A three-time All-Star and winner of the 1954 AL batting crown, Avila's production dropped off precipitously in 1956: two years removed from a .341 batting average, he hit just .224. Avila was the first Mexican-born player to achieve Major League stardom, and sportswriter Harry Grayson described his sudden fall as a 'a national calamity in Mexico.'
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