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Remembering the Hall of Famers: SP Jacob Jackson
Jacob Jackson:
Starting with Jacob Jackson, we begin discussion of those Hall of Famers who first established themselves in the second decade of the league's history. Jackson broke in with Pittsburgh at the tail end of their first dynasty. In fact, his rookie season(2014) was the year that the Pirates had their run of six consecutive championships come to an end against Atlanta. Jackson had an excellent rookie season, going 12-3 with a 2.73 ERA in 23 starts. After that, Jackson was relatively mediocre for a couple of seasons. He showed good stuff, but struggled to harness it. He was a key contributor to the Pirates' 2015 championship team, though. In 2019, Jackson had his breakthrough season, going 23-2 with a 2.71 ERA. Pittsburgh cruised to another World Series victory, and Jackson won the Cy Young award. Jackson remained one of the top pitchers in the National League for almost a decade after that, and helped Pittsburgh to back to back championships in 2022 and 2023. Strangely, his best postseason performance came in a year that the Pirates did not win the World Series. In 2020, Jackson was unscored upon in two postseason starts- 13 innings- but received two no-decisions and the Pirates lost in 7 games in the NLCS that year to Portland. Game 5 was particularly galling. With the series tied at two games apiece, Jackson took the mound. Backed by a solo homerun from SS Joseph Allaire in the second inning and a three run blast by left-fielder Abdiel Llorent in the third inning, the Pirates were firmly in control at 4-0. Jackson left the game having thrown 6 scoreless innings, with 8 strikeouts, and the 4 run lead intact. Pittsburgh added a 5th run in the seventh inning, but Jackson's replacement, relief pitcher Douglas McCourt, immediately imploded, and gave up 4 runs over the next two innings. Pittsburgh's closer, Craig Posada, then blew the lead in the ninth inning. In the top of the 13th inning, the Pirates retook the lead, only to blow it and lose in the bottom of the 13th. When he retired, Jackson's name was prominent in many categories of the career leaderboard. He ranked 6th in ERA, 3rd in Wins, and 4th in Strikeouts. Today, Jackson is tied for 21st all time in Wins and 27th in Strikeouts. He was still in the top 25 of ERA as recently as 2072. Jackson's career stats: Code:
Career Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 2014 23 23 12 3 0 2.73 135.1 94 45 41 45 128 0 0 PIT 2015 32 32 19 6 0 3.80 220.1 179 100 93 71 207 1 0 PIT 2016 33 33 16 10 0 4.42 216.0 193 112 106 95 187 3 0 PIT 2017 32 32 16 11 0 4.14 191.1 169 93 88 80 172 1 1 PIT 2018 32 32 17 6 0 4.08 194.1 175 95 88 72 181 0 0 PIT,NL 2019 32 32 23 2 0 2.71 216.0 165 69 65 69 195 1 0 PIT,NL 2020 32 32 17 5 0 3.23 203.2 166 77 73 69 223 2 1 PIT,NL 2021 32 32 15 9 0 2.87 210.0 160 79 67 74 208 0 0 PIT,NL 2022 33 33 20 5 0 3.36 211.2 205 88 79 66 218 0 0 PIT,NL 2023 30 30 18 3 0 3.12 178.2 137 69 62 69 181 1 0 PIT 2024 33 33 16 5 0 3.01 194.2 155 75 65 69 224 0 0 PIT 2025 33 33 19 4 0 2.63 208.2 171 66 61 62 237 2 2 PIT,NL 2026 32 32 18 3 0 2.72 201.2 165 65 61 58 243 2 2 PIT,NL 2027 31 31 14 8 0 3.76 189.0 182 84 79 72 228 0 0 PIT,NL 2028 32 32 12 11 0 4.78 184.2 170 106 98 71 174 1 0 PIT 2029 12 8 3 1 0 5.37 52.0 51 32 31 28 44 0 0 PIT Total 484 480 255 92 0 3.46 3008.0 2537 1255 1157 1070 3050 14 6 Career Minor League Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2009, A 24 24 6 12 0 4.68 152.0 163 84 79 45 113 1 0 2010, A 25 25 12 4 0 3.23 173.0 170 62 62 37 167 1 1 2011, A 26 26 14 9 0 2.27 174.1 147 47 44 30 256 0 0 2012, A 14 14 5 4 0 2.95 85.1 68 29 28 17 155 0 0 2012, AA 10 10 6 2 0 2.86 56.2 48 19 18 12 87 0 0 2013, AA 5 5 0 2 0 4.61 27.1 31 14 14 9 40 0 0 2013, AAA 14 14 4 3 0 3.28 85.0 74 36 31 18 120 0 0 2014, AAA 8 8 5 1 0 1.88 48.0 36 10 10 22 72 0 0 2030, AAA 11 11 6 3 0 3.96 63.2 58 29 28 24 69 0 0 Career Postseason Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2014 2 2 1 1 0 4.30 14.2 13 7 7 5 12 0 0 2015 3 3 2 1 0 3.86 21.0 20 10 9 10 15 1 0 2017 3 3 1 1 0 2.84 19.0 17 7 6 9 11 0 0 2018 4 4 0 2 0 4.95 20.0 19 14 11 11 16 0 0 2019 3 3 1 0 0 4.91 18.1 18 10 10 6 22 0 0 2020 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 9 0 0 2 19 0 0 2021 3 3 1 0 0 6.23 17.1 18 12 12 10 19 0 0 2022 3 3 1 1 0 2.65 17.0 20 5 5 7 16 0 0 2023 4 4 1 0 0 2.11 21.1 15 7 5 14 27 0 0 2024 2 2 0 1 0 6.55 11.0 15 8 8 2 12 0 0 2025 3 3 2 1 0 3.93 18.1 17 8 8 6 27 0 0 2026 1 1 0 0 0 7.72 4.2 7 4 4 5 8 0 0 2027 2 2 0 1 0 8.59 7.1 11 8 7 6 5 0 0 2028 1 1 0 0 0 4.26 6.1 6 3 3 4 3 0 0 Total 36 36 10 9 0 4.08 209.1 205 103 95 97 212 1 0 Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2014 23 46 6 1 1 0 4 4 3 19 0 0 .130 .184 .196 .379 PIT 2015 32 81 10 4 0 0 8 5 3 38 0 0 .123 .155 .173 .328 PIT 2016 33 72 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 28 0 0 .042 .104 .042 .146 PIT 2017 32 69 5 1 0 0 3 6 4 27 0 0 .072 .123 .087 .210 PIT 2018 32 64 5 3 0 0 5 5 3 26 0 0 .078 .119 .125 .244 PIT,NL 2019 32 80 11 6 0 2 8 8 2 33 0 0 .138 .159 .287 .446 PIT,NL 2020 32 72 8 5 0 0 9 4 1 29 0 0 .111 .123 .181 .304 PIT,NL 2021 32 75 8 4 0 0 2 3 3 35 0 0 .107 .141 .160 .301 PIT,NL 2022 33 70 7 3 0 0 5 3 4 32 0 0 .100 .149 .143 .292 PIT,NL 2023 30 63 7 3 0 0 3 5 5 24 0 0 .111 .176 .159 .335 PIT 2024 33 64 5 1 0 0 1 4 4 28 0 0 .078 .132 .094 .226 PIT 2025 33 73 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 32 0 0 .027 .078 .027 .105 PIT,NL 2026 32 67 10 5 0 0 5 9 7 25 1 0 .149 .230 .224 .454 PIT,NL 2027 31 64 6 0 0 0 4 5 2 31 0 0 .094 .121 .094 .215 PIT,NL 2028 32 59 10 4 0 1 2 6 1 21 0 0 .169 .183 .288 .471 PIT 2029 12 19 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 0 .158 .200 .158 .358 PIT Total 484 1038 106 40 1 3 60 78 52 435 1 0 .102 .145 .151 .296 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Memphis in 2009... Traded from Memphis to Pittsburgh on 6/27/2012 (Going to MEM: P M. Rosenberger. Going to PIT: P J. Jackson, P M. Frey)... Injured on 7/6/2013 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days... Had first career hit (triple) on 5/23/2014, off Alva Gelinas (HAR)... Earned first career win on 5/29/2014... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2014, going 4-1, 1.95... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2014, winning 2 games with a 0.75 ERA... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2015... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2018, going 5-0, 2.03... Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game... Hit first career homerun on 4/7/2019, off Juan Zaragoza (ROC)... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2019... Won Cy Young Award in 2019, going 23-2, 2.71 ERA... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2022... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2023... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2024, going 3-0, 1.35... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2024, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2025, going 4-0, 1.56... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2025, going 4-1, 1.47... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2026, going 4-0, 1.05... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Injured on 8/28/2029 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks... Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/1/2030 to a minor league contract. Released by Washington on 6/9/2030... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2031. Pitching Leader Boards Appearances ERA 2019 - 2.71 - 3rd 2020 - 3.23 - 3rd 2021 - 2.87 - 3rd 2022 - 3.36 - 7th 2023 - 3.12 - 4th 2024 - 3.01 - 3rd 2025 - 2.63 - 1st 2026 - 2.72 - 2nd 2027 - 3.76 - 6th WHIP 2015 - 1.13 - 6th 2019 - 1.08 - 3rd 2020 - 1.15 - 7th 2021 - 1.11 - 6th 2023 - 1.15 - 6th 2024 - 1.15 - 9th 2025 - 1.12 - 4th 2026 - 1.11 - 9th Wins 2015 - 19 - 4th 2018 - 17 - 7th 2019 - 23 - 1st 2020 - 17 - 7th 2021 - 15 - 10th 2022 - 20 - 4th 2023 - 18 - 1st 2024 - 16 - 7th 2025 - 19 - 2nd 2026 - 18 - 5th K's 2018 - 181 - 8th 2019 - 195 - 6th 2020 - 223 - 3rd 2021 - 208 - 10th 2022 - 218 - 4th 2023 - 181 - 10th 2024 - 224 - 4th 2025 - 237 - 2nd 2026 - 243 - 3rd 2027 - 228 - 3rd BB 2016 - 95 - 10th SHO 2025 - 2 - 9th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: CF Emilio Fernandez
Emilio Fernandez:
Emilio Fernandez was the first challenger to Micheal Bruce for the title of "Best Centerfielder." Fernandez was a dangerous slugger, and one of the best defensive CF of all time. His six Gold Glove awards in CF are tied for third most ever. Only Marcelo Silvera(8) and Tod Tsukasa(7) won more Gold Gloves in CF than Fernandez. Fernandez is also one of the seven players who won at least 4 Silver Slugger Awards. (Some of those players have already been mentioned: Scott Border, whose 6 are the most won by any player; Kangorou Yataro, and Timothy Knight.) Fernandez had the kind of rookie season that most players would love to have. He batted .305, smacked 25 HR, and drove in 96 runs. That was good enough for the Rookie of the Year award, making him the third ROTY winner to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (Michael Mathew and Devin Stalter were the first two). Two years later, the young Grand Rapids CF exploded onto baseball's premiere stage, batting .354 with 49 longballs- good enough to win the Silver Slugger Award. Fernandez became one of the elite sluggers at that point, blasting 40 or more HR in five of the next six seasons, including one 50 HR season. In 2017, he carried Grand Rapids to a championship, batting a whopping .457 with 6 doubles and 3 HR in the playoffs. In 2018, Fernandez led the Tigers to a second straight championship, and won his first Gold Glove Award. Fernandez would leave Grand Rapids following that second championship, and sign with Washington, a team that had finished in last place in 2017 and 2018. While the Tigers immediately sunk into last place themselves in 2019, Fernandez helped the Senators reach .500. It was a mirage, however. Washington sunk back into last in 2021, and Grand Rapids, despite winning only 84 games, still managed to win their division, and parlayed that into a stunning upset of the 112 win Braves in the ALCS, and then a World Series sweep of Portland. In the ensuing years, Washington would remain a perennial bottom feeder, while Grand Rapids managed to consistently be competitive, with several more division