Sentences with phrase «last plate appearance»

Clemente, who earned his 3,000 th hit in what would become the last plate appearance of his career, was killed in a plane crash while helping to deliver relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua in December of 1972.

Not exact matches

It would also rank 25th over the last five years among first basemen with more than 1,000 plate appearances.

And Markakis hit three home runs in 686 plate appearances last year, which seems like a glitch that would get fixed with a software update.

While it's noteworthy that he's three walks away from his career high — in 355 fewer plate appearances compared to last season — and the change in his approach could explain a lot, I'll err on the side of the previous five seasons.

Not just a lot of dingers for a pitcher, either: in the last three seasons, he's hit 11 homers in 205 plate appearances, or one in 5.4 percent of his plate appearances, which is the same rate Mike Trout has over his last three campaigns.

My issue with your theme is you are comparing 30 plus plate appearances this year to almost 400 last year, dismissing above average numbers as a fluke and stating that the first ten days of this season is the real deal.

He also struck out 117 times last year with just 19 walks in 408 plate appearances in Class - A last year.

... Last week Willie McGee made his first plate appearance since his off - season knee surgery.

Cespedes has walked about as much in his 2,435 career plate appearances as Joey Votto did last year, but he makes up for that lack of discipline with otherworldly athleticism and strength.

Last season, in 147 plate appearances with double - A Harrisburg, Harper batted.256 with three home runs, 15 walks, and 26 strikeouts.

2005 Outlook: Last year the Mets gave too many at bats to guys like Todd Zeile -LRB-.319 OBP in 396 plate appearances) and Karim Garcia -LRB-.272 OBP in 202 PAs).

He had 256 plate appearances as a rookie last year and had a higher BABIP than he's ever had in his professional career.

In fact, Rodriguez has batted.281 and has an.865 OPS (on - base plus slugging percentage) against Boston since becoming a Yankee, including the playoffs and last weekend when he reached base eight times in 11 plate appearances as New York lost two out of three games.

Alario, 23, has impressed at River Plate since joining from Colon last summer and scored 10 goals in 19 appearances this season.