[BohDaThone]

I don't think so. It must have been after 1960, as one account said that williams would have won the batting crown in 19(58, I think), which he lost, something like .3439 to .34375, but he had one more sac fly than the winner.

None of the accounts have mentioned that Gwynn, etc. would have done any better, so I am assuming the new scoring convention went in in the 60s.

[doug from upland]

I just found it. The SAC fly rule was not in effect for the years 1940-53. It was reinstated in 1954. The early rule in the early 1900s gave an RBI but the batter was charged with an at bat.