titles, and a World Series defeat in 2024. Despite three more Silver Sluggers for Fernandez, he was unable to get Washington into the playoffs. In 2029, Fernandez was pushed out the door by Washington. They signed CF Tod Tsukasa to a big contract and traded Fernandez to Sacramento in early May of that season. The Senators wound up having their best season in over 15 years, winning 90 games. They finished two games out of first place, however. Meanwhile, Fernandez helped to bring Sacramento to the brink of a playoff birth as well. Unfortunately, they, too, missed the playoffs by a hair- finishing 1 game behind Los Angeles. Funnily enough, the team that wound up winning the World Series that year, was none other than Grand Rapids, Fernandez's original team. Washington, by the way, would not win a World Series until 2077 (though they made appearances in 2035 and 2067). When Fernandez retired, he ranked 3rd in AVG, 4th in Hits, 4th in HR, 7th in RBI, and 10th in runs scored. Today, however, he has fallen out of the top 25 in all of those categories. Fernandez's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2013 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 GR 2014 141 508 155 28 2 25 96 82 29 111 4 2 .305 .343 .516 .858 GR 2015 147 537 184 32 4 25 87 94 36 95 7 4 .343 .384 .557 .941 GR 2016 145 588 208 24 7 49 136 116 41 92 4 4 .354 .396 .668 1.064 GR,AL 2017 158 633 202 22 7 40 133 127 39 70 6 5 .319 .359 .566 .924 GR,AL 2018 152 634 205 20 3 50 141 124 45 46 5 2 .323 .368 .601 .969 GR,AL 2019 143 578 204 34 5 43 119 104 33 34 2 7 .353 .388 .652 1.040 WAS,AL 2020 144 556 197 24 3 39 110 90 34 18 1 1 .354 .392 .619 1.010 WAS,AL 2021 154 628 192 28 7 43 115 121 57 35 3 1 .306 .364 .578 .942 WAS,AL 2022 156 606 193 30 3 45 135 108 44 39 1 2 .318 .365 .601 .965 WAS,AL 2023 146 575 197 34 2 38 98 98 28 32 2 0 .343 .373 .607 .980 WAS,AL 2024 156 617 184 19 1 35 92 110 51 36 2 1 .298 .352 .502 .854 WAS 2025 158 612 210 19 1 35 107 98 42 27 0 0 .343 .385 .549 .934 WAS,AL 2026 156 625 206 33 4 44 135 96 28 32 0 0 .330 .358 .606 .965 WAS,AL 2027 140 537 174 27 2 22 89 83 30 26 0 0 .324 .360 .505 .864 WAS 2028 149 569 162 22 4 24 99 76 19 35 0 2 .285 .308 .464 .772 WAS 2029 101 355 116 16 1 15 68 51 15 39 0 0 .327 .354 .504 .858 WAS SAC 2030 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 SAC Total 2358 9171 2992 412 56 572 1760 1580 573 771 37 31 .326 .366 .570 .936 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2010, A 136 549 149 16 1 25 85 78 45 152 8 7 .271 .325 .441 .766 2011, A 138 566 169 27 1 24 102 97 44 113 11 8 .299 .346 .477 .823 2012, A 108 471 180 20 1 33 112 92 33 71 12 12 .382 .419 .639 1.058 2012, AA 30 119 44 8 0 7 23 21 8 24 5 1 .370 .409 .613 1.023 2013, AA 96 401 133 13 2 17 47 61 40 82 9 7 .332 .390 .501 .891 2013, AAA 37 151 47 6 1 10 23 26 8 22 4 2 .311 .340 .563 .902 2030, AAA 26 96 34 7 0 1 5 15 7 13 1 0 .354 .398 .458 .856 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2014 7 30 14 3 0 0 5 7 1 4 2 0 .467 .484 .567 1.051 2015 4 16 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .188 .188 .250 .438 2017 11 46 21 6 0 3 8 9 2 2 1 1 .457 .479 .783 1.262 2018 14 60 20 2 0 2 7 10 3 5 0 0 .333 .365 .467 .832 Total 36 152 58 12 0 5 20 27 6 16 3 1 .382 .405 .559 .964 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Grand Rapids in 2010... Had first career hit (double) on 4/9/2014, off Jose Llorent (KC)... Hit first career homerun on 4/25/2014, off Danny Dieguez (TUC)... Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 5/25/2014... Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2014, hitting .305 with 25 HR, 96 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2016, hitting .367 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2016, hitting .367 with 13 HR, 33 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2016, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 4 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2016, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 5 RBI... Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2016, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 15 RBI... Injured on 9/19/2016 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2016, hitting .354 with 49 HR, 136 RBI... Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 4/26/2017... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 5/19/2017... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2017, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game... Won World Series with Grand Rapids in 2017... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2018, hitting .389 with 8 HR, 29 RBI... Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2018, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 6 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2018, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/27/2018... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2018, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won World Series with Grand Rapids in 2018... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2018... Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/7/2019 to a 4-year deal worth $10,691,200 per year... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 5/8/2019... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 6/1/2019... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2019, hitting .400 with 7 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Injured on 7/11/2019 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2019, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2019, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2019, hitting .376 with 10 HR, 25 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2019, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2019... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2020, hitting .393 with 10 HR, 33 RBI... Injured on 5/3/2020 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2020, hitting .396 with 6 HR, 18 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2021, hitting .520 with 5 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2021... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2022, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2022, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2022, hitting .368 with 7 HR, 21 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2022, hitting .318 with 45 HR, 135 RBI... Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/17/2023... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tucson on 8/29/2023... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2023, hitting .449 with 8 HR, 21 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 9/3/2023... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2023, hitting .404 with 9 HR, 24 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2023, hitting .343 with 38 HR, 98 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2023... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2024, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 6/3/2024, off Albert Miller (NAS)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2024, hitting .577 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2024... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 4/9/2025... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2025, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 6/4/2026... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Grand Rapids on 7/5/2026... Had 500th career homerun on 8/26/2026, off Brad Machin (KC)... Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 9/9/2026... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2026, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2026, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2026, hitting .330 with 44 HR, 135 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 5/31/2027... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2027, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 8/15/2027... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/26/2027... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Memphis on 9/21/2027... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2027... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Memphis on 8/12/2028... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 8/18/2028... Traded from Washington to Sacramento on 5/11/2029 (Going to SAC: CF E. Fernandez. Going to WAS: P W. Ford, P E. Lora)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2029, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Injured on 7/20/2030 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2031. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2015 - .343 - 2nd 2016 - .354 - 1st 2017 - .319 - 6th 2018 - .323 - 8th 2019 - .353 - 2nd 2020 - .354 - 1st 2022 - .318 - 4th 2023 - .343 - 3rd 2025 - .343 - 1st 2026 - .330 - 4th 2027 - .324 - 8th OBP 2016 - .396 - 9th 2020 - .392 - 10th 2023 - .373 - 9th 2025 - .385 - 10th SLG 2015 - .557 - 9th 2016 - .668 - 1st 2017 - .566 - 8th 2018 - .601 - 4th 2019 - .652 - 1st 2020 - .619 - 2nd 2021 - .578 - 3rd 2022 - .601 - 3rd 2023 - .607 - 2nd 2025 - .549 - 6th 2026 - .606 - 3rd OPS 2015 - .941 - 9th 2016 - 1.064 - 2nd 2017 - .924 - 9th 2018 - .969 - 4th 2019 - 1.040 - 1st 2020 - 1.010 - 3rd 2021 - .942 - 4th 2022 - .965 - 3rd 2023 - .980 - 3rd 2025 - .934 - 7th 2026 - .965 - 5th Hits 2015 - 184 - 10th 2016 - 208 - 1st 2017 - 202 - 2nd 2018 - 205 - 3rd 2019 - 204 - 2nd 2020 - 197 - 4th 2021 - 192 - 3rd 2022 - 193 - 3rd 2023 - 197 - 1st 2025 - 210 - 2nd 2026 - 206 - 2nd Triples 2016 - 7 - 6th Homeruns 2016 - 49 - 4th 2017 - 40 - 6th 2018 - 50 - 3rd 2019 - 43 - 3rd 2020 - 39 - 4th 2021 - 43 - 1st 2022 - 45 - 1st 2023 - 38 - 2nd 2024 - 35 - 5th 2025 - 35 - 4th 2026 - 44 - 2nd RBI 2016 - 136 - 5th 2017 - 133 - 4th 2018 - 141 - 3rd 2019 - 119 - 4th 2020 - 110 - 8th 2021 - 115 - 4th 2022 - 135 - 1st 2023 - 98 - 8th 2025 - 107 - 9th 2026 - 135 - 1st Runs 2016 - 116 - 5th 2017 - 127 - 2nd 2018 - 124 - 5th 2021 - 121 - 4th 2022 - 108 - 5th 2023 - 98 - 7th 2024 - 110 - 10th
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6/9/2082 to 6/15/2082
