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, ...
For Kiner, the 1949 season was just more of the same. Kiner managed to lead the NL in home runs in each of his first seven seasons (1946-52), although he didn’t win MVP in any of them. In 1949 specifically, he led the NL in homers, RBIs, walks, slugging percentage and OPS, b...
His 27.5% strikeout rate was a bit high but he also drew walks at a strong clip of 15.2%. The overall production led to a wRC+ of 94, a bit below average overall but decent for a catcher. He couldn’t maintain that level of performance, however. He got into at least 33 games ...
While his offense may never be a strength, Short draws walks well, and he can put his plus speed to work when he reaches base. Moreover, his defense might not stand out at any one position, but he is capable of covering second, third, and short, and even the outfield in a pinch. ...
He was selected to the National League team All-Star Game for the 2011 Major League Baseball, his first All-Star game. Kershaw and the Dodgers agreed on a two-year, $19 million contract, On 7 February 2012. After, he made his sixth straight initial day start in 2016 as the Dodgers wo...
Matthew Boyd delivered another strong outing and Andres Gimenez hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning as visiting Cleveland earned a victory over Los Angeles in the opener of a three-game series between division leaders. In his fifth start since returning from Tommy John surgery, Boyd ...
Jack Flaherty made a splashy Los Angeles Dodgers debut, Gavin Lux provided an early cushion with a two-run single and the National League West leaders rebounded from a series-opening loss to thump host Oakland. Acquired earlier in the week from the Detroit Tigers, Flaherty worked six innin...
Team leaders Batting AVG Alex Bregman3B .375 Home Runs Jason HeywardRF 0 RBI Jon Singleton1B 1 OBP Victor CaratiniC .375 Hits Alex Bregman3B 3 Player Batting Stats - All Splits Name Alex Bregman 3B Jose Altuve 2B Yordan Alvarez LF Kyle Tucker RF Yainer Diaz C Victor Caratini C Jeremy ...
anticipating that the 48-homer-hitting Schmidt might try to bunt for a hit -- and finished by a Manny Trillo single off Dan Quisenberry's glove. The Royals then loaded the bases on three Tug McGraw walks in the bottom of the ninth, before McGraw escaped and tilted the series in the Phi...
Ohtani won’t be pitching in 2024 after undergoing right elbow surgery last September, but he still tops our list as the biggest star on a new team this season. His work on offense alone last year was sensational -- he led the AL in homers (44) and the Majors in OPS (1.066) while...