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Lou Gehrig, with 1,515 runs batted in as a cleanup hitter, has "cleaned up" the most bases of any cleanup hitter in Major League Baseball history. In baseball, a cleanup hitter is the fourth hitter in the batting order. The cleanup hitter is traditionally the team's most powerful hitter.
The fifth batter is usually a team's second-best power hitter, and his purpose is often to "protect" the clean-up hitter in the batting order. He is expected to pose enough of a threat that the opposing team refrains from intentionally walking the clean-up hitter in potential scoring situations. The sixth hitter serves as a backup to the fifth ...
No-hitters are rare, but every team in Major League Baseball has had a pitcher accomplish the feat. Two perfect games, a special subcategory of no-hitter, have been thrown in Guardians history. [5] As defined by Major League Baseball, "in a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game."
When a batter hits a ball through the infield without its being touched by a fielder, he may be said to have a "clean hit". Similarly, if a batter hits a ball over an outfielder's head, he may have a "clean hit". "Tris truly loved to hit and would always get a thrill when getting a 'clean' hit that travelled over an outfielder's head." [66]
Ben Barnosky: The clean-up hitter at School of the Arts often did his job, come up with hits to drive in runs during Rochester City Athletic Conference play. Jaxon Bernas : The sophomore, and ...
Nolan Ryan threw seven no-hitters in MLB, the most of any pitcher. Below is a list of Major League Baseball no-hitters, enumerating every no-hitter pitched in Major League Baseball history. The list also includes no-hit games that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games, although they have not been considered official no ...
The Trenton Thunder broke one of baseball's unwritten rules and broke up the Yard Goats' no-hitter with a bunt single. What's the deal?
He had been a star for the football and baseball teams (playing shortstop and serving as the team's clean up hitter). He aspired to be like his father William, who played college football for the University of Maryland in the 1950s.