Kansas City @ Denver (8-7 victory) Kansas City @ Denver (9-2 victory) Denver @ Miami (3-7 defeat) Denver @ Miami (8-4 victory) Grand Rapids @ Denver (11-3 victory) Grand Rapids @ Denver (6-10 defeat) It was another solid week for the Broncos, as they finished off a four game sweep of the Royals, split a two game set with the Dolphins, and opened a series with the Tigers by splitting the first two games. Asbel Fuentez won his second career Player of the Week award, by going 15 for 28, with 4 doubles, 2 homers, 3 RBI, and 10 runs scored. Alexis Vazquez, who had finally cooled off from his hot start, started to heat up again, going 11 for 23 with 3 doubles, 3 homers, and 7 runs batted in. Lee Chappel went 9 for 23, with 6 doubles, 6 RBI, 9 runs scored, and 4 walks. Tomas Sato was 11 for 21 with 9 runs batted in. Two players who did not contribute positively for Denver were Joseph Swayze and Robert McNett. Swayze, a player notorious for his extreme hot and cold streaks, has been ice cold lately. This week, he was a pathetic 1 for 20. Starting pitcher McNett wasn't much better. He made two starts for the Broncos, but pitched a total of only 6 innings while getting blasted for 13 runs. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3835 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 C. Romeo 3383 6 D. Homan 3360 7 R. Vega* 3345 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 T. Guerrero 3301 10 K. Bryant 3294 Ricky Vega moved up another spot on the hit list, and is now only 15 hits away from being tied for 6th all time with Danny Homan. HR: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 R. Vega* 648 4 J. Paras 645 5 H. Abad 641 6 W. Byrd 639 Vega has been in a HR drought lately, and reaching the second spot becomes more and more of a longshot for him. RBI: Code:
# Career RBIs RBI 1 D. Homan 2255 2 R. Vega* 2254 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214 As flawed a stat as RBIs are, I believe there is still something to be said for being the all time leader in them. Vega is now just 1 RBI away from tying Homan. Wins: Code:
# Career Wins W 1 R. Padgett 339 2 R. Jordan 335 3 R. Mccomas 321 4 S. Narbaiza* 305 5 J. Poss 295
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: 2B Bill Criss
Bill Criss:
While Bill Criss was a superb hitter- a high-average doubles hitter in his prime-his biggest claim to fame is being one of the greatest defensive 2B of all time. Criss was one of only two 2B to win as many as 7 Gold Gloves in a career. He broke into the big leagues in 2012 for Harrisburg, and spent several seasons receiving minimal playing time. Very early into his fourth season, he was traded for a mid-20's 3B, who was still a rookie, named Ray Monroy. (Author's note: Monroy went on to collect 240 hits and a .371 AVG en route to winning the ROTY award. Both the AVG and hit total remain NL rookie records today. Two years later, Monroy would become the first player in league history to hit .400 in a season; he posted a .412 AVG that season.) Criss' career took off for his new team, Grand Rapids. In his first season as a regular, he batted .318 with 51 doubles and 95 RBI. He remained with the Tigers for a few more years, winning a World Series with them in 2017, though his postseason performance was quite forgettable. He signed with Nashville prior to the 2018 season, but his stay there was short-lived. Before the month of April was completed, he was dealt to Rochester as the "one" in a three-for-one trade. (Author's note: One of the "three" was a young pitching prospect named Jeremy Poss. Poss will be discussed in the near future.) It is with the Rhinos that Criss played the longest. For essentially seven seasons, Criss was a fixture at 2B in Rochester. He made two All Star teams and won four of his Gold Gloves with them. Criss would then finish out his career first with Tucson and then with Portland. As a hitter, Criss is probably one of the weaker members of the Hall of Fame, but I think that his fielding prowess may offset that enough to make him a solid selection. Criss' stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2012 30 40 6 0 0 0 3 5 2 10 0 0 .150 .190 .150 .340 HAR 2013 85 140 41 9 0 3 17 14 6 36 2 0 .293 .322 .421 .743 HAR 2014 107 146 37 7 0 3 19 16 4 28 1 0 .253 .273 .363 .636 HAR 2015 150 626 199 51 1 11 95 91 33 84 1 0 .318 .352 .455 .807 HAR GR 2016 152 608 165 43 2 15 68 88 39 90 4 1 .271 .315 .423 .738 GR 2017 144 547 167 47 3 10 103 76 42 93 1 3 .305 .355 .457 .812 GR 2018 134 527 152 20 3 10 57 64 30 79 0 0 .288 .327 .395 .721 NAS ROC 2019 152 607 195 42 1 17 91 86 30 93 1 3 .321 .353 .478 .831 ROC,NL 2020 152 583 195 30 2 21 93 77 28 98 4 1 .334 .365 .501 .866 ROC,NL 2021 151 578 171 30 0 16 70 60 26 89 5 0 .296 .326 .431 .757 ROC 2022 140 510 151 27 0 6 53 61 33 62 3 0 .296 .339 .384 .723 ROC 2023 104 152 53 14 0 4 30 19 4 18 0 0 .349 .365 .520 .885 ROC 2024 142 474 158 28 1 7 52 55 15 65 1 0 .333 .354 .441 .795 ROC 2025 151 636 216 39 0 16 75 91 23 78 0 1 .340 .363 .476 .839 TUC 2026 148 561 170 39 0 16 80 65 38 71 2 0 .303 .347 .458 .805 TUC POR 2027 151 595 183 36 0 25 86 97 34 82 1 1 .308 .345 .494 .839 POR 2028 158 589 166 27 0 16 79 65 36 82 1 0 .282 .323 .409 .732 POR 2029 127 531 162 32 0 21 72 78 17 84 2 0 .305 .327 .484 .811 POR,NL 2030 86 268 60 13 0 3 27 23 13 51 1 0 .224 .260 .306 .566 POR Total 2464 8718 2647 534 13 220 1170 1131 453 1293 30 10 .304 .338 .444 .782 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2012, AA 56 223 82 10 1 7 35 27 28 61 1 2 .368 .435 .516 .950 2012, AAA 37 155 56 15 1 3 22 22 13 38 1 0 .361 .411 .529 .940 2031, AAA 132 530 149 26 0 3 50 54 21 83 1 0 .281 .303 .347 .650 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2015 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .083 .214 .083 .298 2017 11 42 7 0 1 1 2 5 4 12 0 0 .167 .239 .286 .525 Total 15 54 8 0 1 1 2 5 6 13 0 0 .148 .233 .241 .474 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Harrisburg in 2012... Had first career hit on 7/7/2012, off Demetrio Soriano (SD)... Hit first career homerun on 5/21/2013, off Brent Lockett (PIT)... Traded from Harrisburg to Grand Rapids on 4/3/2015 (Going to HAR: 3B R. Monroy. Going to GR: 2B B. Criss)... Won World Series with Grand Rapids in 2017... Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/8/2018 to a 3-year deal worth $2,737,000 per year... Traded from Nashville to Rochester on 4/21/2018 (Going to ROC: 2B B. Criss. Going to NAS: P J. Poss, 1B R. Hamon, C J. Shaughnessy)... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2019, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 6 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2019... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2020, hitting .542 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2020, hitting .412 with 8 HR, 24 RBI... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2020... Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 2/4/2021 to a 4-year deal worth $2,654,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2021, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2021... Injured on 7/13/2022 with a Sore Knee, out for one week... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2022... Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 2/19/2025 to a 3-year deal worth $5,552,000 per year... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2025... Had 2000th career hit on 7/17/2026, off Michael Golding (KC)... Traded from Tucson to Portland on 7/30/2026 (Going to POR: 2B B. Criss, P M. Christ, 1B R. Monroy. Going to TUC: P L. Rundle)... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2026... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/22/2027... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2027, hitting .387 with 6 HR, 25 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2027... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 3/1/2031 to a minor league contract. Released by Kansas City on 4/7/2031... Signed as a free agent by Washington on 4/7/2031 to a minor league contract... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2032. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2017 - .305 - 10th 2019 - .321 - 7th 2020 - .334 - 6th 2025 - .340 - 2nd Hits 2015 - 199 - 5th 2019 - 195 - 4th 2020 - 195 - 4th 2025 - 216 - 1st 2027 - 183 - 10th Doubles 2015 - 51 - 1st 2016 - 43 - 9th 2017 - 47 - 7th 2019 - 42 - 8th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: SS Jose Rocha
Jose Rocha:
Every manager dreams about having a SS like Jose Rocha- an absolutely terrific hitter who can also cover half of the infield with his glove. Rocha was nearly a perfect blend of these attributes. Five Gold Glove awards are a testament to his fielding ability. Four batting titles speak to his hitting ability. But lest you think he was just a singles hitter, it should be pointed out that he ripped over 700 doubles and belted more than 350 longballs in his career. He also won two Silver Slugger awards. At the time of Rocha's retirement, he ranked 12th in AVG, 9th in hits, 20th in RBI, 6th in doubles, and 24th in runs scored. Today, he still ranks 23rd on the doubles list. Rocha's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2012 11 15 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 0 0 .200 .250 .400 .650 SAC 2013 115 218 59 20 0 4 41 30 16 61 1 0 .271 .321 .417 .738 SAC 2014 139 487 115 22 1 9 51 42 29 127 0 1 .236 .279 .341 .620 SAC 2015 101 218 62 12 0 6 35 22 12 47 2 0 .284 .322 .422 .744 SAC 2016 148 509 158 39 2 25 90 94 46 60 2 0 .310 .368 .542 .910 SAC 2017 126 475 169 33 2 16 68 73 46 60 8 0 .356 .413 .535 .947 SAC 2018 155 578 197 49 2 23 98 115 58 66 9 3 .341 .401 .552 .953 HAR,NL 2019 120 448 130 31 1 20 78 85 43 25 2 2 .290 .352 .498 .850 HAR 2020 140 533 207 58 1 31 122 100 47 43 6 2 .388 .438 .675 1.113 HAR,NL 2021 149 541 194 51 0 20 95 98 47 37 9 3 .359 .410 .564 .974 HAR,NL 2022 157 603 216 56 1 28 103 108 41 33 7 1 .358 .399 .594 .993 HAR,NL 2023 144 543 171 43 4 31 110 84 41 26 9 1 .315 .363 .580 .943 HAR,NL 2024 138 520 151 34 1 28 92 75 45 37 7 0 .290 .347 .521 .868 HAR 2025 153 556 149 47 3 16 105 79 58 36 4 2 .268 .337 .450 .787 HAR 2026 150 568 178 51 1 15 71 88 34 32 11 3 .313 .352 .486 .838 HAR 2027 156 601 196 61 0 29 125 97 45 31 12 3 .326 .373 .572 .945 HAR,NL 2028 154 597 201 46 3 18 85 95 64 42 8 2 .337 .401 .514 .915 HAR,NL 2029 158 610 208 48 0 24 115 96 38 30 3 0 .341 .380 .538 .917 HAR,NL 2030 111 315 90 12 0 11 53 48 25 28 0 0 .286 .338 .429 .767 HFD 2031 22 51 16 2 0 1 7 9 7 10 0 0 .314 .397 .412 .808 HFD Total 2547 8986 2870 715 22 356 1546 1440 743 837 100 23 .319 .371 .523 .894 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2012, AA 134 543 173 25 1 16 61 70 53 136 2 2 .319 .373 .457 .830 2031, AAA 78 335 110 22 0 13 59 54 21 34 1 1 .328 .364 .510 .874 2032, AAA 69 300 78 14 0 2 26 34 14 52 1 0 .260 .288 .327 .615 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Sacramento in 2012... Injured on 7/13/2012 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days... Injured on 7/24/2012 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days... Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/3/2012, off James Austin (SD)... Injured on 8/6/2014 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2014... Injured on 5/14/2015 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks... Hit for the cycle against Harrisburg on 7/24/2016... Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Harrisburg on 7/24/2016... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Portland on 5/23/2017... Injured on 7/17/2017 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 9/20/2017... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Rochester on 9/23/2017... Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 2/19/2018 to a 3-year deal worth $9,118,300 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2018, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game... Injured on 4/23/2019 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Sacramento on 8/8/2019... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2019, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2019, hitting .398 with 8 HR, 28 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2020, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2020, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 23 RBI... Injured on 6/5/2020 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2020, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Drove in 8 runs against Los Angeles on 7/12/2020... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2020, hitting .522 with 6 HR, 16 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2020, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2020, hitting .411 with 11 HR, 37 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2020, hitting .388 with 31 HR, 122 RBI... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2021, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 4 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2021... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2022, hitting .419 with 6 HR, 19 RBI... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/4/2022... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2022, hitting .358 with 28 HR, 103 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2023, hitting .407 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2023, hitting .356 with 12 HR, 28 RBI... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/4/2023... Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/28/2023... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2023, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2023... Injured on 4/23/2024 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2024... Had 2000th career hit on 4/23/2026, off William Shim (SD)... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2026... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2027, hitting .346 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Rochester on 8/18/2027... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2027, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 15 RBI... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Harrisburg on 4/8/2028... Hit for the cycle against Harrisburg on 6/21/2028... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 4/21/2029... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Harrisburg on 9/4/2029... Injured on 9/26/2030 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks... Released by Hartford on 6/16/2032... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2033. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2017 - .356 - 2nd 2018 - .341 - 1st 2020 - .388 - 1st 2021 - .359 - 1st 2022 - .358 - 1st 2023 - .315 - 7th 2027 - .326 - 5th 2028 - .337 - 9th 2029 - .341 - 7th OBP 2017 - .413 - 6th 2018 - .401 - 4th 2020 - .438 - 1st 2021 - .410 - 3rd 2022 - .399 - 7th SLG 2016 - .542 - 6th 2017 - .535 - 6th 2018 - .552 - 5th 2020 - .675 - 1st 2021 - .564 - 3rd 2022 - .594 - 1st 2023 - .580 - 2nd 2024 - .521 - 8th 2027 - .572 - 5th OPS 2016 - .910 - 5th 2017 - .947 - 5th 2018 - .953 - 4th 2020 - 1.113 - 1st 2021 - .974 - 2nd 2022 - .993 - 2nd 2023 - .943 - 3rd 2027 - .945 - 6th Hits 2018 - 197 - 5th 2020 - 207 - 2nd 2021 - 194 - 3rd 2022 - 216 - 1st 2023 - 171 - 8th 2026 - 178 - 7th 2027 - 196 - 6th 2028 - 201 - 4th 2029 - 208 - 3rd Doubles 2016 - 39 - 8th 2018 - 49 - 3rd 2020 - 58 - 2nd 2021 - 51 - 1st 2022 - 56 - 1st 2023 - 43 - 9th 2025 - 47 - 5th 2026 - 51 - 1st 2027 - 61 - 1st 2028 - 46 - 5th 2029 - 48 - 7th Homeruns 2020 - 31 - 10th 2022 - 28 - 9th 2023 - 31 - 2nd RBI 2020 - 122 - 1st 2021 - 95 - 7th 2022 - 103 - 7th 2023 - 110 - 3rd 2027 - 125 - 6th Runs 2018 - 115 - 7th 2020 - 100 - 10th 2021 - 98 - 8th 2022 - 108 - 2nd
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: RF Nathan Keith
Nathan Keith:
While every great team needs its star players, it also needs a few of those players that can be plugged into the lineup every day and put up solid numbers on a consistent basis. And sometimes, you look up at one of those players and realize, "Hey, this guy was pretty good. Maybe even a Hall of Famer." Nathan Keith was one of those players. Keith was Pittsburgh's starting right-fielder from the middle teen years to the very early 30's. And while he wasn't going to win any Silver Sluggers, he was a 10 time All Star who won a batting title. Keith was the kind of player who did a little bit of everything. He was a good hitter for average(.312 for his career and a batting title in 2016), a line drive hitter who hit a good number of doubles(he had one 40 double season), a good enough runner to turn some of those doubles into triples(he led the league in triples four times), a solid, if unspectacular, HR threat(over 200 career longballs), a possessor of a solid batting eye(he drew around 60 walks per season and had a .380 career OBP), and a capable defensive player in RF. And he was durable, to boot. He had 10 seasons of at least 150 games played, and was rarely injured. In addition to that, Keith was an excellent postseason performer. Micheal Bruce's retirement following the 2022 season left Keith (then 30 years old) and the other younger veterans on the team as the team leaders. Keith stepped forward in the 2023 postseason as he led the team in AVG, hits, RBI, and R in the playoffs. In the first three games of the World Series against Nashville that year, Keith was hitless, and the Pirates trailed 2 games to 1. But in Game 3, Keith had a hit and a walk, and scored 2 runs in the Pittsburgh's 6-3 victory. In Game 4, Keith drove in a pair of runs in a 4-1 Pittsburgh victory. In what would be the deciding game, Nashville grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning. But the veteran Keith drove in a run of his own in the bottom of the first, and with the game tied at 2 in the 8th inning, Keith drove in a second run to briefly give the Pirates the lead. That lead would be blown in the ninth inning, but Pittsburgh recovered to win 5-4, taking the series in 6 games. Unfortunately for Keith, that would be the last championship of his career. The Pirates lost the 2025 Series in a rematch against Nashville, and wouldn't reach the World Series again until Keith's final season in 2032. By that point, however, Keith was no longer an effective player, and he was not on the postseason roster. Not that it mattered; they lost that Series, too. Keith's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2013 10 23 7 2 0 0 1 5 4 6 1 0 .304 .407 .391 .799 PIT 2014 98 221 66 17 3 4 23 25 16 57 2 2 .299 .346 .457 .803 PIT 2015 104 260 89 15 2 8 42 45 19 63 5 3 .342 .387 .508 .895 PIT 2016 141 518 178 18 4 11 72 76 42 81 12 12 .344 .393 .458 .850 PIT,NL 2017 126 432 133 23 4 10 58 73 48 76 24 13 .308 .377 .449 .826 PIT 2018 156 541 163 42 6 11 78 98 82 80 25 14 .301 .393 .462 .855 PIT,NL 2019 153 544 164 26 9 15 70 90 71 79 16 25 .301 .382 .465 .847 PIT,NL 2020 144 503 137 27 2 12 65 69 66 86 7 9 .272 .357 .406 .762 PIT 2021 155 574 174 32 9 19 117 95 68 86 3 8 .303 .377 .490 .866 PIT,NL 2022 152 544 168 26 11 18 100 92 56 74 5 6 .309 .373 .496 .870 PIT,NL 2023 142 502 148 22 7 16 83 69 58 71 2 6 .295 .368 .462 .830 PIT 2024 154 516 154 37 5 6 75 77 61 72 5 6 .298 .373 .424 .797 PIT,NL 2025 153 502 149 18 8 11 77 88 67 70 10 5 .297 .380 .430 .810 PIT 2026 153 543 182 33 7 14 97 95 50 85 6 9 .335 .391 .499 .890 PIT,NL 2027 153 571 180 36 9 20 129 92 61 75 3 6 .315 .381 .515 .896 PIT,NL 2028 151 524 178 28 5 18 113 88 47 70 2 6 .340 .394 .515 .909 PIT 2029 151 531 177 20 10 20 96 103 65 71 2 4 .333 .406 .522 .928 PIT,NL 2030 145 513 170 21 2 15 87 90 46 63 3 5 .331 .386 .468 .854 PIT,NL 2031 46 118 29 5 0 0 8 12 5 17 0 0 .246 .276 .288 .565 PIT 2032 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 PIT Total 2488 8482 2647 448 103 228 1391 1382 933 1283 133 139 .312 .380 .470 .850 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2012, AAA 137 595 184 24 1 12 67 83 40 133 16 11 .309 .351 .413 .765 2013, AAA 134 571 179 35 2 18 64 100 56 114 14 10 .313 .372 .476 .848 2032, AA 110 402 131 24 0 2 60 43 29 77 3 7 .326 .368 .400 .768 2032, AAA 7 15 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 .267 .267 .267 .533 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2014 2 9 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .444 .444 .667 1.111 2015 5 17 4 1 0 0 4 5 4 2 1 0 .235 .381 .294 .675 2017 10 40 15 1 3 1 10 6 3 9 0 3 .375 .419 .625 1.044 2018 14 49 15 2 2 1 6 10 6 10 2 3 .306 .382 .490 .872 2019 11 40 13 3 0 2 6 8 5 3 1 0 .325 .400 .550 .950 2020 7 26 12 1 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 2 .462 .517 .500 1.017 2021 11 42 11 2 0 1 5 5 7 11 1 1 .262 .367 .381 .748 2022 11 41 13 1 2 1 6 4 6 4 0 2 .317 .404 .512 .916 2023 12 47 18 3 2 2 10 12 5 9 1 0 .383 .442 .660 1.102 2024 5 19 5 0 0 0 3 2 1 7 0 0 .263 .300 .263 .563 2025 12 54 16 3 0 2 13 7 3 9 0 0 .296 .333 .463 .796 2026 4 16 4 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 .250 .333 .375 .708 2027 7 24 6 1 0 1 4 2 4 7 1 0 .250 .357 .417 .774 2028 7 27 5 1 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 .185 .185 .222 .407 2029 11 41 12 1 0 1 5 4 3 9 0 0 .293 .341 .390 .731 2030 4 14 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 .286 .333 .286 .619 Total 133 506 157 22 10 12 81 75 53 96 7 11 .310 .376 .464 .840 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Tucson in 2012... Traded from Tucson to Pittsburgh on 7/28/2012 (Going to TUC: P J. Magers. Going to PIT: RF N. Keith, CF A. Neves)... Had first career hit on 9/1/2013, off Justin Hudock (SD)... Hit first career homerun on 5/24/2014, off Wilson Valencia (ROC)... