Sentences with phrase «batting average a season»

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The Red Sox left fielder is one of the greatest players in baseball history, a 19 - time All Star and the last player to finish a season with a.400 batting average or higher.

My main argument against Perez is that his success this season is at least partially driven by batting average.

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

In his first four seasons as a major - leaguer, first with the New York Mets and since 1972 with the Expos, Foli managed to get into more fights with opposing players, umpires, and even his own teammates, and to hit more innocent bystanders with thrown helmets, bats and balls than the average high - spirited player might in a 20 - year career.

He can tell me the players» batting averages last season, birthdays, and bunch of other random stuff (he's mildly autistic).

Cesar Cedeno of Houston (3 - 4), who began the season with a seven - year batting average of.294, is hitting only.190.

Newcombe, who twice won 20 games for Brooklyn, led the Dodgers in batting average last season.

He has averaged 32 home runs a season for the last three years and, assuming he brought his bat with him, he will give the team needed power.

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 League.

With Xander Bogaerts, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Dustin Pedroia all hitting over.300 this season, the Red Sox have the best batting average in baseball at.293.

He won the NL batting title, for one, with a.331 batting average to end the season.

Shave some points from his batting average and on - base percentage... give him fewer 160 - game seasons... heck, we know that he isn't going to steal 110 bases in this alternate reality.

Last season, he missed more bats than he ever had, taking a leap from a pitcher who averaged about a strikeout per inning to a monster who would sneak a couple extra strikeouts in just about every start.

Since Ortiz came into the league, he's accounted for almost a third of the above - average seasons from every DH who qualified for the batting title.

Altuve not only led the league in hits last season, but also in batting average.

Slugger Del Ennis (average 100 runs - batted - in per season last nine years), Outfielder Richie Ashburn.

Voelker led the way with team - bests in batting average -LRB-.462), hits (36), RBI (20), and extra-base hits (12) while also posting a perfect 6 - 0 record with a 1.99 ERA prior to suffering his first loss in the regular season finale.

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.

Behind a slow start from the newly acquired Albert Pujols -LRB-.217 batting average and zero home runs in April), Los Angeles sat in last place with an 8 - 15 record after the first month of the season and were the best team to bet against in the league.

Crisp can't match Damon's facial hair, but if his batting average improves for the fourth straight season — he hit.300 last year — Boston fans will go loco for Coco.

Starting in centerfield and batting third, he's at the heart of L.A.'s upgraded offense, which is averaging 4.6 runs, up from a major - league - worst 3.5 last season.

White, who has caught 100 or more games for past eight seasons and averaged.284 at bat last year to lead American League catchers with Yogi Berra, chose to quit the game rather than leave Boston, where he shares a partnership in a bowling enterprise.

Last season the slugger saw his batting average drop 35 points (from.348 to.313) and his home run production drop by 19 (from 44 to 25).

Kramer Robertson has had a rough go of it in Omaha, with errors compounded on errors and a drowsiness at the plate unbefitting his.413 season batting average.

The 30 - year - old right - hander has gone 6 - 4 with a 4.39 ERA and 1.36 WHIP this season, but his performance has been progressively worse in every month including a 6.27 ERA and.321 opponent batting average in June.

Posey is the favorite to win the NL Most Valuable Player Award, what with his.334 batting average, 23 home runs and 100 RBIs and the Comeback Player of the Year Award, after he missed the last four months of last season after breaking his leg in a collision at home plate.

Coleman had a particularly anemic year at the plate in»89 -LRB-.254,.316 on - base average), and despite an off - season tutorial with appropriately named batting coach Steve Braun, he might have to steal time away from the Cards» other regular outfielders — moving left to right, former MVP Willie McGee, Milt Thompson -LRB-.290, 68 RBIs, 27 stolen bases) and Tom Brunansky, who hit at least 20 homers in each of the last eight seasons.

YEAR: Senior POSITION: Shortstop 2015 REWIND: Fines had her best season for the Huskies as a junior with team highs in batting average -LRB-.477), hits (51) and doubles (14).

Albert Pujols, who signed for $ 254 million in the off - season, did not hit a home run during the first month of the season and currently owns a batting average south of the Mendoza line.

Junior outfielder Jarron Silva has stepped up his game this season, collecting a team - best 40 hits and scoring nine runs to go with his.374 batting average.

With a season - long team batting average of.276, they were able to hit only.256 in the Series — and that, more than anything else, is a tribute to the ability of Whitey Ford.

A former rookie of the year and MVP, Ichiro has been a shell of his former self this season posting just a.261 batting average, however the Yankees hope a change of scenery — and more importantly, the chance to finally play for a contender — will help the slap - happy lefty regain his old form.

Even considering that, though, his bat is legitimate — Fowler has hit.270 /.367 /.420 for a 110 OPS + over the last five seasons — and he's been at least an average player during those years, even if you assume he can't play defense to save his life.

PITTSBURGH is 24 - 14 (+14.0 Units) against the money line vs. an NL team with a team batting average of.255 or worse this season.

But the report then points out that the «between - season correlation in batting averages for professional baseball players is 0.36.»

For example, statistician Jim Albert estimates that a baseball player's batting average over a full season is a fifty - fifty combination between skill and luck.

Example of cherry picking would be someone saying that St. Louis Cardinal great Stan Musial does not belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame because he had a mediocre.280 batting average for his last five seasons.