Sentences with phrase «plate appearance in»

He's a Phillies prospect who hasn't had a plate appearance in the majors but now has a six - year deal with three options that guarantees him $ 24 million.

Neither Jonathan Papelbon nor David Robertson has ever had a plate appearance in the majors.

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

Jaso surprised me, too, and seeing as he's never cracked 350 plate appearances in a season, I'm skeptical.

Adam Eaton, who logged just over 100 plate appearances in 2017 due to injury, will be back.

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.

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

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.

Relatively small sample size but batting.333 /.406 /.492 in 138 career plate appearances in AAA.

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

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

Ruth wasn't a regular hitter until he was 24, but he had almost 800 plate appearances in the majors — and 203 hits — in the years before then, and played until he was 40.

Even after going nuts at the end of the season, Sanchez hit.208 /.236 /.357, and now with nearly 690 plate appearances in the majors is hitting.224 /.261 /.330.

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 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.

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

From 1966 through 1969, Tommy Harper hit 27 home runs in 1,939 plate appearances.

Still striking out in a quarter of his plate appearances.

He's come to the plate 347 times this season, and in those 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.

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.

He's appeared in 140 games, accrued 568 plate appearances, and batted.288 /.354 /.496 for a 122 OPS + in them.

He's still shown enough patience to walk 31 times in 116 plate appearances, which suggests he'll go on a tear soon.

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.

Furthermore, Torreyes has a career 2.1 oWAR in those limited 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.

Added together, these plusses and minuses come out to 101; and this figure divided by five (for Mantle's five appearances at plate) gives 20 1/5 Mullen points as Mickey's average for each trip to the plate in the first game.

Amarista made an appearance in only 96 games this season, and was weak at the plate.

As a senior at Archbishop Mitty in 2016, Yeager led the Central Coast Section - champion Monarchs with 18 RBI while also scoring 14 runs and striking out just three times in 72 plate appearances.

In 46 plate appearances he has 11 hits, 8 walks, and 15 strike outs.

Maybe not in a fresh count, given Baez's issues making contact — he had already struck out 12 times in 29 World Series plate appearances before this one.

An NL team could carry an extra hitter and be more aggressive about pinch - hitting, and some teams might just want a designated pinch - runner who will play in more games than they'll log plate appearances.

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

Joseph has hit 15 dingers in just 244 plate appearances, so he certainly qualifies.

He was masterful in his pitch placement and his control, practically toying with batters as he crushed their dreams each plate appearance.

Forget Gattis's home runs, slugging percentage (through Sunday it was.593, fourth highest in the National League among players with at least 150 plate appearances) and the 6» 4», 235 - pound frame and compact, batting gloveless righthanded swing that exude old school strength.

The ugly stats (seven walks, 46 strikeouts in 152 plate appearances) underneath Randal Grichuk's surprising success suggest a minor correction is coming.

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.

During the just - ended baseball season, he played third base in all five junior high games, reaching base eight times, on two hits and six walks, in 10 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.

I'm still dubious because he really hasn't been more than mediocre offensively in 700 + plate appearances at AAA level.

He also had 0.5 fWAR in 150 plate appearances with that dismal bat, which tells me he's far superior to Frazier with the glove (small sample sizing warning)

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.

He saw three pitches in each of those plate appearances.

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Pierre started with an 0 - 2 count in 698 plate appearances over his career.

That's not an exaggeration, either: minimum 3,000 plate appearances, from Votto's debut in 2007 through 2015, he ranked second in the majors in OPS + behind only Miguel Cabrera.

Harper got 24 plate appearances vs. the Giants in 2016.

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.