second and third plus a former batting champion at first.

That same winter he acquired future batting champion Julio Franco.

He would end up as the league's batting champion, and led the Royals to a dominant league championship.

He had played for the old Senators for 13 years, was a two-time batting champion and was a favorite of the fans.

Ichiro was a perennial batting champion in Japan who might be one here.

His 118-point drop to a .243 average in 1962 was the largest ever by a batting champion.

For the first time in years, the batting champions were not from the familiar pool of usual suspects.

This year he is a polite batting champion who hit .363.

He knew all about how he was being touted as the future batting champion.

Under the financial gun this season, he was the American League's batting champion.