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Vernon, two-time American League batting champ, dies
although his batting average fell to .215. He wasn't much of a fielder (although he had a good arm) and ended up as a DH and platoon player. The White Sox traded him in 1986 and he drifted around the league a few years, finishing with 176 career home runs. He still serves as a...
CLEVELAND -- On Saturday morning, Kerry Carpenter hobbled from the Tigers’ clubhouse to the batting cages at Progressive Field ahead of Game 5 of the American League Division Series. Just hours before first pitch, Carpenter and the Tigers were unsure if he would be available for the deciding ...
From his exit velos, surface stats and visual swing it looked like he was selling out for contact, which makes some sense when you go from playing in a mid-major league to taking a month or so off and then to the big leagues after 22 pro games. Schanuel clearly belonged in the...
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2019 stats: .341 avg., 12 HR, 61 RBI LeMahieu has had no problems moving from the National League to the American League. He leads the AL in batting average by a decent margin and is second in RBI. This is his third All-Star appearance. ...
Interestingly, Quisenberry won the American LeagueRolaids Relief Award, which is given to the league's best relief pitcher. However, the Rolaids Relief Award is based on a point system, not a writer's vote. Still, Quisenberry was not undeserving of either of the three awards as he finished...
Player to watch:Mookie Betts, Red Sox.Two seasons ago, Betts was the American League’smost valuable playernot named after afreshwater fish, but last year his productionwas downamid apower outageand a54-point dropin batting average. The difference between an MVP-caliber Betts and a merely pret...
Oh, no. That’s not dramatic enough. That’s not glorious enough. That’s the ending of every weekend-league high-school-once-was, gone fat and forty, not for one of the best to ever play. It wasn’t supposed to end like this. ...