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Currently barred from Hall of Fame consideration due to his betting on baseball. Bill Mueller – Only player in MLB history to hit a grand slam from each side of the plate in the same game. Jimmy Rollins – Phillies all-time career leader in hits and doubles, 2007 National League MVP and Silver Slugger, 3 time All-Star and 4 time Gold Glover.
May refer to such a situation (being in the clutch) or to a player (a good clutch hitter, or one who "can hit in the clutch"); or to specific hits ("that was a clutch hit"). Most baseball fans believe that clutch hitting exists, but there is significant disagreement among statheads whether clutch hitting is a specific skill or instead just ...
Both Wilson and Dykstra expressed displeasure with the situation, with Wilson going so far as to request a trade. [17] His trade request went ungranted, and Mookie went on to post a career high .299 batting average platooning with Dykstra in center. Mookie was having his poorest major league season in 1988. Through 104 games on the Mets ...
Lynch owned the most career pinch-hit home runs (18) at the time of his retirement and still ranks third overall. "The best pinch hitter I ever saw, by far, no question, has to be Smoky Burgess," Lynch said of his former Reds and Pirates teammate in a 1994 Baseball Digest story. "He was gifted. But I was the best clutch hitter because I hit 18 ...
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher.The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before entering the minor leagues in 1946.
Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie has you covered for all your hitting help with category-specific players to trade for. Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer: Two targets for every hitting category ...
Alvarez hit his 30th home run of the season on September 13; at the age of 24, he was the second Astro to hit 30 home runs in a season at that age after Alex Bregman, who hit 31 in 2018. [35] On September 22, Alvarez drove in two runs on a home run in the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels to score his 100th RBI of the season.