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Lee Chappel: 2081 American League Silver Slugger
11/4/2081 Al Vincent Staff Writer Denver catcher, Lee Chappel had a magnificent season; in fact, according to the voters, the most magnificent season of any American League hitter. Chappel was awarded the Silver Slugger today for his efforts. Chappel finished the season with a .342/.439/.723 batting line, with an OPS of a whopping 1.162. Chappel belted 60 doubles, 9 triples, and 42 homeruns, while collecting 158 runs batted in and scoring 135 runs. Most impressive was tremendous batting eye and patience at the plate, evident in his 92/33 walk to strikeout ratio.
Chappel was pleased to be honored in this way. "This means a lot to me. I know there are some really great hitters in this league, and for me to win this award is really something special," he said. Chappel also added, jokingly, "Plus, now Ellis [Bolling] will stop teasing me about not having won one!" For his part, Bolling said nonchalantly, "I've won two." Denver manager John Wilkerson said there were no players more deserving than Chappel. "Even when the team was struggling a bit, Chappel was always there. He never stopped hitting. And when we began our second half surge, it was Chappel leading the charge. Without Lee, we may not have not have reached the postseason," he stated. Chappel batted .472 with a 1.474 OPS in the month of July, and .407 with a 1.425 OPS in the month of August. He also belted 11 HR in the final month of the season.
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Primary Offseason Task Accomplished: Bolling Resigns
11/5/2081 Al Vincent Staff Writer With another season come and gone, it was time for Denver GM John Mounts to begin making decisions on what free agency eligible players to retain and which to say goodbye to. First and foremost among them was 33 year old first-baseman Ellis Bolling. The two time Silver Slugger had been making $9.5 million. Denver announced today that he agreed to resign with the Broncos on a three year, $10.5 million contract- an increase of $1 million. Mounts was pleased at the terms of the deal, saying that "like John Dear was, I want Ellis to be a Bronco for life." Bolling said that he "couldn't imagine playing for a team other than Denver."
In other news, 37 year old DH Mark Bakke agreed to resign for $1 million for one year. This is a decrease by $1.5 million from his previous contract. Also, 31 year old reliever Leo Salguero agreed to a 3 year deal worth $2.5 million. This was the first year Salguero could have been eligible for free agency, and the contract is a sizable increase from his ~$600,000 one. Mounts said that keeping Salguero was "important to maintaining the stability of the bullpen", and that he was confident that Bakke has "at least another good year left in him." Denver's only remaining free agents are Michael Grace, Patrick Chason, Norman Cadet, Johnnie Sermons, Ronald Matamoros, Christopher Hosler, Levi Twigg, and David Pasco. None, except perhaps Chason, are likely to be retained, though it always possible that Mounts will seek them out once free agency begins.
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The 2082 Free Agency Period
Don't Expect Much Action This Free Agency Period
1/31/2082 Al Vincent Staff Writer A year ago, the Broncos made a rare splash in free agency, signing centerfielder Russell Thomas. That kind of noise isn't expected this offseason. Firstly, GM John Mounts feels that the team is pretty much set, and there aren't many areas that can be easily improved. Secondly, Mounts has also indicated that the team's budget this year is not sufficient to be adding any significant pieces. This, of course, has led to rumors that the Broncos may be looking to cut some of their payroll by trading some of the more expensive players on the roster. The most likely candidates would seem to be veteran relief pitcher Steven Andrade, who has one year remaining on his $5 million contract, and 33 year old left-fielder Alexis Vazquez, who is owed $3 million. The fact that the team has no obvious replacement for Vazquez has done little to quell the rumors. Neither has the non-answer given by Mounts in regard to the rumors: "For the right price, every player is tradeable."
In any event, it is too bad that Denver isn't planning on entering the free agent market. There are a number of big names that would look nice in a Denver uniform. Carl Strothers, despite coming off of an 18 loss season (due in large part to getting traded to hapless Green Bay a year ago), is a 2 time 20 game winner, and is just 29 years old. He is easily the best pitcher on the market. Closer James Smith is likely the second best pitcher available. Thirty-one years old, and coming off of a 30 save, 2.91 ERA season, Smith would seem to be a great addition to a bullpen that spent much of last season blowing leads. As for hitters, the best available is likely 28 year old second-baseman, Eric Phillips. Phillips has an excellent glove, and posted an .858 OPS in 2081, with 27 homeruns. First-baseman Thomas Stallman, third-baseman Robin Vega, and left-fielder Joshua Kier represent the biggest sluggers on the market, but there are a number of other attractive hitters available. The most plentiful position appears to be short-stop. No fewer than six starting SS from a year ago are available in the free agent crop. Granted, at least one of them, 38 year old Berny Morales, is likely finished as a starting caliber player- witness his .566 OPS last season- but several of the others would certainly be an upgrade over Denver's Booker Romero... As it is, the only are where Denver is likely to be active is in the backup catcher department. After trading backup Eric Fudge last season, veteran Michael Grace filled in admirably down the stretch. Grace was allowed to leave as a free agent, but Denver may try to bring him back. Interestingly, several of the other options are also former Denver catchers. Matthew Cendejas, now 38 years old, played for the Broncos in the early '70s. Cendejas still possesses a strong arm, and excellent plate discipline. David Jagger was the backup catcher before Fudge. The 34 year old Jagger also has a strong arm, but his hitting skills are questionable at this point. Roy Isenhour was a "third string" catcher for Denver for several seasons, splitting time between AAA and the majors. Although younger than the other options, and also the owner of a strong arm, Denver is not likely to target Isenhour. With a left-handed hitting starting catcher, the Broncos would prefer a right-handed backup. The switch-hitting Isenhour has never hit particularly well against left-handed pitchers.
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Big Free Agent Signings
2/1/2082 and 2/2/2081
Washington makes the big early splash, signing closer James Smith to a three year, $4.9 million contract. This was followed by the signing of 24 year old SS Santiago Pina, who put up a .735 OPS with 12 homers last season, to a 4 year, $5.2 million deal. Also on the 2nd, Hartford signed speedy, slap-hitting RF Richard Herb to a 3 year, $3.2 million deal. 2/3/2082 Miami replaced Richard Herb by signing Dennis Fernandez to a 2 year, $3.5 million deal. Fernandez is 33, three years older than Herb, is just as fast, but has more power. 2/4/2082 Knoxville grabbed slugging LF Joshua Kier for a 3 year, $6.4 million deal. Kier is 28, and just posted an .876 OPS, 33 HR, 111 BB season. 2/6/2082 and 2/8/2082 Rochester was the next team to make a splash, though not necessarily a good one, signing 28 year old SS Anthony Champ, who hit 21 HR last season, to a 3 year, $3.9 million deal, and then the 34 year old LF Allen Costner to a 5 (!) year, $3.7 million contract. Costner put up a .754 OPS with 18 HR. The Champ contract is fine, but 5 years to a guy like Costner is absurd. It may not be the worst contract doled out, but I'm getting ahead of myself... 2/9/2081 Sacramento emerged with the prize of the offseason, signing Carl Strothers to a 5 year, $7.1 million deal. This is a fine deal. Strothers is among the most talented pitchers in the game, and is in the prime of his career. 2/10/2081 Denver brought back catcher Michael Grace on a 1 year deal for $700,000. And effort was made to sign Cendejas, but he went to Harrisburg for $990,000 for one year. This news, however, paled in comparison to two other signings. Denver's archrival, Tucson, announced the signings of 1B Thomas Stallman (4 years, $7.5 million) and 3B Robin Vega (3 years, $2.3 million). Stallman is 28 years old, and posted an OPS of .841 with 30 HR and 118 BB. Vega is 25 years old, and posted a .791 OPS with 35 HR. 2/12/2082 In what is likely to be another bad contract, Harrisburg signed closer Edward Lovejoy to a 3 year, $6 million deal. That deal wouldn't be so bad if Lovejoy wasn't 35 years old. 2/15/2081 In another deal of utmost importance to Denver, number two rival Memphis announced the signing of 2B Eric Phillips to a 3 year, $5.8 million deal. This is rather disheartening. While Denver has been standing pat this offseason, 2 of the 3 biggest free agent hitters, plus another very good one, have gone to the primary rivals of the Broncos. This should certainly make things interesting this season... 2/17/2081 And finally, what is likely to be the worst contract of the offseason. Harrisburg, having already thrown a ton of money at a 35 year old closer, decided to try and top that. Harrisburg signed pitcher Josue Gorman to a 4 year, $7.7 million deal. Gorman was once the best strikeout pitcher in the league, but he always flirted with shaky control, and served up lots of homeruns. He's going to be 36 in May, and age has taken its toll. He is still a decent K pitcher, with 182 last season, but his control is largely shot- he walked 107 batters- and he just isn't that effective anymore, posting an ERA of 5.09, while allowing an NL-leading 64 HR. Worse, the team he pitched for last season, Sacramento, has a stadium that is slightly favorable to pitchers, especially in terms of homeruns. Harrisburg's stadium is the opposite, favoring hitters slightly. This is not a good contract, no matter how you look at it. 3/2/2082 Denver signed three players to minor league contracts. Infielder Patrick Chason, who played for Denver last season, and a pair of relief pitcher, right-hander George Treadway, and left-hander Bobby Villanueva. The pitchers are 33 and 32, respectively.
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2082 Amateur Draft
Of Denver's 4 picks in this year's amateur draft, there was a definite trend. Firstly, three of the four players are pitchers. Secondly, all three pitchers look like they will induce lots of groundballs.
With the 21st pick in the first round, Denver selected right-handed pitcher Thomas Fons. Fons is 23 years old, and is a workhorse who fields his position well, in addition to his groundball tendencies. In the second round, the Broncos took a 20 year old right-handed relief pitcher, Howard Johnson. Johnson throws hard, and throws strikes. In the third round, another starting pitcher was taken. Right-handed Rafael Alvarez is 22 years old, and throws hard. Denver's last selection was the only hitter that they took. Joel Castillo is a 19 year old right-fielder. He has good speed and covers alot of ground in the outfield. His bat is pretty raw, though. Fortunately, at 19, he has plenty of time to develop.