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2015... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2016, hitting .484 with 6 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/12/2016... Injured on 7/19/2016 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 5/31/2017 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks... Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 8/8/2019... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2019... Injured on 7/7/2020 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week... Drove in 7 runs against Harrisburg on 4/3/2021... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/20/2021... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2022... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2023... Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2027, hitting .462 with 0 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2027, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 16 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2027, hitting .383 with 4 HR, 28 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 6/17/2027, off Lawrence Brass (HAR)... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/21/2032 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2033. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2016 - .344 - 1st 2026 - .335 - 3rd 2028 - .340 - 6th 2030 - .331 - 3rd OBP 2016 - .393 - 9th 2018 - .393 - 9th Hits 2021 - 174 - 10th 2026 - 182 - 4th Doubles 2018 - 42 - 7th Triples 2019 - 9 - 1st 2021 - 9 - 1st 2022 - 11 - 1st 2023 - 7 - 9th 2025 - 8 - 1st 2026 - 7 - 4th 2027 - 9 - 4th 2029 - 10 - 3rd RBI 2021 - 117 - 1st 2022 - 100 - 9th 2027 - 129 - 2nd 2028 - 113 - 10th Runs 2021 - 95 - 9th SB 2018 - 25 - 9th |
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: CL Craig Posada
Craig Posada:
It's not easy for a closer to get into the Hall of Fame. In a league where starting pitchers throw lots of innings and rack up plenty of complete games, it is difficult for any relief pitcher to compile the kind of save totals that would warrant consideration. Thus, there are only two closers currently in the Hall of Fame, and not surprisingly, they are first and second on the all time saves list. The first of those is Craig Posada. Posada broke into the big leagues in 2015 for Pittsburgh and was immediately thrust into the closer role. He wasn't great, but he wasn't bad enough to prevent the Pirates from capturing the World Series that year. He would remain Pittsburgh's closer for just over a decade, make four All Star teams, lead the league in saves four times, and help the Pirates win the World Series in 2019, 2022, and 2023 (in addition to the one in 2015). The 2022 postseason was perhaps his shining moment; he was unscored upon in 6 appearances and he notched 5 saves. In Pittsburgh's 4 game sweep of Nashville in the World Series, he notched saves in all four games, as the Pirates won the games by a combined 5 runs(4-3, 11-9, 6-5, and 4-3). Two years later, Posada was traded to Washington, where he played until the 2030 season. He made his 5th All Star team while with the Senators. His final three seasons were spent with Hartford and Nashville. In 2026, Posada became the all time saves leader. By the end of his career, he had accumulated 570 career saves, and was one of just two players to reach 500 in a career. Posada remains the all time leader, as the only player to threaten his mark was Luis Velasco, who came up one save short of tying Posada. As it is, only 6 players have ever reached 500 saves, and there are no active players with even 350. Of all of the career records, I would guess that Posada's is one of the safest from being broken. Posada's stats: Code:
Career Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 2015 35 0 3 4 17 5.65 36.2 43 26 23 11 25 0 0 PIT 2016 57 0 5 2 33 2.01 58.1 56 15 13 12 42 0 0 PIT 2017 67 0 5 2 37 3.10 69.2 60 27 24 13 56 0 0 PIT 2018 71 0 3 7 41 3.34 70.0 67 28 26 14 56 0 0 PIT,NL 2019 55 0 7 4 36 3.62 54.2 59 25 22 10 33 0 0 PIT 2020 57 0 5 2 41 2.00 63.0 53 18 14 10 49 0 0 PIT,NL 2021 58 0 6 3 36 2.32 62.0 51 16 16 9 44 0 0 PIT,NL 2022 57 0 3 6 37 4.05 53.1 55 24 24 10 45 0 0 PIT 2023 62 0 5 3 43 1.61 61.2 43 13 11 8 54 0 0 PIT,NL 2024 68 0 5 8 40 4.16 67.0 69 35 31 16 71 0 0 PIT 2025 61 0 6 2 35 2.45 69.2 57 20 19 14 49 0 0 PIT WAS 2026 63 0 7 5 36 2.83 82.2 69 31 26 12 78 0 0 WAS,AL 2027 55 0 4 5 26 2.88 68.2 63 26 22 7 66 0 0 WAS 2028 57 0 6 5 25 3.86 63.0 67 30 27 11 51 0 0 WAS 2029 53 0 7 3 31 3.28 57.2 56 21 21 9 44 0 0 WAS 2030 60 0 3 7 33 3.27 74.1 68 29 27 15 67 0 0 HFD 2031 52 0 4 5 20 5.75 56.1 67 38 36 20 51 0 0 HFD 2032 52 0 5 1 3 5.60 64.1 82 45 40 18 42 0 0 NAS Total 1040 0 89 74 570 3.35 1133.0 1085 467 422 219 923 0 0 Career Minor League Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2011, A 46 0 4 2 30 1.96 55.0 51 12 12 12 48 0 0 2011, AA 3 0 0 1 2 3.00 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 2012, AA 51 0 3 15 24 7.23 47.1 69 40 38 24 35 0 0 2013, AA 51 0 5 5 25 2.36 61.0 50 17 16 19 64 0 0 2014, AA 21 0 2 4 13 3.86 25.2 23 11 11 4 44 0 0 2014, AAA 27 0 2 3 20 2.22 28.1 18 8 7 5 39 0 0 2015, AAA 35 0 3 0 24 0.60 45.0 21 3 3 5 62 0 0 Career Postseason Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2015 9 0 1 2 5 4.70 7.2 9 5 4 4 7 0 0 2017 3 0 0 1 1 1.93 4.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2018 5 0 1 2 2 7.36 3.2 6 4 3 1 2 0 0 2019 6 0 0 0 5 1.50 6.0 6 2 1 1 4 0 0 2020 4 0 0 1 2 4.50 4.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 0 2021 6 0 1 0 2 2.70 6.2 6 2 2 3 3 0 0 2022 6 0 1 0 5 0.00 7.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 2023 4 0 1 0 2 7.36 3.2 3 3 3 2 5 0 0 2024 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 44 0 6 6 24 3.25 44.1 40 19 16 11 35 0 0 Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2015 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2016 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 PIT 2017 67 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 PIT 2018 71 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2019 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2020 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2021 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 PIT,NL 2022 57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2023 62 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 PIT,NL 2024 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2025 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT WAS 2026 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 WAS,AL 2027 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 WAS 2028 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 WAS 2029 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 WAS 2030 60 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432 HFD 2031 52 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 HFD 2032 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS Total 1040 35 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 21 0 0 .114 .225 .143 .368 Player History Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Tucson in 2011... Traded from Tucson to Pittsburgh on 7/1/2011 (Going to TUC: 2B A. Fano, LF D. Labarbera. Going to PIT: P J. Edney, LF K. Bentz, P L. Dasilva, P C. Posada)... Injured on 7/30/2012 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days... Earned first career win on 8/29/2015... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2015... Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2019... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2022... Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2023... Traded from Pittsburgh to Washington on 6/1/2025 (Going to WAS: P C. Posada, P J. Mendoza, 3B T. Brim. Going to PIT: P M. Mccollum, SS A. Peña, P J. Ezell)... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/7/2027 to a 3-year deal worth $7,147,800 per year... Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 2/14/2030 to a 1-year deal worth $5,047,400 per year... Had first career hit on 6/14/2030, off Juan Alvardo (SD)... Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/2/2032 to a 1-year deal worth $1,491,200 per year... Released by Nashville on 10/3/2032, refused assignment to minors... Retired in 2033. Pitching Leader Boards Appearances Saves 2015 - 17 - 8th 2016 - 33 - 2nd 2017 - 37 - 1st 2018 - 41 - 1st 2019 - 36 - 2nd 2020 - 41 - 2nd 2021 - 36 - 1st 2022 - 37 - 2nd 2023 - 43 - 1st 2024 - 40 - 2nd 2025 - 35 - 3rd 2026 - 36 - 4th 2027 - 26 - 5th 2028 - 25 - 7th 2029 - 31 - 6th 2030 - 33 - 3rd 2031 - 20 - 7th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: 2B Carlos Camuñas
Carlos Camuñas:
