Feliz cumpleaños Roberto Francisco Ávila González! (April 2, 1924 – October 26, 2004)
Mexican professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Cleveland Indians (1949–58), Baltimore Orioles (1959), Boston Red Sox (1959), Milwaukee Braves (1959) and Tigres del México (1960). He was better known in his homeland and other Latin American countries as "Beto" and in the majors as "Bobby".
In 1954 Ávila won the American League Batting Championship, edging out Ted Williams and Minnie Miñoso with a .341 batting average, while playing almost the entire season with a broken thumb. By today's standards Williams (with.345) would have been the champion, but he had so many walks (136), he didn't have enough official at bats to qualify. To keep this from happening again, the rule was changed shortly thereafter to plate appearances rather than official at bats to qualify as batting champion. (Wikipedia)
Portrait of Bobby Avila, baseball player for the Cleveland Indians, holding a baseball bat. Facsimile signature on front: "Bob Avila."
Courtesy of the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library