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2082 Season Preview
Well, for last season, it was necessary to introduce all of the players on Denver's team. I'm not sure that it is really necessary for this year. The opening day roster is almost identical to the roster that finished last season.
At catcher, Lee Chappel is the starter. Veteran Michael Grace has been brought back to be Chappel's backup. Ellis Bolling is still the first-baseman. Tomas Sato is the second-baseman. Joseph Swayze is the third-baseman. Booker Romero is the shortstop. Jack Rumfelt and Michael Phillips will handle the utility infield duties. Alexis Vazquez, Russell Thomas, and Asbel Fuentez are the starting outfielders, with Armando Navarro filling the role of reserve outfielder. It would be nice to have a second backup outfielder, though, but I will get to why that isn't feasible at the moment. Mark Bakke remains the designated hitter. The rotation is Kenny Pillsbury, Robert McNett, Ray Lockridge, Christopher Kirk, and George Buentello. Unfortunately, Larry Waltz, who was a valuable shot in the arm in the second half of last season, will be going back to AAA. If Buentello struggles as the fifth starter, however, Waltz will be first in line to get a turn. The bullpen is staffed by James Virgen, Ramon Gomez, Leo Salguero, Steven Andrade, Fred Lemire, Robert Soto, and rookie Lyndon Gwinn. It's one more relief pitcher than I would like, but the player I would like to trade, Andrade, is proving to be untradeable, and I'm reluctant to trade any of the others. For now, this prevents me from carrying a fifth outfielder. We'll see, though. Perhaps it will work itself out in some fashion. The most concerning thing right now, is Denver's minor league system, which is absolutely barren of any upper level prospects. Outfielder Marvin Lore is the only prospect of note above AA, and he is likely a platoon outfielder, at best: A poor fielder, mediocre power, mediocre plate discipline. The rest of AAA is filled with with marginal career minor league types, with a few mediocre players who have seen a sizable amount of major league at bats/innings pitched. The lower levels have a few interesting players, but not much that really jumps out at you. This puts Denver at an interesting point. The major league roster is strong, and isn't particularly old; Bakke will need to be replaced next season, but every other position should have at least 3-4 years of productivity left, and most will have more than that. However, the team is also beginning to get expensive. The payroll last season ended up right around the upper limits of Denver's budget, but with a few players getting salary-increasing contract extensions, and several others going through arbitration, that payroll has jumped quite a bit. It is still manageable right now, but there are also quite a few free agents to be at the end of this season, and it will be expensive to retain them all. The barren minor league system compounds this situation, because there aren't any ready replacements for players who might leave. Come late July, I suspect some important decisions regarding the future of the team are going to need to be made. Now for three things regarding the dynasty report: 1. Unlike last season, I don't think I will be recapping every game. It was certainly interesting, but it also took longer than I would like. I don't want to breeze through things, exactly, but I would prefer a quicker pace. This also means that I won't be playing out every single game for Denver. As I have tended not to do that in the past, it was a new experience in some ways. Unfortunately, I felt that it changed the way that I play the game, and not necessarily for the better. For example, there were some transactions that I wound up making that I would not have made normally. Playing out every game, and experiencing the highs and lows that come with that, made me more impatient with players. Simming out games, I would likely have just ridden out the poor peformance of a player for awhile. Playing out the games, I felt as though I had to do something right away. I don't like that. 2. As the 2082 season begins, there are a couple of players who are rapidly approaching some important milestones: -Rochester CF Santiago Serrato is just 36 hits away from all time leader, Felipe Mira. Mira had 3,826 hits and Serrato begins the season with 3,790. -Hartford 2B Ricky Vega is within striking distance of one milestone, and will likely join the top 3 in another milestone. Vega currently ranks tied for third all time in RBI, with 2,214 (he is tied with Earl Quon). The aforementioned Felipe Mira is second with 2,218. Danny Homan is the all time leader, with 2,255. So, Vega needs 5 RBI to pass up Mira, and 42 to pass up Homan. Ricky Vega also ranks 6th on the career homerun list with 637. While the top two spots (Donald Murillo with 691 and Christopher Bohanon with 670) are likely out of reach, he needs only 3 HR to pass up William Byrd, 5 to pass up Hector Abad, and 9 to pass up James Paras. That would put him into third place on the list. In addition to the RBI and HR lists, Vega is also 10th all time in hits. 115 hits this season would leapfrog him into 5th place. -Lastly, Rochester starting pitcher Segundo Narbaiza is inching closer to being the all time wins leader. He won't do it this season, as he needs 45 wins to top the all time leader, Robert Padgett(339). He won't get to second place this year either, as he needs 41 to surpass the number two guy, Robert Jordan(335). However, he needs one win to break a tie with Jeremy Poss for fourth place(295), five wins to become just the 4th player ever to reach 300 wins, and 26 wins to move into a tie for third place with Robert McComas(321). Now, 26 wins may seem like a lot, but Narbaiza has won 26, 27, and 26 in the last three seasons, and hasn't yet shown signs of decline. It is definitely doable for him, and if he does, Padgett and Jordan could very well fall in 2083. What I would like to do is, in addition to my reports on how Denver is doing, to include updates on these players as they approach these important records. 3. Lastly, and this is somewhat related to item #2, I would like to point out that the 2082 season represents the 80th season of this league. In recognition of that, I also plan on talking about the Hall of Famers of this league. As the season progresses, I will do a write up about each of the Hall of Famers, starting with the very first inductee, Scott Border (a player that I have mentioned a few times before already in this report). I feel this might be an interesting way to get a picture of this league's history. Also, I invite anyone who might wonder about anything- stats, records, champions, etc.- that has transpired in 80 years of baseball, to feel free to ask. I'd like to share as much as possible, not just about the current season, but about the entirety of the league's history. 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4/1/2082 to 4/6/2082
Denver @ Grand Rapids (5-2 victory) Denver @ Grand Rapids (10-3 victory) Denver @ Grand Rapids (8-3 victory) Denver @ Charlotte (9-3 victory) Denver @ Charlotte (9-3 victory) The Broncos opened the season in impressive fashion. Kenny Pillsbury pitched a complete game in the season opener, with 10 strikeouts, and the Broncos went on to sweep the Tigers in three games. Backed by strong starting pitching and hot bats, the Broncos have also won the first two games of a 4 game series against Charlotte. Through one week of play, the Broncos are the only undefeated team. Lee Chappel picked up where he left off last season, by going 12 for 24, with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 3 homeruns, 8 runs batted in, and 10 runs scored in the first week of the season. This was good enough to win the Player of the Week award. Alexis Vazquez was also a strong performer, going 10 for 21, with a double, 2 homeruns, 7 runs batted in, and 5 runs scored. He reached 200 homeruns in his career, as well. Asbel Fuentez stole the 600th base of his career, moving him into a tie for 13th place (Joseph Barnhill) on the all time stolen base list. Fuentez has a strong chance of moving into the top 10 in stolen bases this season, needing only 28 more to accomplish that.
