Sentences with phrase «of plate appearances»

I can't say I think he has been entirely correct in every statement he's made on the topic, but he shares that distinction with every other person on the planet, including myself, and his batting average is well ahead of anyone else with a similar number of plate appearances.

Matt Feinstein reached base in all 4 of his plate appearances, scored a few runs and drove one in.

Connor Lewis continued his onslaught — as he reached base in all 5 of his plate appearances..

Captain Matt Braschi reached base in all 3 of his plate appearances and made a few nice grabs in Left Field.

Twenty years ago, 34.1 % of plate appearances in which a hitter had two strikes ended in a strikeout.

Buxton probably isn't going to join the 500 - homer club, no, but Jackson was striking out in a third of his plate appearances back when hitters just didn't do that.

What if they can't take a hitter who strikes out in a third of his plate appearances and five times for every walk, then turn him into a long - term asset?

Pitchers so dreaded even tempting Bonds that they'd walked him in 26.1 % of his plate appearances, a pace that, if maintained in the final six games, would break the record of 25.9 % set by Williams in» 54.

He's striking out in just 5.5 % of his plate appearances.

Pence has now struck out 36 % of his plate appearances, almost doubling his career rate of 19 %.

Including an intentional walk in Game 2 that backfired, Bonds saw 10 strikes in nine trips to the plate (chart, page 48)-- even though eight of his plate appearances occurred with no one on base.

He saw three pitches in each of those plate appearances.

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.

Miguel Santiago and Paris Rosenthal both reached base on each one of their plate appearances which was only accomplished by a handful of players on this first set of kickball games.

Also, the league average doesn't matter because White comes nowhere near the necessary amount of plate appearances to qualify for it.

Still striking out in a quarter of his plate appearances.

It's kind of amazing he has just the one walk given all those balls, but he's managed to recover when he loses control of the plate appearance, and that's why the Yankees have yet to score.

Not exact matches

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.

The text on this plate is saturated with apocalyptic imagery; it opens with a vision of the sun and moon leading forward the «Vision of Heaven & Earth,» which is immediately followed by an apocalyptic epiphany of Jesus as the Son of Man: «And the Divine Appearance was the likeness & similitude of Los.»

The next day, simply sift the cocoa powder on to a flat plate, and have the paper cases arranged and ready, then take a heaped half teaspoon of the truffle mixture and either dust each one straightaway all over, which gives the truffle a rough rock - like appearance, or dust your hands in cocoa and roll each piece into a ball and then roll it into the cocoa powder if you like a smoother look.

But in spite of my best efforts, it only made rare appearances, sliced - thinly, on an occasional cookie plate downstairs in the restaurant.

One cookie that seems to make an appearance on a lot of cookie plates is a peanut butter cookie.

Quality bread crumbs play an important role in delivering the perfect bite, appearance and flavor to appetizers or center of the plate products.

He had 38 career home runs, which was 2.2 percent of his 1,754 plate appearances.

There are an unlimited pool of pitchers like this — these two are just the ones who have played in the most games without a plate appearance.

Neither one of them has had a plate appearance in the minors.

To avoid them for 43 innings in a row is a combination of skill and good fortune, like a slugger hitting a home run in four straight plate appearances.

Plus, there was the unfortunate matter of Eduardo Escobar's 377 lost plate appearances.

In his 31 games this season, he's batting.330 /.420 /.621, and has five homers and has been on - base after 27 of the 66 plate appearances he's had since July 27.

The list of DHs with at least 500 plate appearances and an OBP under.275:

He was awful in a short stint as a rookie in 2013, and then had the worst OPS + of anyone with at least 400 plate appearances in 2014.

On McGwire's next three plate appearances, Harnisch and reliever Scott Sullivan threw a total of 13 pitches, all with ball number 2.

We have 3,000 plate appearances that suggest Stanton is one of the best power hitters of all time, and about 600 that suggest he's not the same player.

Dunn hasn't hit a sacrifice fly ball since July 22, 2003 — a span of 1,005 plate appearances, the longest active streak.

The third walk, no pitch was within a foot of the plate in the midst of a meltdown appearance by Dauris Valdez.

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.

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's limited to pinch - hit duties, and it's unclear how long that will be his role before he can try to help for four or more plate appearances per day instead of one timely one.

Downing then started the season by reaching base in 21 of his first 28 plate appearances as a leadoff hitter for a.750 on - base percentage.

In my opinion, taking either of those guys with to Puerto Rico would be done as a human interest story, akin to when the Marlins gave Adam Greenberg an at - bat in 2012 after his career was derailed when he was beaned in the head in his first career plate appearance years earlier.

Pierre had 818 one - pitch plate appearances in his career, more than a full season's worth, and that would seem to be the downside of a strikeout - free approach.

That's with a minimum of 5,000 plate appearances, though.

The brief return of Sizemore — he came back in April from microfracture surgery on his left knee and slugged.641 with 16 extra-base hits in 84 plate appearances before going back on the DL with a right - knee bruise on Monday — and the resurgence of Hafner bolstered a lineup that is in the top three in the AL in average, on - base and slugging.

He came back nine hours later to play for almost five hours in the moist, 84 [degree] heat, reaching base three times in six plate appearances, after which he signed copies of his autobiography for nearly four hours, until just after 11 p.m..

The 23 - year - old utilityman was a popular breakout candidate pick, but he's struck out in 25 of his 53 plate appearances, a league - leading 47 % K - rate.

It's just the ninth game of the season and Harper already has six home runs, which is more remarkable considering Harper has been walked 13 times in his 43 plate appearances.

When he left River Plate for Real Madrid in 2006 he scored 10 goals in 44 appearances between then and the end of the 2008 season.

«Even though the offseason was quiet, the Dodgers still have 10 of their top 11 players in plate appearances returning, and nine of their top 10 pitchers.

Ortiz has managed three straight 30 + home run seasons, but has had at least 600 plate appearances in each of those seasons.

We're in year three of the Avisail Garcia Experience, and he's accrued 1,283 plate appearances for the White Sox, with an adjusted OPS of 93.