Thus far, few of the Hall of Famers have been significant base steailng threats. Camuñas is the first. Another Pittsburgh alumnus, Camuñas broke into the majors with a cup of coffee in 2017. He went back to AAA for the following season, but received a more extended cup of coffee. In 2019, he was in the big leagues for good, though he was only a part time player that season. The Pirates won the World Series that year, but Camuñas didn't play much of a role. He became a regular in 2020 and performed decently.In 2021, he broke out in a big way. He finished second in the batting race with a .352 average, but led the league with a .421 OBP. He also rapped 44 doubles. His postseason that year was stupendous, though Pittsburgh failed to win the Series. He batted .385 with 9 doubles, and reached base at a .500 clip, while scoring 11 runs. In 2022, Camuñas again finished second in the batting race, while leading the league in OBP. Another superb postseason performance helped Pittsburgh win the World Series. It would set the stage for a magnificent 2023. Through April 2023, Camuñas was batting .385. In May, he got red hot, and batted a whopping .465 for the month, while posting an OBP of .574. Although he cooled off in June (only .357), his season AVG still stood at .407 for the year. He continued to cool off through August, and his AVG dipped to .394. In August, he started to heat up again, but heading into the final month of the season, his AVG remained at .394. In September, Camuñas gave it all he had, batting .408 for the month, but his run at .400 would come up short. He finished with a .397 AVG, good for his first batting title, and a league leading .479 OBP. He also ripped 53 doubles. Unfortunately, he must have run out of gas, as his postseason numbers were dreadful. Nevertheless, Pittsburgh captured its second straight championship. Camuñas won his second batting title the following year, and remained one of the best hitters for average in the league for nearly another decade. His excellent plate discipline enabled him to post consistent .400+ OBP. He didn't hit many homeruns, but he was annual 40 double hitter. He also turned into a dangerous base-stealing threat in 2024, stealing more than 20 for the first time in his career. From then on, he was a consistent, and efficient, 20-30 base-stealer. In 2033, Camuñas would go out on top. He batted .342 in the playoffs and helped lead Pittsburgh to another World Series one more time before he retired. When he retired following that World Series, Camuñas ranked second all time in batting average, 18th in doubles, tied for 21st in runs scored, and tied for 21st in stolen bases. Today, his AVG is still good enough for 24th place on the all time list. Camuñas' stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2017 5 13 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .231 .444 .308 .752 PIT 2018 42 84 17 4 1 0 13 11 14 10 1 0 .202 .316 .274 .590 PIT 2019 88 203 50 13 2 0 25 32 27 17 9 1 .246 .335 .330 .665 PIT 2020 130 420 119 28 4 3 57 66 61 25 3 1 .283 .374 .390 .765 PIT 2021 148 551 194 44 2 2 78 95 74 45 12 2 .352 .429 .450 .879 PIT 2022 149 541 185 47 2 4 62 107 103 25 15 4 .342 .447 .458 .906 PIT 2023 146 529 210 53 4 4 76 123 83 30 12 3 .397 .479 .535 1.014 PIT,NL 2024 141 528 180 42 3 3 71 107 80 36 23 8 .341 .428 .449 .876 PIT,NL 2025 154 540 184 34 7 2 49 111 91 32 27 6 .341 .436 .441 .877 PIT,NL 2026 148 516 176 32 3 2 53 120 91 41 38 4 .341 .440 .426 .866 PIT,NL 2027 140 493 158 34 1 0 53 98 92 30 29 5 .320 .427 .394 .821 PIT 2028 143 528 185 49 3 3 67 135 70 32 32 2 .350 .426 .472 .898 PIT 2029 149 530 173 48 2 0 55 101 77 38 29 2 .326 .412 .425 .836 PIT 2030 150 518 174 42 6 0 63 103 79 24 32 5 .336 .424 .440 .864 PIT,NL 2031 135 430 136 45 5 1 45 78 54 31 14 3 .316 .393 .451 .844 PIT 2032 139 472 135 38 5 1 53 113 74 25 26 1 .286 .383 .394 .777 PIT 2033 129 447 132 38 2 1 51 85 58 21 26 5 .295 .376 .396 .772 PIT Total 2136 7343 2411 592 52 26 871 1486 1133 462 328 52 .328 .418 .434 .852 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2013, A 138 533 168 20 3 7 57 91 91 21 26 3 .315 .411 .403 .814 2014, A 138 546 158 29 3 1 38 89 86 30 28 4 .289 .381 .359 .740 2015, A 89 355 115 15 3 4 26 73 69 17 20 3 .324 .423 .417 .840 2015, AA 47 170 43 8 1 0 9 27 39 13 7 3 .253 .381 .312 .693 2016, AA 135 527 148 39 2 2 41 63 66 27 19 3 .281 .344 .374 .718 2017, AA 134 519 150 45 2 8 36 87 100 33 14 3 .289 .398 .430 .828 2018, AAA 97 375 108 30 3 2 30 79 71 14 12 1 .288 .389 .400 .789 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2020 7 28 6 1 0 0 3 8 6 4 3 1 .214 .353 .250 .603 2021 11 39 15 9 0 0 3 11 9 2 1 0 .385 .500 .615 1.115 2022 11 42 16 4 0 0 6 8 6 4 0 1 .381 .458 .476 .935 2023 12 49 6 3 0 0 2 8 8 7 4 0 .122 .246 .184 .429 2024 5 21 11 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .524 .565 .667 1.232 2025 12 40 14 2 0 0 5 8 9 1 1 0 .350 .469 .400 .869 2026 4 17 6 4 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 .353 .389 .588 .977 2027 7 28 6 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 .214 .214 .286 .500 2028 7 30 6 1 0 0 3 5 4 2 3 0 .200 .294 .233 .527 2029 11 43 14 6 1 1 7 13 8 2 1 2 .326 .431 .581 1.013 2030 4 13 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 .308 .357 .385 .742 2031 6 21 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 .238 .238 .286 .524 2032 10 41 12 4 0 0 4 7 2 5 3 1 .293 .326 .390 .716 2033 10 38 13 4 0 0 6 10 5 5 1 1 .342 .419 .447 .866 Total 117 450 134 45 1 1 47 90 61 40 20 6 .298 .382 .409 .790 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Knoxville in 2013... Traded from Knoxville to Pittsburgh on 4/1/2014 (Going to KNO: P E. Willman, SS S. Doi. Going to PIT: 2B C. Camuñas)... Injured on 6/20/2014 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 6 days... Injured on 6/30/2017 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Had first career hit on 9/11/2017, off Ryan Mccullough (HAR)... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2019... Hit first career homerun on 4/4/2020, off Daryl Mcelligott (HAR)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2021, hitting .542 with 0 HR, 7 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2022... Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2023, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 9 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2023... Injured on 5/29/2024 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Portland on 10/10/2025... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2026, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Hartford on 9/9/2026... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 4/26/2027... Injured on 5/4/2027 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week... Injured on 6/28/2028 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 9/16/2030, off Art Western (LA)... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2033... Retired in 2034. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2021 - .352 - 2nd 2022 - .342 - 2nd 2023 - .397 - 1st 2024 - .341 - 1st 2025 - .341 - 3rd 2026 - .341 - 2nd 2027 - .320 - 8th 2028 - .350 - 2nd 2030 - .336 - 2nd OBP 2021 - .429 - 1st 2022 - .447 - 1st 2023 - .479 - 1st 2024 - .428 - 1st 2025 - .436 - 2nd 2026 - .440 - 1st 2027 - .427 - 3rd 2028 - .426 - 2nd 2029 - .412 - 5th 2030 - .424 - 1st SLG 2023 - .535 - 7th OPS 2021 - .879 - 9th 2022 - .906 - 7th 2023 - 1.014 - 2nd 2024 - .876 - 8th Hits 2021 - 194 - 4th 2022 - 185 - 4th 2023 - 210 - 1st 2024 - 180 - 3rd 2025 - 184 - 5th 2026 - 176 - 9th Doubles 2021 - 44 - 4th 2022 - 47 - 4th 2023 - 53 - 2nd 2024 - 42 - 7th 2028 - 49 - 1st 2029 - 48 - 8th 2030 - 42 - 10th 2031 - 45 - 6th Triples 2025 - 7 - 3rd Runs 2022 - 107 - 3rd 2023 - 123 - 1st 2024 - 107 - 7th 2025 - 111 - 5th 2026 - 120 - 1st 2028 - 135 - 2nd 2030 - 103 - 10th 2032 - 113 - 10th BB 2022 - 103 - 1st 2023 - 83 - 7th 2025 - 91 - 9th 2026 - 91 - 4th 2027 - 92 - 3rd 2030 - 79 - 10th SB 2024 - 23 - 8th 2025 - 27 - 6th 2026 - 38 - 4th 2027 - 29 - 4th 2028 - 32 - 3rd 2029 - 29 - 3rd 2030 - 32 - 3rd 2032 - 26 - 5th 2033 - 26 - 7th
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6/16/2082 to 6/22/2082
Grand Rapids @ Denver (8-4 victory) Denver @ Charlotte (15-4 victory) Denver @ Charlotte (6-2 victory) Denver @ Charlotte (17-11 victory) Denver @ Nashville (6-2 victory) Denver @ Nashville (5-6 defeat in 11 innings) Denver @ Nashville (9-2 victory) It was an excellent week for the Broncos, as they lost just once in seven games. The week included a three game sweep of Charlotte, in which Denver really broke out the bats, scoring 38 runs in all. Asbel Fuentez was named the AL Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. He went 13 for 24, with a double, three homeruns, 8 RBI, 12 runs scored, and 11 stolen bases. Ellis Bolling went 11 for 29, with 6 doubles, 4 RBI, and 4 runs scored. Alexis Vazquez was 10 for 22, with a double, a triple, 3 HR, 9 RBI, and 10 runs scored. Two bench players also added some contributions. Infielder Jack Rumfelt was 5 for 14, with a pair of homeruns, 4 runs batted in, and 4 runs scored. Backup catcher Michael Grace was 4 for 11, with a double, two homers, 5 RBI, and 5 runs scored. On the pitching side of things, Christopher Kirk won both of his starts, posted a 3.00 ERA, and threw a complete game against Nashville. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3837 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 C. Romeo 3383 6 D. Homan 3360 7 R. Vega* 3353 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 T. Guerrero 3301 10 K. Bryant 3294 HR: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 R. Vega* 648 4 J. Paras 645 5 H. Abad 641 6 W. Byrd 639 RBI: Code:
# Career RBIs RBI 1 R. Vega* 2258 2 D. Homan 2255 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214 Wins: Code:
# Career Wins W 1 R. Padgett 339 2 R. Jordan 335 3 R. Mccomas 321 4 S. Narbaiza* 306 5 J. Poss 295
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: 1B Vern Harrison
Vern Harrison:
Is there a place in the Hall of Fame for a player who plays for 20 seasons, puts up consistent and excellent, if not quite tremendous, numbers, and makes 11 consecutive All Star teams (13 in all)? In Vern Harrison's case, the answer is yes. It is true that Harrison never had a season that might be called truly elite, but for over a decade, he was one of the best 1B in the league. He was durable and consistent over those years. You knew what you would get from him every year: 155 games, 30 doubles, 25-30 HR, 70-80 walks, a few stolen bases, a solid batting average, and a good glove at first base. Harrison was the second overall draft pick by Los Angeles in 2016. He jumped right into the big leagues without spending a day in the minor leagues. He shared playing time with the incumbent 1B, and while his numbers weren't great, they were perfectly acceptable for an 18 year old rookie. That year, the Dodgers made their first World Series, but were swept by Kansas City. Harrison contributed positively by going 4 for 9. Over the next several seasons, Harrison struggled to consolidate his skills. He struggled badly in 2017, but improved in 2018, and then made his first All Star game in 2019. He then slumped again in 2020 and 2021 and was traded to Portland. The Dodgers made the playoffs every year from 2016 to 2019, but did not reach the World Series again after 2016. In 2020, the Dodgers slumped, and Portland took advantage, winning the division and making their first World Series appearance, getting swept by Grand Rapids. The following year, things did not improve for the Dodgers, and Harrison was traded near the deadline to Portland, who won their second straight division title. At that point, Harrison made the ill-fated decision to sign with Rochester. In 2022, Portland finished with the best record in baseball, winning 110 games (they would lose in the NLCS, however). Rochester, meanwhile, finished in last place. Portland continued to dominate the NL West division, finally winning the World Series in 2024. Rochester, however, remained mediocre at best. In 2025, Harrison jumped from the floundering ship of Rochester and headed to Hartford, a team that wasn't much better. After three years in Hartford that looked much the same as the three in Rochester, Harrison headed back to Portland. By that point, however, Portland's hold on their division had waned. In 2028 and 2029, Portland lost 93 and 90 games, respectively. That set the stage for the worst season in Portland history, to that date. In 2030, Portland lost a league worst 109 games. It didn't get much better after that in 2031, as they lost 106 games. The next two seasons were ones of mediocrity: 87 losses and 82 losses. Harrison left after that last season and signed with Sacramento. 