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Milestone Watches
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# Career Hits H 1 F. Mira 3826 2 S. Serrato* 3792 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 C. Romeo 3383 6 D. Homan 3360 7 F. Cobos 3343 8 T. Guerrero 3301 9 K. Bryant 3294 10 R. Vega* 3272 Homeruns: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 J. Paras 645 4 H. Abad 641 5 W. Byrd 639 6 R. Vega* 638 Runs Batted In: Code:
# Career RBIs RBI 1 D. Homan 2255 2 F. Mira 2218 3 R. Vega* 2215 4 E. Quon 2214 Wins: Code:
# Career Wins W 1 R. Padgett 339 2 R. Jordan 335 3 R. Mccomas 321 4 S. Narbaiza* 296 5 J. Poss 295
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Remembering the Hall of Famers:Scott Border
Scott Border
In 2014, Scott Border became the first player inducted into the Hall of Fame. Throughout the first decade of the league's history, Border was the foremost slugger in the game, first with Portland, and then with Kansas City. In 2004, he became the first player to hit 60 or more homeruns in one season- he hit 62- and then collected 4 more 60 homerun seasons. Until 2081, no other player had ever hit 60 or more in multiple seasons (San Jose's Ugo Momoru became the second last season). In 2005, he posted a career high of 66 homeruns. That remained the NL's single season mark until Emmanuel Maxon hit 70 in the year 2030 while playing for San Diego. Maxon's record still stands today, though a few players have made serious runs at it. In 2007, playing with Kansas City, Border hit 62. That remained the AL's single season mark until Donald Murillo matched it in 2034 with Memphis. In 2074, Denver's own Ellis Bolling joined those two greats in holding the AL single season record. In 2012, Border became the first player in league history to hit 500 homeruns. He would finish his career with 509. Border remained the career leader in HR until 2018, when Timothy Knight surpassed him. Although Border's career numbers were gradually left in the dust over the league's history- Border dropped out of the top 25 in homeruns in the year 2048- there are few hitters who matched Border's raw power. At his peak, Border's ability to hit homeruns has simply been unmatched by anyone. Additionally, Border's 6 Silver Slugger Awards are the most ever won by a player. Although Border was not the greatest defensive SS in the league, he did, however, manage to snag a pair of Gold Glove awards, in 2009 and 2010. Border's career stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2003 157 611 156 44 0 51 145 96 38 146 0 0 .255 .299 .578 .877 POR,NL 2004 156 584 143 38 1 62 154 108 49 127 0 0 .245 .303 .632 .935 POR,NL 2005 154 619 181 61 0 66 168 118 34 125 0 0 .292 .329 .711 1.040 POR,NL 2006 158 601 170 56 1 59 139 107 31 121 0 0 .283 .318 .674 .992 POR,NL 2007 153 631 145 38 0 62 169 107 33 140 0 0 .230 .268 .585 .853 KC 2008 155 609 165 45 2 60 155 117 45 139 0 0 .271 .321 .647 .968 KC,AL 2009 154 614 155 43 0 51 151 99 41 150 0 0 .252 .299 .572 .871 KC,AL 2010 154 609 171 47 0 61 164 116 40 147 1 0 .281 .325 .658 .984 KC 2011 140 496 116 48 2 26 105 76 24 126 1 1 .234 .269 .496 .765 KC 2012 65 139 31 12 2 8 29 14 5 31 0 1 .223 .250 .511 .761 KC ROC 2013 68 87 21 8 0 3 15 8 4 23 1 0 .241 .275 .437 .712 LA Total 1514 5600 1454 440 8 509 1394 966 344 1275 3 2 .260 .302 .614 .916 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2004 5 19 5 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 .263 .333 .579 .912 2005 6 22 6 1 1 0 7 2 3 6 0 0 .273 .360 .409 .769 2011 6 22 4 0 0 2 4 2 0 9 0 0 .182 .182 .455 .636 Total 17 63 15 2 2 3 13 8 5 17 0 0 .238 .294 .476 .770 Player History Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Portland in 2003... Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/1/2003, off Louis Dambrosio (LA)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2003, hitting .367 with 5 HR, 10 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 6/1/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Hartford, driving in 5 runs on 8/25/2003... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2003, hitting .345 with 6 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2003, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2003, hitting .255 with 51 HR, 145 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 4/8/2004... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2004, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 14 RBI... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2004, hitting .245 with 62 HR, 154 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 4/3/2005... Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 6 runs on 4/26/2005... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2005, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2005, hitting .322 with 11 HR, 38 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Hartford on 5/18/2005... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2005, hitting .314 with 12 HR, 26 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2005, hitting .364 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2005, hitting .393 with 7 HR, 15 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2005, hitting .299 with 13 HR, 34 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2005, hitting .292 with 66 HR, 168 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2006, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 7 runs on 6/4/2006... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2006, hitting .321 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2006, hitting .299 with 13 HR, 30 RBI... Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2006, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2006, hitting .303 with 12 HR, 25 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2006, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 11 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2006, hitting .283 with 59 HR, 139 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/10/2007 to a 8-year deal worth $10,274,200 per year... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 4/4/2007... Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 4/24/2007... Injured on 6/25/2007 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week... Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 143 on 8/27/2007... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2007, hitting .280 with 17 HR, 38 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2007, hitting .414 with 7 HR, 13 RBI... Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 54 on 9/20/2007... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2007, hitting .230 with 62 HR, 169 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2008, hitting .467 with 8 HR, 13 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2008, hitting .366 with 15 HR, 35 RBI... Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 7/5/2008... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2008, hitting .281 with 11 HR, 33 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2009, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 13 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 6/14/2009... Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 9/3/2009... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2009... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2010, hitting .318 with 12 HR, 35 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Knoxville on 7/26/2010... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2010, hitting .526 with 5 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2010, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 12 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2010, hitting .281 with 61 HR, 164 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2010... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 8/13/2011... Injured on 4/6/2012 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Had 500th career homerun on 5/21/2012, off Joel Maya (MEM)... Released by Kansas City on 7/17/2012, refused assignment to minors... Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 7/28/2012 to a 1-year deal worth $340,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/3/2013 to a 1-year deal worth $455,100 per year... Released by Los Angeles on 9/8/2013, refused assignment to minors... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2014. Batting Leader Boards Appearances SLG 2003 - .578 - 1st 2004 - .632 - 1st 2005 - .711 - 1st 2006 - .674 - 1st 2007 - .585 - 2nd 2008 - .647 - 1st 2009 - .572 - 3rd 2010 - .658 - 1st OPS 2003 - .877 - 8th 2004 - .935 - 4th 2005 - 1.040 - 1st 2006 - .992 - 1st 2007 - .853 - 9th 2008 - .968 - 4th 2009 - .871 - 9th 2010 - .984 - 3rd Hits 2005 - 181 - 3rd 2006 - 170 - 8th Doubles 2003 - 44 - 1st 2004 - 38 - 4th 2005 - 61 - 1st 2006 - 56 - 1st 2007 - 38 - 10th 2008 - 45 - 2nd 2009 - 43 - 3rd 2010 - 47 - 3rd 2011 - 48 - 4th Homeruns 2003 - 51 - 1st 2004 - 62 - 1st 2005 - 66 - 1st 2006 - 59 - 2nd 2007 - 62 - 1st 2008 - 60 - 1st 2009 - 51 - 1st 2010 - 61 - 1st RBI 2003 - 145 - 1st 2004 - 154 - 1st 2005 - 168 - 1st 2006 - 139 - 2nd 2007 - 169 - 1st 2008 - 155 - 1st 2009 - 151 - 1st 2010 - 164 - 1st Runs 2003 - 96 - 5th 2004 - 108 - 3rd 2005 - 118 - 1st 2006 - 107 - 2nd 2007 - 107 - 4th 2008 - 117 - 2nd 2009 - 99 - 8th 2010 - 116 - 3rd
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: John Caylor
John Caylor
John Caylor had the distinction of being the very first member of this league. Hartford made Caylor the first player taken in the inaugural draft in 2003. Although Caylor's career numbers don't really scream "Hall of Famer!", there is little question of how dominant he was in the early history of the league: Four 20 win seasons, 7 All Star appearances, and three Cy Young Awards. Perhaps more impressive is the fact that Caylor still ranks in the top 5 in ERA in league history. With a 2.90 career ERA, Caylor tanks tied for 5th with Jerrod Jordan. Caylor never won a World Series, but did have the misfortune of playing on the Memphis team that lost three consecutive World Series to Pittsburgh from 2008 to 2010. It wasn't for lack of effort by Caylor, though. Caylor was brilliant in those three postseason runs, going 8-2 with a sub-3.00 ERA. Caylor's career numbers: Code:
Career Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 2003 36 36 15 9 0 2.88 265.2 176 88 85 76 281 8 3 HAR,NL 2004 36 36 23 9 0 2.60 259.2 177 82 75 54 281 2 1 HAR,NL 2005 36 36 20 13 0 3.29 273.1 204 112 100 53 298 7 1 MEM 2006 36 36 15 10 0 3.71 245.1 207 115 101 78 262 2 0 MEM 2007 35 35 23 7 0 2.51 265.0 189 79 74 65 299 4 2 MEM,AL 2008 35 35 21 7 0 2.17 261.1 183 68 63 63 268 8 5 MEM,AL 2009 36 36 16 12 0 3.07 267.0 199 98 91 55 277 8 3 MEM 2010 35 35 19 5 0 1.86 261.0 161 59 54 64 261 4 2 MEM,AL 2011 38 38 15 9 0 2.27 261.2 166 74 66 80 245 2 1 MEM,AL 2012 35 35 12 9 0 2.84 225.0 157 86 71 93 150 0 0 MEM 2013 37 37 13 9 0 3.11 226.0 169 87 78 94 134 0 0 MEM,AL 2014 35 35 7 16 0 5.50 168.2 189 117 103 109 101 1 1 MEM Total 430 430 199 115 0 2.90 2979.2 2177 1065 961 884 2857 46 19 Career Postseason Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2003 2 2 0 2 0 6.75 12.0 13 9 9 5 14 0 0 2008 4 4 2 1 0 2.76 29.1 16 10 9 9 31 0 0 2009 4 4 3 0 0 1.24 29.0 17 4 4 6 29 0 0 2010 4 4 3 1 0 2.56 31.2 22 9 9 8 35 0 0 Total 14 14 8 4 0 2.74 102.0 68 32 31 28 109 0 0 Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2003 36 89 15 4 0 0 5 7 3 31 1 0 .169 .196 .213 .409 HAR,NL 2004 36 89 19 4 0 1 9 9 4 27 0 0 .213 .247 .292 .539 HAR,NL 2005 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM 2006 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM 2007 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM,AL 2008 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM,AL 2009 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM 2010 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM,AL 2011 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM,AL 2012 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM 2013 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM,AL 2014 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 MEM Total 430 178 34 8 0 1 14 16 7 58 1 0 .191 .222 .253 .474 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Hartford in 2003... Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/2003, off Kristofer Winters (HAR)... Earned first career win on 4/6/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2004, going 4-0, 1.62... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2004, going 6-0, 1.99... Hit first career homerun on 9/17/2004, off Louis Dambrosio (LA)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2004, winning 2 games with a 1.23 ERA... Won Cy Young Award in 2004, going 23-9, 2.60 ERA... Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 2/2/2005 to a 5-year deal worth $9,986,900 per year... Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 259 on 9/11/2005 ... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2005, going 4-0, 1.98... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2007, going 4-1, 1.82... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2007, going 5-1, 2.87... Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2007, going 4-0, 1.60... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2008, going 4-0, 1.74... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2008, going 4-1, 2.05... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2008, going 4-1, 0.74... Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2008, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Cy Young Award in 2008, going 21-7, 2.17 ERA... Struck out 15 batters against Knoxville on 4/11/2009... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2009, going 5-1, 2.34... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2010, going 3-0, 1.42... Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/2010, winning one game with a 1.17 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2010, going 4-0, 2.25... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2010, going 4-1, 1.14... Won Cy Young Award in 2010, going 19-5, 1.86 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2011, going 2-2, 1.10... Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/2011, winning one game with a 1.93 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2011, going 5-0, 1.22... Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game... Retired in 2015. Pitching Leader Boards Appearances ERA 2003 - 2.88 - 2nd 2004 - 2.60 - 3rd 2005 - 3.29 - 6th 2006 - 3.71 - 8th 2007 - 2.51 - 2nd 2008 - 2.17 - 1st 2009 - 3.07 - 2nd 2010 - 1.86 - 1st 2011 - 2.27 - 1st 2012 - 2.84 - 1st 2013 - 3.11 - 4th WHIP 2003 - 0.95 - 1st 2004 - 0.89 - 1st 2005 - 0.94 - 1st 2006 - 1.16 - 2nd 2007 - 0.96 - 1st 2008 - 0.94 - 1st 2009 - 0.95 - 1st 2010 - 0.86 - 1st 2011 - 0.94 - 1st 2012 - 1.11 - 2nd 2013 - 1.16 - 3rd Wins 2003 - 15 - 8th 2004 - 23 - 1st 2005 - 20 - 1st 2007 - 23 - 2nd 2008 - 21 - 1st 2009 - 16 - 6th 2010 - 19 - 2nd 2011 - 15 - 8th Losses 2014 - 16 - 4th IP 2003 - 265.2 - 1st 2004 - 259.2 - 1st 2005 - 273.1 - 1st 2006 - 245.1 - 2nd 2007 - 265.0 - 2nd 2008 - 261.1 - 2nd 2009 - 267.0 - 2nd 2010 - 261.0 - 2nd 2011 - 261.2 - 1st 2012 - 225.0 - 6th 2013 - 226.0 - 8th K's 2003 - 281 - 2nd 2004 - 281 - 2nd 2005 - 298 - 1st 2006 - 262 - 1st 2007 - 299 - 2nd 2008 - 268 - 3rd 2009 - 277 - 1st 2010 - 261 - 2nd 2011 - 245 - 2nd BB 2003 - 76 - 7th 2011 - 80 - 7th 2012 - 93 - 4th 2013 - 94 - 6th 2014 - 109 - 2nd CG 2003 - 8 - 2nd 2005 - 7 - 6th 2007 - 4 - 9th 2008 - 8 - 1st 2009 - 8 - 1st 2010 - 4 - 8th 2014 - 1 - 10th SHO 2003 - 3 - 2nd 2007 - 2 - 4th 2008 - 5 - 1st 2009 - 3 - 1st 2010 - 2 - 4th 2011 - 1 - 8th 2014 - 1 - 8th
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Denver @ Charlotte (8-2 victory) Denver @ Charlotte (0-4 loss) Washington @ Denver (2-5 loss) Washington @ Denver (13-6 victory) Washington @ Denver (8-4 victory) Miami @ Denver (7-6 victory) The Broncos made it to 6-0 before losing their first game of the season as Charlotte avoided the sweep. After a second straight loss, the Denver bats picked things up, scoring 28 runs over the next three games, all victories, and the Broncos improved their record to 9-2. Alexis Vazquez gave the Broncos their second straight Player of the Week winner, as he went 10 for 23 with 5 homeruns, 11 RBI, and 7 runs scored. Vazquez is currently on a 12 game hitting streak and a 3 game HR streak. Lee Chappel continued his torrid hitting, as well, going 9 for 20 with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 6 runs scored, and 5 walks. Mark Bakke had a good week. He went 7 for 24 with 2 HR and 8 RBI. Along the way, he also reached 2,000 hits for his career. It wasn't all offense for the Broncos. Kenny Pillsbury improved to 3-0 on the year by winning both of his starts during the week with a 1.59 ERA. In other news, Tomas Sato will be out of the lineup for about a week with a pulled abdominal muscle. Reliever Lyndon Gwinn has been sent to AAA, and infielder Patrick Chason has been called up to give the Broncos another hitter while Sato is on the shelf.
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# Career Hits H 1 F. Mira 3826 2 S. Serrato* 3798 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 C. Romeo 3383 6 D. Homan 3360 7 F. Cobos 3343 8 T. Guerrero 3301 9 K. Bryant 3294 10 R. Vega* 3276 HR: Code:
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# Career RBIs RBI 1 D. Homan 2255 2 F. Mira 2218 3 R. Vega* 2217 4 E. Quon 2214 Wins: Code:
# Career Wins W 1 R. Padgett 339 2 R. Jordan 335 3 R. Mccomas 321 4 S. Narbaiza* 296 5 J. Poss 295
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: Valentin Sojo
Valentin Sojo:
Like John Caylor, Valentin Sojo's career numbers don't seem particularly impressive. Also like Caylor, Sojo was one of the more dominant pitchers in the early league history, making 7 All Star teams and winning one Cy Young award. In addition, Sojo's career ERA still ranks in the top 25. Sojo comes in at 15th on the career list with a 3.19 ERA. Unlike Caylor, however, Sojo's credentials also include a great deal of postseason success. Sojo was the ace of the Pittsburgh dynasty that arose in the first ten years of the league, and won four World Series with the Pirates. Sojo was one of the best postseason pitchers ever, winning 13 games with a 2.71 ERA. In the 2010 World Series, against Memphis, Sojo tossed a 3 hit shutout in Game 3, and the Pirates went on to win in 5 games. In addition to his pitching prowess, Sojo was known for being a decent hitter. He had a career .239 AVG, and batted .292 in 2007 and .311 in 2008. Sojo's career stats: Code:
Career Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 2003 36 36 15 7 0 3.08 240.0 216 88 82 39 140 2 1 ROC,NL 2004 33 33 18 4 0 2.40 221.1 183 65 59 22 186 1 1 PIT,NL 2005 33 33 13 8 0 3.55 197.2 180 87 78 41 165 0 0 PIT 2006 33 33 14 4 0 2.69 224.1 176 72 67 30 187 1 1 PIT 2007 33 33 19 7 0 2.72 218.1 177 72 66 33 172 1 0 PIT,NL 2008 33 33 19 8 0 2.83 219.1 176 78 69 30 165 4 3 PIT,NL 2009 36 36 16 7 0 2.88 218.2 187 79 70 56 175 1 1 PIT,NL 2010 33 33 16 8 0 3.65 202.0 210 92 82 37 158 2 1 PIT 2011 34 34 15 5 0 2.79 209.1 173 76 65 55 185 0 0 PIT,NL ATL 2012 34 34 11 10 0 3.98 212.2 238 114 94 47 123 0 0 TUC 2013 36 36 13 8 0 3.08 216.1 201 86 74 51 151 1 1 TUC,AL 2014 36 36 11 5 0 2.72 218.2 215 83 66 45 115 0 0 TUC 2015 33 33 13 17 0 5.18 215.1 263 146 124 91 111 2 1 TUC Total 443 443 193 98 0 3.19 2814.0 2595 1138 996 577 2033 15 10 Career Postseason Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2004 3 3 1 2 0 4.58 19.2 16 10 10 5 18 0 0 2005 4 4 3 0 0 0.95 28.1 20 4 3 3 18 0 0 2006 2 2 0 2 0 5.40 8.1 12 14 5 4 6 0 0 2007 4 4 2 1 0 3.86 25.2 23 11 11 5 15 0 0 2008 4 4 3 1 0 2.05 26.1 20 7 6 5 15 0 0 2009 3 3 2 0 0 3.26 19.1 16 8 7 6 13 0 0 2010 3 3 2 0 0 1.25 21.2 16 3 3 5 19 1 1 Total 23 23 13 6 0 2.71 149.1 123 57 45 33 104 1 1 Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2003 36 79 18 2 0 0 5 7 6 26 0 0 .228 .282 .253 .536 ROC,NL 2004 33 67 15 1 0 0 1 9 1 22 0 0 .224 .235 .239 .474 PIT,NL 2005 33 69 17 2 0 0 9 6 2 23 1 0 .246 .268 .275 .543 PIT 2006 33 61 14 1 0 1 7 6 4 24 0 0 .230 .277 .295 .572 PIT 2007 33 65 19 2 0 0 6 10 1 24 0 0 .292 .303 .323 .626 PIT,NL 2008 33 74 23 1 0 0 3 9 1 24 0 0 .311 .320 .324 .644 PIT,NL 2009 36 68 10 0 0 1 8 5 5 34 0 0 .147 .205 .191 .397 PIT,NL 2010 33 63 14 2 0 0 6 3 2 22 0 1 .222 .246 .254 .500 PIT 2011 34 41 10 0 0 1 4 3 1 20 0 0 .244 .262 .317 .579 PIT,NL ATL 2012 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TUC 2013 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TUC,AL 2014 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TUC 2015 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TUC Total 443 587 140 11 0 3 49 58 23 219 1 1 .239 .267 .273 .540 Player History Drafted in 4th round, 63rd overall pick, by Rochester in 2003... Had first career hit on 4/2/2003, off Edgardo Moreno (PIT)... Earned first career win on 4/7/2003... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2003, going 3-0, 1.85... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/9/2004 to a 4-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2005... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2006, going 4-0, 1.59... Hit first career homerun on 9/2/2006, off Nathan Echevarria (SAC)... Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2008, going 4-1, 1.50... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2008... Won Cy Young Award in 2008, going 19-8, 2.83 ERA... Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2009... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2010... Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game... Traded from Pittsburgh to Atlanta on 7/21/2011 (Going to ATL: P V. Sojo, 3B D. Grosvenor, LF T. Viader. Going to PIT: 3B C. Serra, LF S. Shires, LF M. Yokley)... Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 2/10/2012 to a 4-year deal worth $13,655,000 per year... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2013, going 4-1, 2.16... Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game... Retired in 2016. Pitching Leader Boards Appearances ERA 2003 - 3.08 - 3rd 2004 - 2.40 - 1st 2005 - 3.55 - 5th 2006 - 2.69 - 1st 2007 - 2.72 - 3rd 2008 - 2.83 - 1st 2009 - 2.88 - 6th 2011 - 2.79 - 2nd 2013 - 3.08 - 3rd 2014 - 2.72 - 2nd WHIP 2003 - 1.06 - 3rd 2004 - 0.93 - 2nd 2005 - 1.12 - 3rd 2006 - 0.92 - 1st 2007 - 0.96 - 1st 2008 - 0.94 - 2nd 2009 - 1.11 - 7th 2011 - 1.09 - 2nd 2013 - 1.16 - 4th 2014 - 1.19 - 2nd Wins 2003 - 15 - 5th 2004 - 18 - 3rd 2006 - 14 - 8th 2007 - 19 - 2nd 2008 - 19 - 1st 2009 - 16 - 4th 2010 - 16 - 6th 2011 - 15 - 7th Losses 2015 - 17 - 6th IP 2003 - 240.0 - 2nd 2004 - 221.1 - 6th 2006 - 224.1 - 9th 2008 - 219.1 - 10th 2014 - 218.2 - 7th K's 2004 - 186 - 9th 2006 - 187 - 9th 2007 - 172 - 10th 2011 - 185 - 9th 2013 - 151 - 10th CG 2008 - 4 - 4th 2010 - 2 - 10th SHO 2008 - 3 - 2nd
