Question: Since integration (1947), excluding the 2020 and 1981 seasons as there were not enough games played, only two MLB franchises completed an entire full-length season with a team batting average of .220 or less and less than 65 home runs hit in aggregate.
Name them.
Answers:
The 1963 Houston Colt .45s hit .220 with 62 HR while going 66-96 (9th in the NL).
The 1972 Texas Rangers hit .217 with 56 HR while going 54-100 (6th in the AL West).
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