Sentences with phrase «714th career home run»

When he stepped to the plate in the fourth inning, against lefty hurler Al Downing, Aaron had 714 career home runs — tying him with Babe Ruth.

He had 38 career home runs, which was 2.2 percent of his 1,754 plate appearances.

Bert Campaneris nearly doubled his career home run total in 1970, when he hit 22.

Not since Henry Aaron chased and caught the Babe's career home run record in 1974 had there been such a fuss.

Chris Sabo, 1991 (career home runs - 116; career high - 26) The Rookie of the Year in 1988 as a 26 - year - old with the Reds, he only finished in the top ten in home runs once, when he was tenth in 1991.

John Jaha, 1999 (career home runs, 141; career high - 35) He was a slugger, for sure, and the most obvious home - run hitter on this list.

David Ross hit his 100th career home run Friday, an obviously special milestone for the Cubs» veteran catcher.

Hubie Brooks, 1986 (career home runs - 149; career high - 20) He has the most career home runs of anyone on this list, but that's because he played for 15 seasons.

Ozzie Virgil, 1987 (career home runs - 98; career high - 27) Of the eight players named Ozzie to ever play in the majors, Ozzie Virgil, Jr. was the only one to ever reach double digits in home runs.

Hee Seop Choi, 2005 (career home runs, 40; career high - 15) The 2005 Home Run Derby was a little bit odd in the representatives were chosen to represent a country, ostensibly to get the world ready for World Baseball Classic fever, so Choi was the de facto choice for South Korea.

Fielding Gem When the Kansas City Royals» George Brett hit his 300th career home run last week against the Indians in Cleveland, the ball was retrieved in the rightfield bleachers by Ralph Gay, a 55 - year - old fan on an outing from a nearby veterans» hospital.

His 51 career home runs at the position are the most by any Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop.

The right - hander, who turns 30 in February, won't get to hit as often with the designated hitter in the American League, but Gallardo is the active leader among pitchers with 12 career home runs.

Walking a player with six career home runs in 3,044 plate appearances is a mortal sin against the sport.

The two moments that come to mind are Jason Heyward's first career home run, and Bobby Cox's last game managing the Braves.

Many will say that my argument fails to give ample credit to the enormous number of career home runs hit by Kiner's competitors.

When do you think Pujols will smack his 600th career home run?

It was a CIF Central Coast Section baseball game and the MLB career home run king (add asterisk if you wish) struck out in his final at - bat.

The researchers explained, «Altogether, the difference between performance of the baseball players before and after career home run milestones is consistent with the hypothesis that there is an association between the type of task undertaken and the assumed stress.»

This year gave us, not only spectacular debuts from a wide range of exceptional new voices (Columbus, Get Out, Lady Bird), but also A-game late - career home runs by Frederick Wiseman, Steven Spielberg, Agnès Varda, Terence Davies, and (I promise I'm not trolling) Terrence Malick; a Spike Lee Netflix show that revisits and revises She's Got ta Have It, a movie from his own upstart era, and a Sofia Coppola movie — The Beguiled — that revises an earlier era of female desire at the movies; Wonder Woman, the first -LRB-!)

Enter friend and teammate Joey Amalfitano, a career.244 hitter with just one career home run entering the 1961 season.

When fans think of the high points of opening days through history, there's no doubt that Hammerin» Hank Aaron made one of the most indelible impressions at Riverfront Stadium on his first swing of the 1974 season when he tagged the Cincinnati Reds for his 714th career home run — tying Babe Ruth on the all - time list.

Well, he went on to do amazing things — including setting the career home run record.

Not exact matches

George Herman «Babe» Ruth was a star pitcher in his early career but achieved his fame as «The Sultan of Swat» by hitting 714 home runs and driving in 2,213 runs in 22 seasons between 1914 and 1935.

She was a stay - at - home mother who launched a full - time career as a political activist and public speaker from nearly the day her first child was born, doing a neat end - run around the feminists who claimed to have invented the idea that a married woman could have a professional life.

To appreciate where Encarnacion is right now — entering free agency after a career high in home runs and leading the league in RBI, poised to make all the millions, you have to appreciate where he was.

Even his mom admitted after it happened that because of his excitement to be there and the atmosphere, she wasn't surprised that he hit a home run in one of the most emotionally charged moments of his career.

# 19 Mike Lansing CASPER In 1989 led NCAA Division I with 101 runs for College World Series champion Wichita State; hit career - high 20 home runs for Expos in» 97.

Descalso hit.233 /.332 /.395 in 2017, and set career highs in both RBI and home runs.

The home run was Vazquez's seventh of the year, a career high by far.

His strikeout rate was the worst of his career, and so was his home run rate.

McGwire already had bettered a number of Ruth's achievements this year (fastest to 400 career homers, most consecutive 50 - home run seasons and most home runs over two and three consecutive seasons), but 60 made it clear that McGwire is the closest thing to Ruth we've ever seen.

And two of Galloway's home runs, out of a career total of more than 2,000, are the closest thing to legend that slow pitch has to offer.

I remember being in the backyard as my dad swept leaves, hearing him laugh and laugh when Mike LaCoss hit his second home run in as many starts, the only two of his career.

He was one out away from notching a second one in just his second career start, but lost it on a home run.

If the National League rejects the DH, he could conceivably match Wes Ferrell's career.280 percentage and 38 home runs — including nine in 1931.

Lindor, or «Mr. Smile» if you prefer self - given nicknames, showed up with a power swing in 2017 that helped him reach a career - high 33 home runs and.505 slugging percentage.

Bradley, just 6 - for - 61 in his career at the plate, tripled home two runs to give the Diamondbacks some insurance runs.

Madison Bumgarner went deep for the 10th home run of his career, giving him a line of.245 /.273 /.491 on the season, and a two - year OPS + of 113.

Brooks was a shortstop when he was selected for the»86 Home Run Derby, and his career high to that point was 16 home rHome Run Derby, and his career high to that point was 16 home rhome runs.

# 3 Buck Leonard ROCKY MOUNT Known as the Black Lou Gehrig; batted.340 and averaged 34 home runs during 17 - year Negro leagues career.

Those two have combined for 580 home runs in their careers.

He hit more home runs in the first half than he ever hit in another season, and he ended his career by guiding Dante Bichette through Dodger Stadium.

Redmond hit.287 /.342 /.358 with 13 home runs and 242 RBI over the course of his career, which was spent mostly as a backup.

So I'm a gonna lop off 150 home runs from that career total, just because of the aches, pains, wear, and tear.

The eight top home run hitters over the past five years — McGwire, Sosa, Albert Belle, Vinny Castilla, Juan Gonzalez, Ken Griffey Jr., Rafael Palmeiro and Mo Vaughn — have a combined career average of.107 against Martinez, with just one home run (by Gonzalez) in 84 times at bat.

It's both the first five - hit game for Arenado and the first three - home run game of his career, and when you add those seven RBI to his impressive day, it makes him the first Colorado player to ever put up that stat line in a single game.

Stanton, who walloped 59 home runs in 2017, has played three career games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, while with the Miami Marlins in 2015.

The longtime Houston Astros first baseman hit.297 /.408 /.540, a 149 OPS + in his 15 - year career, and finished with 449 home runs, 488 doubles, and was the 1994 National League MVP.

Charlie Blackmon, who had less than 500 career at bats entering the season, has been a revelation with a.306 batting average to go along with 14 home runs and 18 stolen bases.