Sentences with phrase «home run hitters»

Whatever the case, many of the winningest pitchers and top home run hitters in the major leagues since 1920 were born in close proximity to one another

Since the last All - Star break, Ken Griffey Jr. has hit.247 in 576 at bats with fewer doubles than Denny Hocking, but he's become a pure home run hitter who will push Mark McGwire to the end.

In 2010, they were actually filled with home run hitters, from Juan Uribe to Aubrey Huff, and that was a substantial part of their balanced offensive attack.

But the king of home run hitters remains an obscure man named Joe Bauman who played for the Roswell (N.Mex.)

These exercises are known as Home Run Hitter Exercises because of the way your body responds.

They hit 130 homers, and one of their leading home run hitters, Angel Pagan, was leaving in free agency.

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.

The baseball analogy is useful here, because home run hitters tend to strike out a lot.

But note that Hank Aaron averaged 37 per year, and he was one of the greatest home run hitters in history.

Lacking home run hitters, the Sox laboriously squeeze out their runs, one by one, and then rely on pitching and defense to hold off the opposition.

The A's have the second - and third-most prolific home run hitters in either league (Canseco and Mark McGwire).

Definitely a play making home run hitter.

Home run hitters trot around the bases.

They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters.

There are certain players who have shown themselves to be slightly better home run hitters than certain other players, but that doesn't really apply to the derby format, in which guys are hucking batting practice from seven feet away and rounds can last as few as ten pitches.

The Miami Marlins outfielder, who is currently tied for fifth among MLB home run hitters with 21, sits at 3/1.

At 20 years of age brown - eyed Ron Swoboda has become a hero to rival Marvelous Marv Throneberry in the affections of New York Met fans, and he has also become a genuine major - league home run hitter

Home run hitters usually do not hit for average.

MediaTek's strategy is similar to the Moneyball theory, baseball managers» unconventional stats - driven idea of valuing players with good on - base percentage (an overlooked and rather boring stat), instead of relying on one or two expensive home run hitters that blow their team's salary cap.

The sophomore from Miami Norland high school has been outstanding as a featured back in 2013; he follows blocks better than a lot of home run hitters, but he still possesses home run capability.

Also, one of their leading home run hitters was Angel Pagan.

If you want to look at the top 100 home run hitters in history, you can find Giants festooned all over the place, from Orlando Cepeda to Jack Clark to Matt Williams to Jeff Kent to Chili Davis to Darrell Evans to Dave Kingman.

So I've picked my four «home run hitters» to be launching.

Kansas City defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham says this of Thomas's history of inconsistency: «In the past, I think he was like the home run hitter who says, «I'm not bunting, I'm not hitting singles.»

Without a home run hitter worthy of the name, the White Sox are all set to make their annual run at the Yankees — and the elusive pennant.

When a catcher strikes out a home run hitter in extra innings, we remember it.

Home run hitters must invariably be guessers of some sort, since success at their craft depends on seeing a pitch come down that they expect, so they have time to generate a powerful swing.

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Many expect Bryant to be a perennial 40 home run hitter in the future; the question is when that era will begin.

The fastball pitcher, the strikeout king, the kid who can throw the high hard one, the dark one, the hummer, heat, smoke, is, with the home run hitter, the glamour boy of the game, the stuff of baseball legend.

«Now I'm starting to think of him as a home run hitter who can hit.300.»

They were the only team without a 20 - home run hitter.

Extinction methods are like the home run hitter hitting clean - up.

The Chris Davis workout includes the exercises needed to become a Home Run hitter.

Chris Davis is excelling as a home run hitter on the field, because of his commitment off the field.

They were home run hitters; singles hitters fell well behind.

The analogy breaks down here: a home run hitter can be useful to a team even if he has a.250 average and strikes out three times for every home run.