While major league muscle boys were poling home runs at near-record rates, a lean, goodlooking outfielder who has only two to his credit this season was demonstrating a different sort of batting prowess. Cleveland Indian Centerfielder Jimmy Piersall, 31. was spraying line drives to all fields, collecting so many base hits that, at week's end, he sported a batting average a flashy 90 points over his lifetime .272 mark. The young father of eight led both leagues in hits and was a big reason for his team's surge into a three-way American League battle for first place. For a superb fielder...
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