Sale to be activated off disabled list Tuesday

A brief history of leadoff hitters to win the Baseball Writers' Association of America's MVP Award:

Phil Rizzuto, 1950 American League

Maury Wills, 1962 National League

Zoilo Versalles, 1965 AL

Pete Rose, 1973 NL

Rickey Henderson, 1990 AL

Ichiro Suzuki, 2001 AL

Jimmy Rollins, 2007 NL

In this final month of the regular season, J.D. Martinez has a shot to make history.

The Red Sox slugger entered September in the top two in the Major Leagues in batting average, home runs and RBIs, putting him in position to challenge for a "true" Triple Crown, which would encompass all of MLB. The last player to lead the Majors in all three categories in the same season was Mickey Mantle, who batted .353 with 52…