All-Time MLB Home Run Leaders at Each Position 1)---Catcher Photo Courtesy: Al Bello/Getty Images 1)---Catcher Mike Piazza hit 427 home runs as a catcher. Piazza had nine career seasons with at least 30 home runs, including a career-high 40 homers while a member of the New York Met...
and he ranks among that franchise's all-time leaders in many offensive categories, including third in WAR, hits, and stolen bases, and first in triples. His son became the third overall pick in the 1995 Draft and put together a solid 12-year career of his own, including a 30-30 campai...
Skenes entered the Majors with all the fanfare in the world as a former College World Series champion andNo. 1 overall Draft pick. He somehow exceeded expectations from there. The fireballing, mustachioed righty put upsix no-hit innings in his second career start. In July, he earned theNL...
MLB Midseason Stat Leaders With the All Star Break upon us, our look at the current & future financial statuses for MLB's midseason stat leaders. Michael Ginnitti|1 year ago Midseason MLB Contract Awards Spotrac’s Mid Season MLB Contract Awards highlight a few deals signed in the past ...
It was, but maybe it was the right ending after all. Pedro was among the greatest of all time, nobody denies it. He had some of his biggest moments against the Yankees, but nearly all of his worst ones, too. He admitted that, even had fun with it. Ending his career with "a ...
Over the first three seasons of that contract, he has hit .258/.345/.375 for a 101 OPS+ while averaging 2.1 WAR per year serving in a super-utility role playing all over the infield. The 35-year-old hit a career-low .243 with a 96 OPS+ in 2023, and he also posted ...
Manny Machado went deep twice and tied the Padres' record for career homers as San Diego beat the visiting San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Friday. Machado's second homer of the night, his 25th of the year, soared into the second deck in left field to start the bottom of the eighth inning...
Alonso avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $20.5 million, one-year contract for this season, but the Mets don’t anticipate a long-term deal before free agency with the three-time All-Star first baseman and 2019 NL Rookie of the Year. The 29-year-old Alonso is a .251 career hitter...
Chapman’s defense is the headliner, but he can also provide significant power and had a career-high 36 homers with Oakland in 2019. Chris Sale, Braves The seven-time All-Star hasn’t been able to stay healthy since 2018, but the Braves rolled the dice by acquiring the left-hander in ...
To clarify, a player’s average bat speed, by our definition, is the average bat speed across the top 90% of his swings – in other words, excluding “swords” and other swings that may have been incomplete. Below, we analyze all 30 teams’ leaders in average bat speed this season, ...