2034 saw a battle for futility between Harrison's new team and his old team. Sacramento lost 103 games, while Portland sunk to the bottom again, losing 106 games. Harrison played only one more season after that, hanging them up despite his skills still being at a high level, and despite the fact that the was quite close to a couple of major milestones: 3,000 hits and 500 HR. Today, Harrison still ranks 25th all time in walks, and 20th in runs scored. Harrison's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2016 113 217 51 5 0 10 34 37 36 72 0 2 .235 .344 .396 .740 LA 2017 131 284 60 12 0 5 38 26 35 75 0 1 .211 .298 .306 .604 LA 2018 154 520 137 16 4 20 98 80 97 140 0 0 .263 .379 .425 .804 LA 2019 162 587 180 29 3 26 102 104 89 129 0 3 .307 .398 .499 .897 LA,NL 2020 162 614 150 30 4 14 73 104 101 140 10 5 .244 .351 .375 .726 LA 2021 159 567 138 20 4 20 85 95 93 85 3 1 .243 .350 .399 .749 LA POR 2022 154 547 157 19 1 31 98 89 76 81 5 7 .287 .374 .495 .869 ROC,NL 2023 143 513 139 33 2 18 83 96 80 82 6 2 .271 .369 .448 .818 ROC,NL 2024 157 575 183 42 8 33 123 111 70 69 6 4 .318 .392 .591 .984 ROC,NL 2025 154 560 161 30 3 37 107 112 84 69 5 4 .287 .380 .550 .930 HAR,NL 2026 155 549 177 32 3 27 102 102 76 87 15 5 .322 .405 .539 .944 HAR,NL 2027 152 553 159 26 5 36 104 103 84 66 17 8 .288 .381 .548 .929 HAR,NL 2028 161 567 165 36 2 26 76 109 82 32 18 6 .291 .381 .499 .880 POR,NL 2029 157 568 169 36 3 36 112 106 89 36 12 8 .298 .393 .562 .954 POR,NL 2030 152 554 149 18 2 26 100 92 69 24 7 7 .269 .350 .449 .799 POR,NL 2031 157 568 151 22 2 39 117 103 76 33 7 5 .266 .352 .518 .870 POR,NL 2032 159 601 179 30 2 29 107 104 83 42 14 8 .298 .383 .499 .882 POR,NL 2033 147 535 121 23 1 17 73 108 90 32 9 4 .226 .338 .368 .706 POR 2034 154 563 161 22 4 26 102 102 71 31 5 3 .286 .366 .478 .844 SAC,NL 2035 156 562 173 27 4 22 99 99 60 33 8 5 .308 .375 .488 .862 SAC Total 3039 10604 2960 508 57 498 1833 1882 1541 1358 147 88 .279 .371 .479 .849 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2016 1 9 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .889 2017 5 18 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 6 1 0 .056 .227 .111 .338 2018 7 27 7 1 0 0 4 2 2 11 0 0 .259 .310 .296 .607 2019 6 21 6 0 0 1 5 4 2 6 0 0 .286 .348 .429 .776 2021 4 15 4 0 0 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 .267 .353 .667 1.020 Total 23 90 22 2 0 3 15 11 10 26 1 0 .244 .320 .367 .687 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 2016... Had first career hit on 5/4/2016, off William Baptist (SD)... Hit first career homerun on 5/9/2016, off Joseph Wright (HAR)... Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/6/2018... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Rochester on 7/10/2019... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2019, hitting .381 with 6 HR, 23 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 3 runs on 8/29/2019... Traded from Los Angeles to Portland on 7/26/2021 (Going to POR: 1B V. Harrison. Going to LA: RF D. Jenkins, 1B R. Monroy)... Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 2/1/2022 to a 3-year deal worth $5,987,500 per year... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2022, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2022... Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2024, hitting .374 with 5 HR, 31 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2024, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 5 RBI... Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Harrisburg on 9/11/2024... Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2024... Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 2/21/2025 to a 3-year deal worth $9,383,200 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2025, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2025, hitting .374 with 8 HR, 25 RBI... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Drove in 8 runs against Harrisburg on 4/30/2027... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Portland on 2/8/2028 to a 6-year deal worth $11,601,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2028, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2029, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/26/2029... Had 2000th career hit on 9/1/2029, off Kenneth Snow (ROC)... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2030... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 6/7/2031... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2031, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2031... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Had 32-game hitting streak snapped on 8/25/2032... Injured on 6/9/2033 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week... Signed as a free agent by Sacramento on 2/15/2034 to a 4-year deal worth $6,803,000 per year... Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 5/25/2034... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Retired in 2036. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2024 - .318 - 3rd 2026 - .322 - 7th OBP 2019 - .398 - 7th 2022 - .374 - 9th 2024 - .392 - 6th 2026 - .405 - 6th 2027 - .381 - 8th 2029 - .393 - 9th SLG 2024 - .591 - 2nd 2025 - .550 - 5th 2026 - .539 - 7th 2027 - .548 - 10th 2029 - .562 - 7th OPS 2019 - .897 - 9th 2024 - .984 - 2nd 2025 - .930 - 4th 2026 - .944 - 6th 2027 - .929 - 8th 2029 - .954 - 8th Hits 2019 - 180 - 6th 2024 - 183 - 2nd 2026 - 177 - 8th Doubles 2024 - 42 - 8th Triples 2024 - 8 - 2nd 2027 - 5 - 10th Homeruns 2019 - 26 - 10th 2022 - 31 - 5th 2024 - 33 - 6th 2025 - 37 - 5th 2026 - 27 - 10th 2027 - 36 - 5th 2029 - 36 - 7th 2031 - 39 - 8th RBI 2019 - 102 - 8th 2022 - 98 - 10th 2024 - 123 - 3rd 2025 - 107 - 9th 2026 - 102 - 9th Runs 2020 - 104 - 7th 2023 - 96 - 7th 2024 - 111 - 3rd 2025 - 112 - 4th 2026 - 102 - 5th 2028 - 109 - 9th BB 2018 - 97 - 9th 2020 - 101 - 2nd 2021 - 93 - 1st 2022 - 76 - 10th 2023 - 80 - 10th 2027 - 84 - 9th 2028 - 82 - 8th 2029 - 89 - 8th 2033 - 90 - 8th SB 2028 - 18 - 7th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: LF Abdiel Llorent
Abdiel Llorent:
It is not normally easy to replace a Hall of Fame talent at a particular position, but the presence of Abdiel Llorent allowed for a smooth transition in left field for the 2010's era Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2017, long time left fielder Kangorou Yataro was 37 years old and only a shadow of his former greatness. That opened the door for a 22 year old Llorent. Gifted with a powerful, compact swing, and a great batting eye, the young Llorent had demolished AAA pitching the previous season and was ready to make his mark in the big leagues. His rookie season was solid, if unspectacular, and he was worn down by the time the postseason started. Though Pittsburgh reached, and lost, the World Series, Llorent was horrendous in the playoffs. In 2018, the LF job was completely his, and his numbers improved. Once again, however, Pittsburgh lost the World Series, and Llorent contributed little in the postseason. The following season was Llorent's breakout year, and his bat carried Pittsburgh to the postseason, where they defeated Memphis in the World Series, though Llorent's postseason was again less than stellar. Llorent rapidly established himself as one of the elite hitters in the game, blasting doubles and homers with dangerous regularity, while displaying tremendous vision at the plate. In 2020, Pittsburgh lost in the NLCS, but Llorent finally had a postseason to be proud of. In 2021, Llorent carried the Pirates to the World Series, but they fell in 7 games to Atlanta, though Llorent's performance was superb. An injury in 2022 prevented Llorent from participating in that year's World Series run, but he returned the following season to win the NL Silver Slugger Award, and the Pirates won another World Series. Pittsburgh wouldn't win another World Series until late in Llorent's career. By then Llorent was on his way out, and only saw limited action in the 2033 postseason, although he did blast a pair of homeruns. He didn't play at all in the 2034 postseason. Today, Llorent ranks 12th all time in doubles and tied (with teammate and fellow HoFer, Micheal Bruce) for 22nd in RBI. Llorent's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2017 125 306 72 20 0 12 57 53 60 63 0 1 .235 .361 .418 .779 PIT 2018 151 499 127 30 0 20 102 83 80 95 0 1 .255 .358 .435 .792 PIT 2019 134 457 144 41 1 33 119 88 89 73 0 0 .315 .427 .626 1.053 PIT,NL 2020 154 525 161 43 1 36 110 102 78 58 0 0 .307 .396 .598 .994 PIT,NL 2021 151 529 166 41 1 40 99 127 78 31 4 0 .314 .402 .622 1.024 PIT,NL 2022 127 394 118 33 0 24 82 83 57 22 2 0 .299 .388 .566 .954 PIT,NL 2023 146 536 180 58 1 30 127 101 77 33 3 0 .336 .419 .616 1.035 PIT,NL 2024 152 526 154 44 2 30 129 109 87 19 5 0 .293 .393 .555 .948 PIT,NL 2025 148 458 156 48 1 29 108 107 91 27 2 1 .341 .450 .640 1.090 PIT,NL 2026 119 399 110 30 1 26 105 82 64 32 4 0 .276 .376 .551 .927 PIT 2027 144 487 166 58 1 30 107 103 74 19 5 0 .341 .428 .649 1.077 PIT,NL 2028 152 539 188 48 1 42 158 100 69 25 2 0 .349 .423 .675 1.098 PIT 2029 151 522 179 49 2 34 120 119 79 31 3 0 .343 .429 .640 1.069 PIT,NL 2030 151 500 158 50 0 25 119 97 45 15 2 0 .316 .372 .566 .938 PIT,NL 2031 153 555 188 54 0 29 129 103 44 30 3 1 .339 .387 .593 .980 PIT,NL 2032 145 540 169 48 0 25 115 96 42 24 3 0 .313 .363 .541 .903 PIT 2033 139 516 181 56 2 20 113 93 40 32 6 0 .351 .397 .583 .981 PIT 2034 80 238 68 22 2 2 30 27 17 33 0 0 .286 .333 .420 .754 PIT Total 2522 8526 2685 773 16 487 1929 