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: Justin Ginn
2B Justin Ginn:
Justin Ginn was one of the first great second baseman in league history, making 8 All Star teams. He was a very good hitter for average (.320 for his career), and had excellent power(over 400 HR in his career and two 40 HR campaigns). In 2008, he won the AL Silver Slugger award, hitting .370 with 43 HR. He also had two very impressive postseason runs. He carried Knoxville to the 2004 championship by hitting .447 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 13 RBI, and 10 runs scored in the playoffs. Seven of the RBI came in the final three World series games, as Knoxville rallied from being down 2 games to 1 to beat Pittsburgh in 6 games. In 2013, however, Pittsburgh would get the last laugh. Despite Ginn hitting .392 with 6 extra base hits and 12 RBI in that postseason for Kansas City, the Pirates prevailed in 7 games in the World Series. Ginn wasn't all about offense, though. He did manage to win a Gold Glove at in 2003. Ginn's career stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2003 154 594 175 31 5 21 88 89 64 96 4 2 .295 .363 .470 .833 KNO,AL 2004 140 569 178 23 4 34 107 104 63 71 2 0 .313 .381 .547 .928 KNO,AL 2005 154 579 183 30 5 33 107 104 73 83 5 0 .316 .393 .556 .949 KNO,AL 2006 156 574 185 36 1 32 97 118 70 85 2 1 .322 .396 .556 .952 KNO,AL 2007 155 594 179 23 5 29 82 86 65 100 6 1 .301 .370 .503 .874 KNO,AL 2008 155 613 227 26 4 43 118 139 67 91 14 6 .370 .432 .636 1.069 KC,AL 2009 144 569 183 23 3 26 107 93 58 99 13 2 .322 .384 .510 .894 KC 2010 156 616 198 28 1 39 119 115 69 111 5 7 .321 .390 .560 .950 KC,AL 2011 154 624 193 33 5 22 114 109 65 122 17 7 .309 .374 .484 .858 KC 2012 142 544 189 30 1 41 119 111 63 82 9 3 .347 .415 .632 1.048 KC 2013 155 606 198 38 4 38 122 117 81 118 13 4 .327 .406 .591 .997 KC,AL 2014 156 611 188 26 5 33 145 116 62 141 12 4 .308 .371 .529 .900 KC 2015 150 570 171 22 5 34 109 108 55 132 1 1 .300 .362 .535 .897 KC 2016 21 42 16 0 1 1 6 9 2 11 0 0 .381 .409 .500 .909 GR Total 1992 7705 2463 369 49 426 1440 1418 857 1342 103 38 .320 .388 .546 .934 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2004 12 47 21 3 1 4 13 10 5 7 1 0 .447 .500 .809 1.309 2006 6 27 6 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 2011 6 26 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 .115 .179 .115 .294 2013 12 51 20 3 0 3 12 11 5 7 1 0 .392 .446 .627 1.074 Total 36 151 50 7 2 7 27 24 12 22 3 1 .331 .380 .543 .923 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Knoxville in 2003... Had first career hit on 4/3/2003, off Aurelio Sandoval (ATL)... Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2003, off Damaso Castilleja (WAS)... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2003, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 6 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2003... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Won World Series with Knoxville in 2004... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 4/1/2005... Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Grand Rapids on 7/31/2005... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2005, hitting .484 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 9/12/2005... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2006, hitting .347 with 11 HR, 22 RBI... Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/1/2008 to a 7-year deal worth $9,816,400 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2008, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2008, hitting .387 with 8 HR, 21 RBI... Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2008, hitting .484 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/8/2008... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2008, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Memphis on 8/23/2008... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2008, hitting .441 with 9 HR, 22 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2008, hitting .381 with 8 HR, 20 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2008, hitting .370 with 43 HR, 118 RBI... Injured on 4/8/2009 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tucson on 4/24/2009... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2009, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 8/14/2009... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2009, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2009, hitting .421 with 7 HR, 25 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Tucson, driving in 5 runs on 4/1/2010... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2010, hitting .531 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2011, hitting .438 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Nashville on 7/9/2011... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2011, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 9 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 9/13/2011... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2011, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2012, hitting .419 with 10 HR, 27 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/2/2012... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 5/14/2012... Injured on 6/22/2012 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2012, hitting .433 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2013, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2013, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 7/7/2013, off Jason Bogart (ATL)... Had 6 hits with 6 RBI against Washington on 5/7/2014... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2014, hitting .448 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Grand Rapids on 6/20/2014... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2014, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 5/25/2015... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/14/2015... Signed as a free agent by Grand Rapids on 2/26/2016 to a 1-year deal worth $1,375,900 per year... Released by Grand Rapids on 7/21/2016, refused assignment to minors... Retired in 2017. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2004 - .313 - 6th 2005 - .316 - 5th 2006 - .322 - 3rd 2008 - .370 - 1st 2009 - .322 - 5th 2010 - .321 - 7th 2012 - .347 - 2nd 2013 - .327 - 6th OBP 2005 - .393 - 7th 2006 - .396 - 4th 2007 - .370 - 10th 2008 - .432 - 1st 2009 - .384 - 7th 2010 - .390 - 9th 2012 - .415 - 5th 2013 - .406 - 7th SLG 2004 - .547 - 7th 2005 - .556 - 4th 2006 - .556 - 2nd 2007 - .503 - 8th 2008 - .636 - 2nd 2009 - .510 - 9th 2010 - .560 - 5th 2012 - .632 - 2nd 2013 - .591 - 6th 2014 - .529 - 8th OPS 2004 - .928 - 5th 2005 - .949 - 2nd 2006 - .952 - 1st 2007 - .874 - 8th 2008 - 1.069 - 1st 2009 - .894 - 7th 2010 - .950 - 4th 2012 - 1.048 - 1st 2013 - .997 - 6th Hits 2003 - 175 - 10th 2005 - 183 - 5th 2006 - 185 - 3rd 2007 - 179 - 7th 2008 - 227 - 1st 2009 - 183 - 7th 2010 - 198 - 4th 2011 - 193 - 4th 2012 - 189 - 10th 2013 - 198 - 3rd Homeruns 2004 - 34 - 6th 2005 - 33 - 5th 2006 - 32 - 4th 2007 - 29 - 7th 2008 - 43 - 2nd 2010 - 39 - 3rd 2012 - 41 - 3rd 2013 - 38 - 8th 2015 - 34 - 9th RBI 2004 - 107 - 8th 2005 - 107 - 5th 2008 - 118 - 2nd 2009 - 107 - 9th 2010 - 119 - 4th 2011 - 114 - 7th 2012 - 119 - 6th 2013 - 122 - 8th 2014 - 145 - 4th Runs 2004 - 104 - 8th 2005 - 104 - 5th 2006 - 118 - 1st 2008 - 139 - 1st 2010 - 115 - 5th 2011 - 109 - 8th 2013 - 117 - 6th 2014 - 116 - 7th 2015 - 108 - 10th BB 2013 - 81 - 9th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: Kangorou Yataro
LF Kangorou Yataro:
Kangourou Yataro was one of the most feared sluggers in the early days of the league. Known for his fearsome power and tremendous batting eye, Yataro was an 11 time All Star and won 4 Silver Slugger Awards(only 7 players have won at least 4 SS's). Despite a sudden loss in power at the end of his career that left him short of 500 career HR- he finished with 493- Yataro had 4 consecutive 50 HR seasons from 2009 to 2012. Yataro was one of the key players on those early Pittsburgh teams which dominated so much. His efforts contributed to 8 World Series championships for Pittsburgh, including 6 in a row from 2008 to 2013. It is difficult to pick out a particular postseason run for Yataro as being the "best," since he had only one that could even be considered bad. Still, his 2009 run was probably the most incredible. He batted .423 with a .651 OBP. He collected 5 extra base hits in 26 at bats, and had a 17 to 1 walk to strikeout rate. Yataro's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2003 70 230 61 14 1 2 26 21 28 53 2 0 .265 .345 .361 .706 PIT 2004 148 500 138 15 2 34 88 76 71 110 0 0 .276 .366 .518 .884 PIT,NL 2005 156 531 140 26 5 36 108 106 104 108 0 0 .264 .384 .535 .919 PIT,NL 2006 154 539 124 24 1 27 80 88 81 124 2 0 .230 .331 .429 .759 PIT 2007 137 439 121 29 1 22 75 87 85 92 0 0 .276 .393 .497 .890 PIT 2008 153 525 151 26 3 35 118 84 80 86 2 0 .288 .382 .549 .930 PIT,NL 2009 152 531 149 18 0 55 139 106 99 75 0 0 .281 .394 .625 1.019 PIT,NL 2010 157 540 163 26 1 58 153 124 103 60 4 0 .302 .414 .676 1.090 PIT,NL 2011 146 510 168 22 1 50 119 115 90 52 0 0 .329 .430 .671 1.101 PIT,NL 2012 149 515 168 24 3 52 153 113 92 58 1 0 .326 .428 .687 1.116 PIT,NL 2013 148 504 175 29 1 37 106 117 96 68 0 0 .347 .452 .629 1.081 PIT,NL 2014 149 517 146 22 0 26 107 98 81 87 1 0 .282 .380 .476 .855 PIT,NL 2015 150 495 126 26 1 28 82 86 72 67 0 0 .255 .349 .481 .830 PIT,NL 2016 151 497 154 22 0 24 90 94 82 68 2 1 .310 .408 .499 .907 PIT,NL 2017 115 387 100 9 0 5 42 45 41 65 0 1 .258 .329 .320 .650 PIT 2018 41 89 10 1 0 2 8 6 9 26 0 0 .112 .194 .191 .385 PIT Total 2176 7349 2094 333 20 493 1494 1366 1214 1199 14 2 .285 .386 .537 .923 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2003, AAA 80 313 86 15 0 9 43 42 35 69 2 2 .275 .338 .409 .747 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2004 11 36 12 2 1 1 4 7 9 7 0 0 .333 .467 .528 .994 2005 13 48 13 1 0 5 9 12 8 14 0 0 .271 .375 .604 .979 2006 7 29 11 2 0 5 11 9 4 6 0 0 .379 .455 .966 1.420 2007 14 49 8 2 1 0 5 3 6 13 0 0 .163 .255 .245 .499 2008 12 47 13 0 0 4 11 6 7 7 0 0 .277 .370 .532 .902 2009 10 26 11 3 0 2 4 10 17 1 0 0 .423 .651 .769 1.420 2010 12 42 15 2 0 3 8 8 10 5 0 0 .357 .481 .619 1.100 2011 13 50 10 1 0 4 11 7 7 5 0 0 .200 .298 .460 .758 2012 12 51 16 5 0 4 16 9 8 5 0 0 .314 .407 .647 1.054 2013 13 53 20 6 0 2 16 13 7 9 0 0 .377 .450 .604 1.054 2014 12 48 16 5 0 2 9 9 4 8 0 0 .333 .385 .563 .947 2015 14 56 14 6 0 4 15 9 4 14 0 0 .250 .300 .571 .871 Total 143 535 159 35 2 36 119 102 91 94 0 0 .297 .399 .572 .971 Player History Drafted in 9th round, 141st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2003... Had first career hit on 7/6/2003, off Paul Pender (LA)... Hit first career homerun on 8/21/2003, off Mose Orr (HAR)... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 4/7/2004... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 6/13/2005... Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2005, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2005... Injured on 6/1/2007 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2007, hitting .526 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Rochester, driving in 8 runs on 4/3/2008... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2008, hitting .478 with 8 HR, 15 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2008, hitting .341 with 13 HR, 35 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/9/2008... Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2008, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2008... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2009, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2009, hitting .563 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2009, hitting .384 with 8 HR, 22 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/25/2009... Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game... Drove in 8 runs against Rochester on 9/26/2009... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2009... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2009, hitting .281 with 55 HR, 139 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 4/9/2010... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Portland on 4/11/2010... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2010, hitting .483 with 4 HR, 14 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2010, hitting .333 with 9 HR, 26 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 6/26/2010... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2010, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 14 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2010, hitting .354 with 9 HR, 32 RBI... Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 5 runs on 7/21/2010... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2010, hitting .375 with 13 HR, 26 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Sacramento on 9/2/2010... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2010, hitting .458 with 6 HR, 13 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Rochester on 9/25/2010... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2010, hitting .333 with 11 HR, 29 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2010... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2010, hitting .302 with 58 HR, 153 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2011, hitting .520 with 5 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2011, hitting .473 with 11 HR, 28 RBI... Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 5 runs on 8/21/2011... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2011, hitting .474 with 5 HR, 10 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2011... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2012, hitting .354 with 12 HR, 31 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2012, hitting .413 with 10 HR, 28 RBI... Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2012, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 8/14/2012... Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 9/2/2012... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2012... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2012, hitting .326 with 52 HR, 153 RBI... Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game... Hit for the cycle against Harrisburg on 7/16/2013... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2013, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2013, hitting .407 with 4 HR, 20 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 10/15/2013... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2013... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2013, hitting .347 with 37 HR, 106 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Sacramento on 6/11/2014... Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 7/19/2014... Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2015... Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2016, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 4/24/2017, off Roger Copeland (HAR)... Retired in 2019. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2011 - .329 - 6th 2012 - .326 - 10th 2013 - .347 - 1st OBP 2005 - .384 - 10th 2007 - .393 - 6th 2008 - .382 - 9th 2009 - .394 - 7th 2010 - .414 - 4th 2011 - .430 - 1st 2012 - .428 - 2nd 2013 - .452 - 1st 2014 - .380 - 6th 2016 - .408 - 3rd SLG 2004 - .518 - 9th 2005 - .535 - 10th 2008 - .549 - 3rd 2009 - .625 - 1st 2010 - .676 - 1st 2011 - .671 - 1st 2012 - .687 - 1st 2013 - .629 - 1st OPS 2004 - .884 - 10th 2005 - .919 - 8th 2007 - .890 - 8th 2008 - .930 - 4th 2009 - 1.019 - 1st 2010 - 1.090 - 1st 2011 - 1.101 - 1st 2012 - 1.116 - 1st 2013 - 1.081 - 1st 2014 - .855 - 9th 2016 - .907 - 6th Triples 2005 - 5 - 10th Homeruns 2004 - 34 - 7th 2005 - 36 - 6th 2008 - 35 - 5th 2009 - 55 - 1st 2010 - 58 - 1st 2011 - 50 - 1st 2012 - 52 - 1st 2013 - 37 - 3rd RBI 2005 - 108 - 8th 2008 - 118 - 3rd 2009 - 139 - 1st 2010 - 153 - 1st 2011 - 119 - 2nd 2012 - 153 - 1st 2013 - 106 - 6th 2014 - 107 - 5th Runs 2005 - 106 - 3rd 2006 - 88 - 9th 2009 - 106 - 3rd 2010 - 124 - 1st 2011 - 115 - 3rd 2012 - 113 - 5th 2013 - 117 - 1st 2014 - 98 - 8th BB 2005 - 104 - 1st 2006 - 81 - 6th 2007 - 85 - 3rd 2008 - 80 - 6th 2009 - 99 - 3rd 2010 - 103 - 2nd 2011 - 90 - 4th 2012 - 92 - 4th 2013 - 96 - 2nd 2014 - 81 - 10th
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4/14/2082 to 4/20/2082
Miami @ Denver (4-3 victory in 12 innings) Miami @ Denver (4-5 defeat) Tucson @ Denver (6-8 defeat) Tucson @ Denver (4-5 defeat) Atlanta @ Denver (22-8 victory) Atlanta @ Denver (5-4 victory in 11 innings) After such a hot start in the first two weeks of the season, the Broncos were bound to cool off a bit sooner or later. That cooling off happened in the third week of the season, with Denver dropping three games in a row- one game to Miami and two to Tucson. They bounced back in a big way, however, pounding struggling Atlanta in one game and then edging past them in extra innings, to finish the week with a record of 12-5. Alexis Vazquez hit a grand slam and drove in 7 runs altogether in the 22-8 trouncing of the Braves. In that same game, Ellis Bolling had 5 RBI and Russell Thomas had 4 RBI. Asbel Fuentez scored 5 runs in the game. Throughout the week, Vazquez kept up his red hot hitting, going 10 for 26 with a triple, 4 HR, 13 RBI, and 7 runs scored. He extended his hitting streak to 18 games. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 F. Mira 3826 2 S. Serrato* 3803 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 C. Romeo 3383 6 D. Homan 3360 7 F. Cobos 3343 8 T. Guerrero 3301 9 K. Bryant 3294 10 R. Vega* 3284 HR: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 J. Paras 645 4 H. Abad 641 5 W. Byrd 639 6 R. Vega* 638 RBI: Code:
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# Career Wins W 1 R. Padgett 339 2 R. Jordan 335 3 R. Mccomas 321 4 S. Narbaiza* 296 5 J. Poss 295
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: SS Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight:
Shortstop Timothy Knight was the first Hall of Famer not to have been taken in the 2003 inaugural draft. Instead, he was selected by Washington second overall in 2006. Knight rapidly turned into one of most dominant AL sluggers, leading the league in homeruns four years in a row- from 2012 to 2015. He was most famed for surpassing Scott Border on the all time HR list in 2018. Alas for Knight, as the league blossomed with power hitters in the '20s, he was toppled from the top of the list in 2022 by Tony Martinez. Today, Knight's 570 HR do not even rank among the top 25. Knight was also one of seven players to win at least 4 Silver Slugger Awards, two of which have already been mentioned- Scott Border and Kangorou Yataro. Knight's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2006 141 533 133 11 5 10 41 62 32 129 9 8 .250 .292 .345 .637 WAS 2007 153 587 180 33 1 23 74 81 34 130 12 7 .307 .345 .484 .828 WAS 2008 154 612 203 31 8 38 109 107 40 123 6 1 .332 .373 .595 .967 WAS,AL 2009 145 586 198 26 4 43 131 110 51 111 11 0 .338 .391 .616 1.007 WAS,AL 2010 155 631 191 32 5 41 139 120 57 127 10 11 .303 .360 .564 .925 WAS,AL 2011 157 623 192 23 1 37 123 119 62 150 11 3 .308 .371 .526 .897 WAS,AL 2012 157 662 211 34 1 59 171 129 58 137 6 1 .319 .374 .640 1.014 WAS,AL 2013 152 618 177 20 6 55 134 139 66 131 8 2 .286 .355 .605 .960 WAS 2014 155 644 231 30 7 57 170 143 62 143 19 4 .359 .415 .693 1.108 WAS,AL 2015 154 608 202 42 5 46 142 133 75 152 18 2 .332 .406 .645 1.050 WAS,AL 2016 156 622 182 35 6 53 154 114 59 162 18 4 .293 .354 .624 .978 WAS 2017 157 605 185 38 3 36 131 107 66 164 15 5 .306 .374 .557 .931 WAS,AL 2018 154 576 201 38 4 39 128 112 67 145 16 6 .349 .417 .632 1.049 WAS,AL 2019 155 575 167 44 4 33 106 100 60 153 5 4 .290 .357 .553 .911 NAS Total 2145 8482 2653 437 60 570 1753 1576 789 1957 164 58 .313 .371 .580 .951 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2010 4 17 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 .235 .235 .353 .588 2013 5 23 6 1 0 1 3 5 2 5 0 0 .261 .320 .435 .755 Total 9 40 10 3 0 1 3 6 2 11 1 0 .250 .286 .400 .686 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Washington in 2006... Had first career hit on 4/3/2006, off Weldon Hinton (ATL)... Hit first career homerun on 4/12/2006, off Melchor Deguzman (GR)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2007, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2007, hitting .394 with 8 HR, 22 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2008, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/18/2009... Hit 3 homeruns against Knoxville, driving in 4 runs on 5/26/2009... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2009, hitting .600 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2009, hitting .320 with 7 HR, 21 RBI... Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Nashville on 7/16/2009... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2009, hitting .419 with 6 HR, 16 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2009, hitting .366 with 10 HR, 30 RBI... Injured on 9/20/2009 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2009, hitting .338 with 43 HR, 131 RBI... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Nashville on 5/3/2010... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2010, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2010, hitting .336 with 12 HR, 34 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 9/22/2010... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2011, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2011, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Atlanta on 7/28/2011... Hit 3 homeruns against Atlanta, driving in 6 runs on 7/28/2011... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Memphis on 4/15/2012... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 5/12/2012... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2012, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 15 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 6/10/2012... Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Tucson on 7/7/2012... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2012, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2012, hitting .324 with 10 HR, 21 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2012, hitting .368 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2012, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2012, hitting .400 with 12 HR, 33 RBI... Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 169 on 10/1/2012... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2012, hitting .319 with 59 HR, 171 RBI... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 4/2/2013... Injured on 6/30/2013 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Grand Rapids on 8/14/2013... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Knoxville on 4/30/2014... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2014, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 5/14/2014... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2014, hitting .600 with 5 HR, 17 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2014, hitting .387 with 11 HR, 37 RBI... Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2014, hitting .378 with 13 HR, 33 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2014, hitting .452 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2014, hitting .359 with 57 HR, 170 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2015, hitting .571 with 5 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2015, hitting .332 with 46 HR, 142 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2015... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 5/24/2016... Had 2000th career hit on 7/6/2016, off Bradley Currey (MEM)... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas City on 8/31/2016... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2016, hitting .343 with 14 HR, 40 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 4/21/2017... Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game... Drove in 8 runs against Knoxville on 7/18/2017... Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 8/8/2017... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2017, hitting .533 with 2 HR, 13 RBI... Had 500th career homerun on 4/8/2018, off Gerald Willie (NAS)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2018, hitting .625 with 1 HR, 4 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2018, hitting .418 with 7 HR, 20 RBI... Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Tucson on 6/7/2018... Hit 3 homeruns against Tucson, driving in 7 runs on 6/7/2018... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2018, hitting .423 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2018, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2018, hitting .556 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/2/2019 to a 3-year deal worth $7,625,300 per year... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2019, hitting .360 with 13 HR, 37 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Atlanta, driving in 4 runs on 6/21/2019... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2020. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2007 - .307 - 9th 2008 - .332 - 4th 2009 - .338 - 1st 2014 - .359 - 2nd 2015 - .332 - 5th 2017 - .306 - 9th 2018 - .349 - 2nd OBP 2009 - .391 - 8th 2014 - .415 - 5th 2015 - .406 - 9th 2018 - .417 - 3rd SLG 2007 - .484 - 10th 2008 - .595 - 3rd 2009 - .616 - 1st 2010 - .564 - 4th 2011 - .526 - 7th 2012 - .640 - 1st 2013 - .605 - 4th 2014 - .693 - 2nd 2015 - .645 - 1st 2016 - .624 - 3rd 2017 - .557 - 9th 2018 - .632 - 3rd OPS 2008 - .967 - 5th 2009 - 1.007 - 2nd 2010 - .925 - 6th 2011 - .897 - 8th 2012 - 1.014 - 2nd 2013 - .960 - 8th 2014 - 1.108 - 2nd 2015 - 1.050 - 1st 2016 - .978 - 4th 2017 - .931 - 8th 2018 - 1.049 - 3rd Hits 2007 - 180 - 6th 2008 - 203 - 3rd 2009 - 198 - 3rd 2010 - 191 - 7th 2011 - 192 - 6th 2012 - 211 - 2nd 2014 - 231 - 1st 2015 - 202 - 4th 2017 - 185 - 6th 2018 - 201 - 4th Doubles 2015 - 42 - 10th 2019 - 44 - 10th Triples 2008 - 8 - 3rd 2013 - 6 - 8th 2014 - 7 - 7th Homeruns 2008 - 38 - 3rd 2009 - 43 - 2nd 2010 - 41 - 2nd 2011 - 37 - 3rd 2012 - 59 - 1st 2013 - 55 - 1st 2014 - 57 - 1st 2015 - 46 - 1st 2016 - 53 - 3rd 2017 - 36 - 8th 2018 - 39 - 5th 2019 - 33 - 8th RBI 2008 - 109 - 5th 2009 - 131 - 2nd 2010 - 139 - 2nd 2011 - 123 - 5th 2012 - 171 - 1st 2013 - 134 - 3rd 2014 - 170 - 1st 2015 - 142 - 2nd 2016 - 154 - 1st 2017 - 131 - 6th 2018 - 128 - 5th Runs 2008 - 107 - 5th 2009 - 110 - 5th 2010 - 120 - 1st 2011 - 119 - 2nd 2012 - 129 - 2nd 2013 - 139 - 2nd 2014 - 143 - 1st 2015 - 133 - 3rd 2016 - 114 - 7th 2017 - 107 - 9th 2018 - 112 - 9th SB 2014 - 19 - 10th 2016 - 18 - 10th
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4/21/2082 to 4/27/2082
Atlanta @ Denver (8-2 victory) Denver @ Knoxville (5-3 victory) Denver @ Knoxville (7-2 victory) Denver @ Knoxville (4-14 defeat) Green Bay @ Denver (5-3 victory) Green Bay @ Denver (15-5 victory) The Broncos finished off a sweep of the Braves by pounding them 8-2. They then took two of the three from the 79ers, despite Kenny Pillsbury getting absolutely bombed in his first loss of the season in a 14-4 loss in the third game of the series. They closed out the week by winning two games against Green Bay. Although the strong week put the Broncos at 17-6 on the year, they lost their hold on first place as the red hot Tucson Diamondbacks have won 13 straight games and possess a record of 18-5. Russell Thomas was the hot hitter during the week, going 12 for 27 with 3 doubles, 3 homeruns, 7 RBI, and 6 runs scored. Alexis Vazquez had his hitting streak snapped at 21 games, but continued to hit well, going 8 for 18 with a double, a homer, and 5 RBI. Joseph Swayze showed signs of coming out of an early season slump by going 6 for 20 with a double, 3 homeruns, and 5 RBI. Ray Lockridge notched 2 wins in as many starts, posting a 2.45 ERA in the process. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: 2B Dave Gonsalves
Dave Gonsalves:
Dave Gonsalves was the first Hall of Fame hitter to get in primarily for his ability to get hits, rather than homeruns, though Gonsalves did have solid pop in his bat. He collected 2936 hits, a total that ranked third all time at the time that he retired. His hit total remained in the top 25 all time until 2063. Gonsalves also became known for being a "have bat, will travel" type of player. He established himself with Memphis in the league's very first season of 2003. He remained with the Grizzlies until 2008, although an odd series of events in 2006 briefly took him away from Memphis. On July 18th of that year, Memphis traded Gonsalves to Hartford. Twelve days later, the Grizzlies reacquired Gonsalves. A year later, Gonsalves made the first of what would be six All Star appearances. Gonsalves left as a free agent after that year, and went to Portland. In 2010, he was traded to Sacramento, where he got his first opportunity to play in the postseason. Though Sacramento did not win the World Series, it wasn't because of anything Gonsalves didn't do. Gonsalves batted .407 with a double and a homer in the playoffs that season. Gonsalves would spend another year with Portland before coming to Hartford as a free agent. This stint was a bit longer than his first with them. After four years with the Whalers, Gonsalves then came to Los Angeles, where he played three seasons. He finished his career with Rochester. Gonsalves's career numbers: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2003 148 529 129 32 0 21 69 63 38 118 0 0 .244 .295 .423 .718 MEM 2004 155 546 149 18 0 15 79 73 53 92 0 0 .273 .337 .388 .726 MEM 2005 148 553 171 33 1 10 71 70 49 65 0 0 .309 .365 .427 .792 MEM 2006 154 612 192 31 3 19 99 87 44 70 0 0 .314 .360 .467 .827 MEM HAR MEM 2007 153 587 188 26 2 15 84 78 44 75 2 0 .320 .368 .448 .816 MEM,AL 2008 142 515 154 33 0 13 59 73 47 68 0 3 .299 .358 .439 .796 POR 2009 157 575 183 30 1 11 70 73 47 59 0 1 .318 .370 .431 .801 POR,NL 2010 149 525 155 27 1 11 53 75 53 48 3 0 .295 .360 .413 .773 POR SAC 2011 153 585 219 51 3 20 99 78 48 70 1 0 .374 .422 .574 .996 SAC,NL 2012 154 618 211 35 2 24 114 112 47 92 0 0 .341 .388 .521 .909 HAR,NL 2013 149 577 185 30 1 18 99 79 53 88 0 0 .321 .378 .470 .847 HAR,NL 2014 155 589 193 32 3 24 85 98 61 81 2 0 .328 .391 .514 .905 HAR,NL 2015 152 597 205 46 1 17 80 93 46 93 0 0 .343 .390 .509 .900 HAR 2016 154 553 150 32 0 13 97 51 55 90 3 0 .271 .337 .400 .737 LA 2017 153 603 182 29 0 18 83 96 51 96 1 0 .302 .356 .439 .796 LA 2018 155 550 172 35 0 18 91 68 47 94 0 0 .313 .367 .475 .841 LA 2019 119 227 58 11 3 3 26 21 20 30 0 0 .256 .316 .370 .686 LA 2020 77 143 40 5 0 2 12 8 8 34 0 0 .280 .318 .357 .675 ROC Total 2627 9484 2936 536 21 272 1370 1296 811 1363 12 4 .310 .364 .457 .821 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2003, AAA 7 29 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 .172 .250 .207 .457 2021, AAA 135 582 180 33 0 1 39 65 30 125 1 3 .309 .341 .371 .713 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2010 7 27 11 1 0 1 2 2 5 3 0 0 .407 .500 .556 1.056 2016 10 40 8 2 0 0 5 3 5 10 0 0 .200 .289 .250 .539 2017 5 21 6 0 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 .286 .348 .286 .634 2018 7 30 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567 Total 29 118 33 4 0 1 14 8 12 20 0 0 .280 .346 .339 .685 Player History Drafted in 14th round, 211st overall pick, by Memphis in 2003... Had first career hit on 4/15/2003, off Blake Aranda (WAS)... Hit first career homerun on 4/23/2003, off Donald Hutzler (KNO)... Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 4/11/2004... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 7/6/2004... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 5/19/2006... Traded from Memphis to Hartford on 7/18/2006 (Going to MEM: P W. Wardlow, P T. Thrush. Going to HAR: 2B D. Gonsalves)... Traded from Hartford to Memphis on 7/30/2006 (Going to HAR: P O. Dovando. Going to MEM: 2B D. Gonsalves)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2006, hitting .424 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2006, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Portland on 2/4/2008 to a 4-year deal worth $5,170,400 per year... Injured on 7/29/2008 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2009, hitting .398 with 4 HR, 19 RBI... Traded from Portland to Sacramento on 7/30/2010 (Going to SAC: 2B D. Gonsalves. Going to POR: 1B J. Swigert)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2011, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2011, hitting .439 with 5 HR, 24 RBI... Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2011, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 4 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 2/7/2012 to a 4-year deal worth $7,219,800 per year... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/13/2012... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2012, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2012, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/4/2013... Had 2000th career hit on 6/1/2014, off Jose Henriquez (SAC)... Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2014, hitting .571 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2015... Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/24/2016 to a 4-year deal worth $6,004,500 per year... Drove in 10 runs against Sacramento on 7/19/2016... Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 2/1/2020 to a 3-year deal worth $528,000 per year... Released by Rochester on 9/16/2021, refused assignment to minors... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2022. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2005 - .309 - 8th 2006 - .314 - 6th 2007 - .320 - 5th 2009 - .318 - 5th 2011 - .374 - 1st 2012 - .341 - 4th 2014 - .328 - 2nd 2015 - .343 - 4th 2018 - .313 - 8th OBP 2011 - .422 - 3rd 2014 - .391 - 3rd 2015 - .390 - 8th SLG 2011 - .574 - 3rd 2014 - .514 - 7th OPS 2011 - .996 - 3rd 2012 - .909 - 10th 2014 - .905 - 7th 2015 - .900 - 8th Hits 2006 - 192 - 2nd 2007 - 188 - 3rd 2009 - 183 - 4th 2011 - 219 - 1st 2012 - 211 - 3rd 2013 - 185 - 6th 2014 - 193 - 1st 2015 - 205 - 4th 2017 - 182 - 9th 2018 - 172 - 10th Doubles 2011 - 51 - 1st 2015 - 46 - 3rd RBI 2006 - 99 - 10th 2012 - 114 - 8th 2013 - 99 - 8th Runs 2012 - 112 - 6th 2014 - 98 - 9th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: RF Wanisaburou Takakazu
Wanisaborou Takakazu:
Wanisaborou Takakazu was a good, though perhaps not great, free-swinging slugger who emerged in the American League towards the end of the first decade of play and into the second decade. He helped Memphis reach the postseason in 2009 and 2010 in his first two seasons, though they fell to Pittsburgh in the World Series in both years. Takakazu made his first two All Star appearances in 2011 and 2012- he would go on to make a total of 9 All Star teams in his career- but at the trade deadline in 2012, he was dealt to Portland for starting pitcher Joseph Olivo. In 2013, he had one of the worst seasons of his career, and strangely, was traded at the deadline back to Memphis for none other than Joseph Olivo. He bounced back in 2014, but was traded at the deadline for a third year in a row, this time to Knoxville. Like a bad penny, though, he would return to Memphis, signing as a free agent with them. He proceeded to post the three best seasons of his career following that signing. After that, he finished out his career with Rochester. Takakazu is not one of the greatest members of the Hall of Fame, as his numbers have been overshadowed by many, many players. Still, he was a dangerous bat who was among the best RF of his time. Takakazu's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2009 130 467 142 19 2 29 95 71 29 93 4 3 .304 .345 .540 .884 MEM 2010 156 612 194 24 5 34 113 105 37 127 10 1 .317 .356 .539 .895 MEM 2011 156 626 192 27 3 36 103 98 28 140 5 4 .307 .336 .532 .868 MEM,AL 2012 156 645 179 19 4 40 108 92 40 137 4 4 .278 .320 .505 .825 MEM,AL POR 2013 152 624 188 21 3 23 85 83 35 146 3 3 .301 .338 .455 .794 POR MEM 2014 154 639 194 27 0 37 121 104 43 168 7 3 .304 .348 .520 .867 MEM,AL KNO 2015 154 597 202 26 2 45 127 102 42 138 8 0 .338 .382 .615 .997 MEM,AL 2016 152 586 175 14 1 48 128 105 47 145 9 2 .299 .351 .572 .922 MEM,AL 2017 154 581 186 32 3 42 131 101 32 140 0 3 .320 .356 .602 .958 MEM,AL 2018 155 577 164 14 0 31 82 94 41 139 1 0 .284 .332 .470 .801 ROC 2019 151 595 181 28 3 30 91 106 53 131 0 0 .304 .361 .513 .874 ROC,NL 2020 156 625 187 16 3 29 82 108 53 139 2 3 .299 .354 .474 .828 ROC,NL 2021 154 607 199 26 2 28 95 88 43 112 2 1 .328 .372 .516 .888 ROC,NL 2022 153 534 135 19 2 11 53 44 39 124 0 2 .253 .304 .358 .661 ROC Total 2133 8315 2518 312 33 463 1414 1301 562 1879 55 29 .303 .347 .515 .862 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2007, A 136 544 181 20 2 28 72 81 32 173 12 5 .333 .365 .531 .896 2008, A 12 54 20 2 0 2 6 8 0 9 1 0 .370 .370 .519 .889 2008, AA 126 511 170 25 1 22 83 78 43 114 9 4 .333 .381 .515 .896 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2009 9 34 8 2 0 0 6 2 2 10 0 0 .235 .278 .294 .572 2010 9 35 11 2 0 2 8 5 1 8 2 0 .314 .333 .543 .876 Total 18 69 19 4 0 2 14 7 3 18 2 0 .275 .306 .420 .726 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Memphis in 2007... Injured on 5/31/2007 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days... Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/19/2009, off Jusai Tetsuzan (NAS)... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2009, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2009, hitting .358 with 11 HR, 24 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2010, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 7/5/2010... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2010, hitting .400 with 9 HR, 32 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2010, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2011, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tucson on 6/17/2011... Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2011, hitting .484 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Hit for the cycle against Knoxville on 5/5/2012... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2012, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 12 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2012, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game... Traded from Memphis to Portland on 7/31/2012 (Going to MEM: P J. Olivo, 2B A. Hunziker. Going to POR: RF W. Takakazu)... Drove in 6 runs against Sacramento on 8/23/2012... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2012, hitting .565 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Sacramento on 5/23/2013... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Rochester on 7/15/2013... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2013, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 4 RBI... Traded from Portland to Memphis on 7/31/2013 (Going to POR: P J. Olivo. Going to MEM: RF W. Takakazu)... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Grand Rapids on 4/29/2014... Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game... Traded from Memphis to Knoxville on 7/31/2014 (Going to MEM: P D. Ruiz, C T. Johnson. Going to KNO: RF W. Takakazu)... Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 2/4/2015 to a 3-year deal worth $7,689,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2015, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2015, hitting .372 with 13 HR, 24 RBI... Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game... Injured on 9/29/2016 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2016... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2017, hitting .304 with 11 HR, 25 RBI... Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game... Drove in 7 runs against Nashville on 7/7/2017... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 7/16/2017... Had 6 hits with 10 RBI against Tucson on 9/9/2017... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2017, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 2/11/2018 to a 3-year deal worth $8,398,800 per year... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2019, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 2 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 4/1/2020, off Damon Boll (PIT)... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 3 runs on 9/27/2020... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2020, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 4 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 2/9/2021 to a 4-year deal worth $3,378,100 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2021, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2021, hitting .356 with 5 HR, 21 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2021, hitting .387 with 8 HR, 20 RBI... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2023. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2010 - .317 - 10th 2015 - .338 - 3rd 2017 - .320 - 5th 2021 - .328 - 3rd SLG 2009 - .540 - 7th 2010 - .539 - 7th 2011 - .532 - 5th 2014 - .520 - 10th 2015 - .615 - 2nd 2016 - .572 - 7th 2017 - .602 - 5th 2021 - .516 - 9th OPS 2009 - .884 - 8th 2010 - .895 - 8th 2015 - .997 - 3rd 2016 - .922 - 10th 2017 - .958 - 6th 2021 - .888 - 8th Hits 2010 - 194 - 5th 2011 - 192 - 7th 2013 - 188 - 10th 2015 - 202 - 3rd 2017 - 186 - 5th 2019 - 181 - 5th 2020 - 187 - 8th 2021 - 199 - 2nd Homeruns 2009 - 29 - 9th 2010 - 34 - 5th 2011 - 36 - 4th 2012 - 40 - 7th 2014 - 37 - 8th 2015 - 45 - 3rd 2016 - 48 - 5th 2017 - 42 - 4th 2018 - 31 - 6th 2019 - 30 - 8th RBI 2010 - 113 - 8th 2012 - 108 - 9th 2015 - 127 - 5th 2016 - 128 - 8th 2017 - 131 - 5th 2021 - 95 - 9th Runs 2019 - 106 - 8th 2020 - 108 - 3rd
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