Sentences with phrase «leadoff hitters other»

Miami's leadoff hitters other than Gordon this season have done quite well in his absence, hitting.324 /.396 /.420, with time split at the top of the order mostly between outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (31 starts), second baseman Derek Dietrich (22 starts) and catcher J.T. Realmuto (21 starts).

Not exact matches

So, for now we have a solid contact hitter, w above average base running ability, and elite play in CF who can be a leadoff man if there is no other excellent choice (like today's lineup) or can be a fantastic setup man at # 8 for bunting over w the pitcher and having high average guys at 1/2 drive him in.

Everybody at the top of the White Sox lineup has contributed: At week's end leadoff man Tim Raines had a first - inning batting average of.389, Joey Cora had scored 21 runs, Frank Thomas had hit 10 homers (no other player had more than seven) and driven in 25 runs, and sometimes cleanup hitter Robin Ventura was batting a major league - high.511 (23 for 45) with 22 RBIs.

That pitch was thrown, following about 150 others, to the White Sox leadoff hitter in the ninth inning, proof, as beleaguered major league hitters had long suspected, that the Ryan Express runs faster the later it gets.

But Jones had a mere 33 walks, fewer than any other regular American League leadoff hitter except the Yankees» Alfonso Soriano, who had just 19.