Sentences with phrase «in major leagues»

Hank Aaron went 0 — 5 in his first game in the major leagues, but he did not quit.

Now consider this: Kevin might never be a regular in the major leagues, let alone become a star.

For the record, Ortiz is no threat to ever enter the baseball version of the 40/40 club, as he has a grand total of 10 stolen bases in his 14 seasons in the major leagues.

Every position player in the major leagues has solid grades on at least a few of these tools, but only a handful have mastered all five.

This means that global auctioneers have a.667 success rate, which is also an outstanding batting average in the major leagues.

Players interested in major leagues can choose to lead a team with multiple victories on its count, while those enjoying a challenge may lead a novice group awaiting its breakthrough.

With our mobile app you can track sport results and scores in all major leagues, tournaments and events.

In that moment, Washington shows you what lies beneath all of Troy's delusional bragging about how he could still make it in the major leagues.

In spite of a very rainy beginning to our season, over 23,000 visitors What pitcher totaled the most wins in the major leagues during the decade of the 1980s?

Informational interviewing puts you squarely in the major leagues of networking.

Of all the skills a ballplayer needs to make it in the major leagues, this ability to intercept a fly ball might be the most remarkable.

And John pitched in the major leagues until 1989.

And he requested that we make the bat bag big enough so that when he plays in the major leagues (notice the use of «when,» not «if»... love that), it will still hold a larger size bat for him.

Club ownership in major leagues is relatively stable, with only 5 % of clubs changing hands in the last 12 months

Of the 33 active starting pitchers in the major leagues with 1,000 or more innings and an ERA lower than 4.00, Valdes ranks last in victories and 25th in winning percentage (61 - 54,.530).

By 2013, he was one of the best pitchers in the major leagues.

Some 57 of them are now in the major leagues, but they are integrated only on the field.

He's one of the most powerful men in the major leagues, but the Yankees» first baseman gets injured so often and so easily that he's a perennial question mark for the New Yorkers

That list doesn't include any of the current ex-WCAL players now starring in college or some others that have been standouts in the major leagues, such as first base Jim Gentile (Sacred Heart), outfielder Eric Byrnes (St. Francis - Mountain View), infielder Daniel Descalso (St. Francis), catcher Joe Kmak (Serra), outfielder Daniel Nava (St. Francis), pitcher Scott Chiamparino (Serra), pitcher Dan Serafini (Serra), infield Ed Giovanola (Bellarmine), outfielder Mike Vail (Archbishop Mitty) and infielder Aaron Bates (Archbishop Mitty).

Interviewed afterward by NBC's Sandy Koufax and by Dizzy Dean, who had been the last 30 - game winner in the major leagues, McLain called Tiger fans — you'll enjoy this — «the world's greatest.»

I watch most of the games in the major leagues in Europe and i can say that something's really wrong with our medical staff.

We ranked the position players in the major leagues from 1 (the best) to 425, and the pitchers from 1 to 400, based on our projections of their statistical production this season.

With a two - run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to put Chicago up 5 - 1 over the Braves, Bryant became the only player in franchise history to hit at least 25 home runs in his first three seasons in the major leagues.

The Boston Red Sox have the best batting average and the most runs out of any team in the major leagues, so it should come as no surprise that the Red Sox are well - represented in the American League's lineup.

WHEN THE Metsreported to St. Petersburg for spring training in 1969, they were startingtheir eighth season in the major leagues and had never had a winning record; in»68 they had gone 73 — 89.

Eighteen years in the major leagues.

His first 12 years in the major leagues amounted to what appeared to be a continual attempt by Oliver to kill his own career.

With the signings of free - agent pitchers Greg Swindell and Doug Drabek, the Astros are the most - improved team in the major leagues.

The emergence of two other draftees from California's farm system, DH Danny Goodwin -LRB-.292 and nine RBIs in 14 games) and Infielder Jim Anderson -LRB-.235), prompts Bavasi to say, «Most of our best prospects are in the major leagues right now.

This commitment to the game bore fruit in the 1970s when Ryan Kurosaki and Lenn Sakata became the first Americans of Japanese descent to play in the major leagues.

But it took the Yankees coming over the top with a young, cost - controlled pitcher who had already proven his worth in the major leagues to get a trade done.

Then I had read somewhere that only about 7 % of all baseball rookiesever make it in the major leagues, and I thought about traveling around inbuses in the minors and I hate buses.

Due primarily to expansion, the total number of players in the major leagues has grown 61.4 % over the last three decades.

Under Rader, the Angels, who were generally picked for fifth in» 89, had the best record in the major leagues, 63 - 40, as of Sunday.

Having said all that, Throneberry is still fiercely proud of his seven seasons in the major leagues.

Arriving in the major leagues by a circuitous route just before the All - Star break, young Jim Nash won his first seven games for the Athletics and has added to the growing interest in a changing and better team

Pitching talent in the major leagues is in precious short supply; because of injuries, inconsistency and incompetence, rotations these days change quicker than the nocturnal winds at Candlestick.

The pitching staff closed with a whopping 5.35 ERA — next - to - last in the major leagues and second - worst in franchise history.

As Ken Rosenthal reports at The Athletic, Machado would like to swap from third to short next season no matter who is he playing with — if it's with the Orioles it would give him reps before signing a major deal, if it's with a new team it would show other suitors out there what he can do at short in the major leagues before they commit hundreds of millions of dollars to him on a multi-year deal.

There is no shortage of nominees when SI pays tribute to the year's Most Ridiculous Performances in the major leagues

The Braves».610 winning percentage over the last five seasons is 69 points higher than that of the White Sox -LRB-.541), owners of the second - best record in the major leagues during that same span.

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

The Cardinals were the most improved team in the major leagues last season, raising their winning percentage by more than 100 points (from.434 to.543) over 1995.

And if not, it will definitely be Spain, Madrid to be precise, we will get to know this week as the season is now completely over in the major leagues...

Also, pitchers in the major leagues are pretty good, you know?

My dream is to be in the major leagues, even though I've had 10 heart surgeries.

Promising rookies and fast friends, Ron Kittle (left) and Greg Walker could be big hitters in the major leagues — though they may not stick with Chicago

2018 and 2019 are all about the development of players, even in the major leagues.

Right now he's the best pitcher in the major leagues

«He's the only guy I ever thought: This guy can play in the major leagues,» said Bradford, who coached four of them.