Sentences with phrase «for centerfielder»

In»89 Van Slyke's zone rating fell to.776, the lowest in the majors for a centerfielder.

With 26 - year - old Mike Ramsey making dazzling defensive plays, the Dodgers have slowed their search for a centerfielder.

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.

Byrnes also signed third baseman Ryan Roberts (16 home runs, 15 steals) as a free agent in 2008 and traded for centerfielder Chris Young when Young was just a White Sox prospect.

Not exact matches

In 1973, Marotta famously cajoled another centerfielder, «Joltin» Joe» DiMaggio, into stumping for Mr. Coffee.

After graduating in 1942, he came close to suiting up for the St. Louis Cardinals as a signed centerfielder.

Centerfielder Chris Singleton, 27, led all major league rookies with a.300 batting average, and first baseman Paul Konerko, 24, hit for both average -LRB-.294) and power (24 homers).

And when Martin benched Murphy, a brilliant centerfielder and the team's RBI leader, for one game last month for misjudging a fly ball, he took his lumps from the press and, through the press, from some players.

At El Segundo (Calif.) High School he batted over.400 as a centerfielder and pitcher, but only the Red Sox saw a big - league future for him on the mound.

Look for New York — which has MVPcandidates in centerfielder Carlos Beltran and third baseman David Wright and ared - hot leadoff hitter in shortstop Jose Reyes — to cruise home, especially with26 of its final 33 games against teams with losing records.

Centerfielder Lance Johnson followed, and while he could hit, he was never known for his eye or patience.

Carlos Gomez is pressing, and with the benefit of hindsight, maybe the Astros wouldn't have given up quite as much for their new centerfielder, but the overall strategy would have been to buy, buy, buy.

«At City Hall, Bill Shea — who was lionized in New York — made a speech in which he apologized for the players,» recalls Richie Ashburn, the centerfielder who would be dubiously distinguished at season's end, named as the Most Valuable Player on the worst team of this century.

If the National League has a more promising star than the Astros» Glenn, he's Reds centerfielder Eric, who was named the NL Player of the Month for July.

They signed free - agent leftfielder Rickey Henderson and pitcher Bob Tewksbury, traded for first baseman Wally Joyner and re-signed third baseman Ken Caminiti and centerfielder Steve Finley.

Two of California's runs had scored in the sixth when Boston centerfielder Dave Henderson, who had replaced Tony Armas (sprained ankle) in the fifth, tipped Bobby Grich's fly ball over the fence for a homer.

Last year Mike Kelly hit three homers for the Reds in the first week of the exhibition season, prompting Ray Knight to anoint him as the Opening Day centerfielder, even though Kelly was a career.220 hitter with only 214 major league at bats.

Bob Tewksbury, who averaged fewer than 1.5 walks per nine innings in» 98, also called it quits, and centerfielder Otis Nixon (37 stolen bases) bolted for Atlanta as a free agent.

Like everyone else, Ojeda must be wondering why one of the Mets» aces wasn't traded long ago for a catcher or a centerfielder.

That wasn't the only boo - boo by the Cubs, Centerfielder Bobby Bonds and Rightfielder Heity Cruz were chasing a long drive by Kingman in the 10th when both suddenly backed off and let the ball drop for a triple that led to the decisive run in a 7 - 4 loss.