Sentences with phrase «major league hit»

Thanks to the enormous surge in concealed carry weapon licenses, the Smith & Wesson BODYGUARD series is a major league hit.

He got one major league hit, a single, before returning to football in 2004.

Lollar's first major league hit, on April 28, 1981, struck the facing of the second deck in Riverfront Stadium for a home run.

• On June 5, A's outfielder Troy Neel was congratulated by teammate Willie Wilson after Neel's first major league hit.

Not exact matches

No one could, for instance, no matter how fine his eyesight or physical coordination, hit a major - league pitch with a cylindrical bat if there were not some prior attunement on his part to the subtle spiritual force that flows through all things, a sort of Zen cultivation of the mindless mind, in which the impossible is accomplished because it somehow simply accomplishes itself in us.

In five decades, when we all have a government - mandated Siri module implanted where the spine meets the brain, someone will ask Siri who holds the Major League Baseball record for career hits.

Of the 1,700 - plus players to wear a catcher's mask in a major league game, of the thousands to do it professionally, of the tens of thousands to do it in high school and college, no catcher could hit baseballs better than he could.

While zooming through three levels of the minor leagues last season, Snider batted.275 -LRB-.349 OBP,.480 slugging) with 23 home runs and 91 RBIs.After a late - August call - up to the majors he hit.301 in 24 games and now saysthat playing in the big leagues was «easier than I thought.»

If I had to draw a line at what constitutes the Major League Baseball career hits record, it would probably be the player who has the most career hits playing Major League Baseball.

Pete Rose is the all - time leader for hits in Major League Baseball history, and that's indisputable, but what Ichiro did, spanning two decades and two countries, in an era of LOOGYs and power closers, while performing at a high level and not writing himself into the lineup, just might be more impressive.

Betts also hit a bases - loaded infield single to drive in his fourth run of the day, and he's now batted.283 /.358 /.447 with seven homers in his first 58 major - league games.

• Montreal pitcher Mark Gardner tied a major league record by hitting three St. Louis batters in one inning.

Injured Padre Jake Peavy (pitching elbow) had averaged a big league high 107.8 pitches per start through Sunday; the Angels» Ervin Santana (above, left) led the AL at 107.5... The Red Sox» Jon Lester (above, right) threw 130 pitches, the most in the majors this year, in his no - hit win over Kansas City on May 19....

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).

Don't read that as saying the Cardinals should have been hit even harder by Major League Baseball, however.

They are the only father - son duo in major league history to each hit 50 home runs in a season, Cecil with 51 homers in 1990 and Prince with 50 on the nose in 2007.

Nava became only the fourth player in major league history to hit a grand slam in his first at bat and the second to do it on the first pitch.

Not so coincidentally, 20 - year - old third baseman Rafael Devers made his major league debut on July 25, and has solidified the hot corner for Boston, hitting.284 /.339 /.482 with 10 home runs in 57 games.

I think Knapp can hit well enough to be a major league catcher, the problem is his defense is rough and doesn't seem likely to get much better.

After Raburn hit his seventh home run on the season, and also breaking up the no - hitter by Tigers starter Jose Alvarez's carried in his major league debut, Cabrera playfully threw gum at the ex-Tiger as he ran by third base.

Sano was an integral part of the Twins» success in 2017, hitting.264 /.352 /.507 with 28 home runs in 114 games in his third major league season.

The Tigers desperately need to augment this grip with some short term guys to bridge the gap until some of the talent in the minors hits the major leagues.

In the summer of 1947, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson suited up for the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the major league color barrier, a 23 - year - old black ballplayer named Larry Doby began a big league career of his own when he pinch - hit for the Indians.

Despite a15 - day stint on the disabled list, Pujols, who hit his 26th homer last Friday, was still the major league leader; if he stays healthy and sustains his currenthome run rate, the first baseman will make a serious run at 70.

There was the shot the burly Braves catcher hit in his major league debut, on April 3, a towering fly off Phillies righthander and two - time Cy Young winner Roy Halladay.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that the North London club's chances of finishing in the Premier League top four took a major hit in their defeat to Manchester United, reports Sky Sports.

Harrah hit only 13 homers in his first three major league seasons, but as he grew more confident, more aggressive and stronger, bulking up from 160 to 180 pounds, he began pulling the ball.

He fields in major league style and last season hit.294 at Miami.

In today's expansion - diluted market it is often possible to regard the major league catcher as a sort of convenience, somebody to stop the ball from hitting the umpire when the batter misses it and to get the ball back to the mound.

One has proven he can hit major league pitching, the other hasn't.

IS DODGERS ROOKIE MATT KEMP THE NEXT JEFF FRANCOEUR?Kemp, who hit seven home runs in his first 45 major league at bats, is doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last year).

Blue Jays The major leagues» top homer - hitting team has offense to spare, so general manager Gord Ash is sniffing around for pitching.

Johnny Bench became the 41st player in major league history to hit 300 homers when he clouted his 13th of the season against the Mets.

Through Sunday, the Astros had allowed more home runs (82) than any other team in the National League; the Rangers had hit the most (86) in the majors.

This postseason, Cuberson is 6 - for - 13 -LRB-.462) with four extra-base hits after a season that saw him play in just 15 major league games in the regular season, with two singles in 13 at - bats.

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.

There will be 48 teenagers who hit.300 in Rookie League, and maybe three of them will be in the majors in six years.

Both West and Beltre have reached impressive career thresholds in recent weeks, with the former working his 5,000 th major league game and the latter hitting his 3,000 th career hit.

It's a scruffy, lumpy, neckless creature named John who wears a Philadelphia Phillies uniform and leads the major leagues in hitting

I believe Ohtani can make the necessary adjustments to hit major league pitching, but it's going to be very difficult as a part - time hitter.

Before»89 he had hit no more than eight home runs in a major league season.

Finally, the only person between Rose and Joe DiMaggio and his «unbreakable» major league standard of 56 in 1941 was Willie Keeler, who established the alltime National League record in 1897 by hitting»em where they weren't in 44 straight league standard of 56 in 1941 was Willie Keeler, who established the alltime National League record in 1897 by hitting»em where they weren't in 44 straight League record in 1897 by hitting»em where they weren't in 44 straight games.

Major League Baseball is something like that hypothetical scenario, with every hitter being at least close to one of the 300 best in the world at hitting baseballs.

He was the first National League player to lead the majors in hits and stolen bases since Honus Wagner in 1908, and the first NL player to lead the NL in batting average and steals since Jackie Robinson in 1949.

The outfielder hit.350 /.381 /.457 in his first major league season in 2001, winning the batting title, scoring 127 runs and leading the league with 242 hits.

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki tripled in the seventh inning against Chris Rusin of the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, becoming the 30th player in major league history with 3,000 career hits.

Jack hitting his first major league home run since 2003!

And that's why virtually every obituary last week began with some variation of Herb Score, the former major league pitcher whose promise went unfulfilled after a line drive hit him in the face...

Gordon played his first nine major league seasons in Kansas City, hitting.269 /.348 /.435 with 262 doubles and 134 home runs in 1,136 games.

Pete Rose is Major League Baseball's all - time hits leader, but he's not in the Hall of Fame because he was banned from the game for life for gambling.