Sentences with phrase «national league average»

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During a season in which he leads the National League with 159 hits and is second in batting average, Giants outfielder...

Alderson had peddled reserve outfielder Felix (the Other) Jose, who had been filling in for the injured Henderson, and two more minor leaguers to St. Louis for centerfielder McGee, whose.335 average with the Cardinals may well be good enough to win the National League batting race — at just about the time McGee swings into the American League Championship Series.

Joe Torre was back in contention for the National League batting lead after a nine - game stretch in which he went 15 for 32 and raised his average from.313 to.343.

At week's end he was third in the National League in home runs (nine) and RBIs (27) and fifth in batting average -LRB-.387), helping Atlanta maintain its perch atop the East.

The five toughest pitchers to hit last season in each league (according to opponents» batting average) were all power guys: Al Leiter, Smoltz, Hideo Nomo, Brown and Curt Schilling in the National League and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American Lleague (according to opponents» batting average) were all power guys: Al Leiter, Smoltz, Hideo Nomo, Brown and Curt Schilling in the National League and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American LLeague and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American LeagueLeague.

He was, in fact, the National League Rookie of the Year in 1979, winning 17 games for the Dodgers and driving in 17 runs (he had a.247 batting average).

Brett has a 12 - 7 record, a 2.86 earned - run average and was the winning pitcher in the National League's 7 - 2 victory in last week's All - Star Game.

EFFECTIVE TEAM PITCHING The Phillies just missed leading the National League in batting -LRB-.266), but their pitchers allowed the opposition an even better batting average.

EXTRA-BASE POWER Rooky Colavito, a solid.303 hitter, led all major league batters in extra-base percentage, but it was Walt Moryn, with a weak.264 average, who led the National Lleague batters in extra-base percentage, but it was Walt Moryn, with a weak.264 average, who led the National LeagueLeague.

Atlanta also needs outfield help: Reggie Sanders, Bobby Bonilla and Trenidad Hubbard (combined.216 average, 10 home runs and 34 RBIs) have given the Braves less production from leftfield than any other team in the National League.

The Braves have finished fifth or sixth in the National League West every year since 1985, averaging 96 losses a season.

Giancarlo Stanton leads this year's crop of players with a National League best 21 home runs and, according to ESPN's Home Run Tracker, leads baseball with an average home run distance of 423.8 feet.

He was the first National League player to lead the majors in hits and stolen bases since Honus Wagner in 1908, and the first NL player to lead the NL in batting average and steals since Jackie Robinson in 1949.

Baseball purists argue that there's an unfair advantage based on ballpark since American League pitchers don't take batting practice and National League team's rarely have the bench depth to install an above average designated hitter.

Yes, last year Dreifort went 8 - 2 with a 3.14 ERA after the All - Star break, and his opponents» batting average -LRB-.238) was ninth lowest in the National League.

In the 12 - team National League the»69 Mets ranked second in ERA (2.99) but eighth in batting average -LRB-.242).

He was hitting.156 /.208 /.289 with 24 strikeouts in 49 plate appearances to start this season, which isn't much better than the average pitcher in the National League so far.

A fringe player in the main Nigeria national team he had an above average showing for the B team at the 2016 CHAN Championship and he is rated as one of the best players in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Defined as perseverance and passion for long - term goals, grit accounted for an average of 4 percent of the variance in success outcomes, including educational attainment among two samples of adults; grade point average among Ivy League undergraduates; retention among two classes at the United States Military Academy, West Point; and ranking in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

«For the average charter school facility in New Jersey, with an average enrollment of 274 students, this translates into $ 388,532 — enough to hire more than eight additional teachers,» said the analysis released by the New Jersey Charter School Association, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the Colorado League of Charter Schools.

The National League should inflate all of its players» averages by 8 points to make their players «look more attractive in a competitive free agent market.»

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Defined as a «tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long - term goals,» her research has correlated grit with educational attainment, grade - point average in Ivy League undergrads, retention in West Point cadets, and rank in the US National Spelling Bee.