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Luis Olmo's All-Star-Worthy Year of 1945
I'm very sorry to hear the news of Luis Olmo's death. He would have turned 98 this coming August.
He had the misfortune of having his best MLB season in 1945 when no all-star game was played (That's the only year in the game's 85 year history when the game was cancelled.)
He definitely had all-star game selection worthy batting statistics. His final statistics for that season for the Brooklyn Dodgers included 174 hits in 556 at-bats for a .313 batting average and he drove in 110 runs with only 10 home runs. He led the National League that year with 13 triples and had a career-high 15 stolen bases. He had some of the best hitting stats that year for any National League outfielder.
R.I.P, Luis.
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