1673 1171 662 44 4 .315 .398 .581 .978 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2014, AA 136 492 161 26 0 33 100 72 88 97 3 0 .327 .426 .581 1.007 2015, AA 101 361 103 17 0 22 54 66 70 60 1 1 .285 .396 .515 .911 2015, AAA 37 145 42 7 0 8 29 18 24 23 0 2 .290 .384 .503 .887 2016, AAA 138 565 158 44 0 27 83 101 96 111 3 2 .280 .382 .501 .883 2035, AAA 137 524 159 31 0 1 37 49 26 73 1 1 .303 .332 .368 .700 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2017 10 34 5 3 0 0 2 2 7 8 0 0 .147 .293 .235 .528 2018 14 50 9 3 0 1 3 4 5 8 0 0 .180 .255 .300 .555 2019 11 42 7 2 0 0 5 6 6 2 0 0 .167 .271 .214 .485 2020 7 31 12 2 1 1 6 7 3 6 1 0 .387 .441 .613 1.054 2021 11 44 13 7 0 1 11 10 6 6 1 0 .295 .380 .523 .903 2023 12 42 7 3 0 0 4 5 8 2 0 0 .167 .300 .238 .538 2024 5 20 8 2 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 .400 .478 .500 .978 2025 12 45 14 4 0 2 7 10 13 5 0 0 .311 .466 .533 .999 2026 4 18 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .444 .611 2027 7 26 7 2 0 2 4 5 2 4 1 0 .269 .321 .577 .898 2028 7 27 9 4 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 0 .333 .379 .593 .972 2029 11 41 12 5 0 2 9 8 7 0 0 0 .293 .396 .561 .957 2030 4 17 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 .294 .294 .529 .824 2031 6 24 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .160 .125 .285 2032 10 41 19 8 0 0 6 5 3 1 0 0 .463 .500 .659 1.159 2033 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 .222 .300 .889 1.189 Total 133 511 135 48 1 14 70 76 67 50 3 0 .264 .349 .444 .793 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Memphis in 2014... Injured on 8/29/2014 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week... Traded from Memphis to Pittsburgh on 7/28/2015 (Going to MEM: P S. Corpuz. Going to PIT: LF A. Llorent, C A. Paz)... Had first career hit on 4/5/2017, off Brian Perry (HAR)... Hit first career homerun on 4/30/2017, off Daryl Mcelligott (HAR)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2019, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Injured on 9/2/2019 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2019... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2020, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2020, hitting .394 with 9 HR, 31 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2020, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/22/2020... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2020, hitting .382 with 7 HR, 29 RBI... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2021, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2021, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2021, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2021, hitting .318 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2021, hitting .361 with 11 HR, 22 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2022, hitting .500 with 6 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... Injured on 8/30/2022 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for 9 weeks... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2022... Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2023, hitting .419 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 7/31/2023... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2023, hitting .391 with 5 HR, 26 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 9/21/2023... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2023, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2023, hitting .380 with 7 HR, 28 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2023... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2023, hitting .336 with 30 HR, 127 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 5/25/2024... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2024, hitting .416 with 9 HR, 32 RBI... Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Rochester, driving in 8 runs on 7/16/2024... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2024, hitting .348 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 4/1/2025... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 5/22/2025... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2025, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Injured on 6/22/2026 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks... Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/11/2026... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Portland on 6/6/2027... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2027, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2028, hitting .440 with 5 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2028, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Sacramento on 8/13/2028... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2028, hitting .376 with 6 HR, 36 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2029, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2029, hitting .632 with 2 HR, 3 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 6/30/2030, off Craig Posada (HFD)... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2031, hitting .600 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2031, hitting .533 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Los Angeles on 6/10/2031... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2031, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2031, hitting .579 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Sacramento on 7/25/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2032, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 10 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2033... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/5/2034 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2034... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/28/2035 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year... Injured on 6/17/2035 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2036. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2021 - .314 - 9th 2023 - .336 - 3rd 2025 - .341 - 4th 2027 - .341 - 1st 2028 - .349 - 3rd 2029 - .343 - 6th 2030 - .316 - 6th 2031 - .339 - 2nd 2033 - .351 - 3rd OBP 2019 - .427 - 1st 2020 - .396 - 9th 2021 - .402 - 2nd 2023 - .419 - 4th 2025 - .450 - 1st 2027 - .428 - 2nd 2028 - .423 - 5th 2029 - .429 - 3rd SLG 2019 - .626 - 2nd 2020 - .598 - 2nd 2021 - .622 - 1st 2023 - .616 - 1st 2024 - .555 - 3rd 2025 - .640 - 1st 2027 - .649 - 1st 2028 - .675 - 2nd 2029 - .640 - 5th 2030 - .566 - 6th 2031 - .593 - 5th 2033 - .583 - 7th OPS 2019 - 1.053 - 2nd 2020 - .994 - 3rd 2021 - 1.024 - 1st 2023 - 1.035 - 1st 2024 - .948 - 4th 2025 - 1.090 - 1st 2027 - 1.077 - 1st 2028 - 1.098 - 2nd 2029 - 1.069 - 4th 2030 - .938 - 6th 2031 - .980 - 6th 2033 - .981 - 8th Hits 2023 - 180 - 3rd 2028 - 188 - 8th 2031 - 188 - 7th Doubles 2019 - 41 - 9th 2020 - 43 - 8th 2021 - 41 - 10th 2023 - 58 - 1st 2024 - 44 - 3rd 2025 - 48 - 4th 2027 - 58 - 2nd 2028 - 48 - 3rd 2029 - 49 - 5th 2030 - 50 - 3rd 2031 - 54 - 1st 2032 - 48 - 1st 2033 - 56 - 2nd Homeruns 2019 - 33 - 6th 2020 - 36 - 5th 2021 - 40 - 1st 2023 - 30 - 4th 2024 - 30 - 8th 2025 - 29 - 8th 2028 - 42 - 5th RBI 2018 - 102 - 8th 2019 - 119 - 3rd 2020 - 110 - 5th 2021 - 99 - 6th 2023 - 127 - 1st 2024 - 129 - 2nd 2025 - 108 - 8th 2026 - 105 - 8th 2028 - 158 - 2nd 2029 - 120 - 9th 2030 - 119 - 5th 2031 - 129 - 8th 2032 - 115 - 8th Runs 2020 - 102 - 9th 2021 - 127 - 1st 2023 - 101 - 4th 2024 - 109 - 5th 2025 - 107 - 7th 2029 - 119 - 7th BB 2019 - 89 - 8th 2021 - 78 - 7th 2024 - 87 - 7th 2025 - 91 - 10th
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6/23/2082 to 7/2/2082
(This stretch of games actually encompasses more than a week, as it is nearing the All Star break, and the two weeks leading to the All Star game are rather light.) Denver @ Tucson (3-2 victory) Denver @ Tucson (8-11 defeat) Denver @ Tucson (1-2 defeat) Miami @ Denver (14-2 victory) Miami @ Denver (6-5 victory) Atlanta @ Denver (6-13 defeat) Atlanta @ Denver (9-7 victory) It was kind of an up and down stretch for the Broncos as they headed into the All Star break. They dropped 2 of 3 games to division rival Tucson, which you never like to have happen, but also swept a two game set from Miami- a team that Denver has often had trouble with. Alexis Vazquez hit very well, going 9 for 27, with a triple, 2 homeruns, and 8 RBI. For his efforts in the month of June, Vazquez was named the AL Batter of the Month. Through the month, he hit .396/.443/.729/1.173 with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 8 homers, 28 runs batted in, and 23 runs scored. This is the second time this season that Vazquez has been named BotM (he was also BotM for the month of April). Lee Chappel is also playing at a high level right now. Through this past stretch of games, he went 11 for 24, with 2 doubles, 2 homers, 10 RBI, 8 runs scored, and 9 walks. Booker Romero doesn't often get mentioned, mainly because his bat is pretty weak, but he went 9 for 26, with 5 doubles, and 4 RBI through this stretch. Lastly, Jack Rumfelt has seen an increase in playing time lately, and is making the most of it. With the aging Mark Bakke in a slump, Rumfelt has seen more time at 2B (where he is a pretty good fielder) and Tomas Sato has been playing DH in place of Bakke. Through this most recent stretch of games, then, Rumfelt has gone 9 for 20, with a double, 2 homeruns, and 8 runs batted in. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3840 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 C. Romeo 3383 6 D. Homan 3360 7 R. Vega* 3355 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 T. Guerrero 3301 10 K. Bryant 3294 HR: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 R. Vega* 649 4 J. Paras 645 5 H. Abad 641 6 W. Byrd 639 RBI: Code:
# Career RBIs RBI 1 R. Vega* 2261 2 D. Homan 2255 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214 Wins: Code:
# Career Wins W 1 R. Padgett 339 2 R. Jordan 335 3 R. Mccomas 321 4 S. Narbaiza* 306 5 J. Poss 295
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Here are the standings at the midway point of the season:
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National League Standings West Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run San Jose 50 31 .617 - 52-29 -2 21-19 29-12 2-3 12- 8 San Diego 45 36 .556 5 48-33 -3 23-15 22-21 5-2 12- 8 Los Angeles 39 42 .481 11 39-42 0 21-19 18-23 1-2 9-12 Sacramento 39 42 .481 11 40-41 -1 17-22 22-20 2-5 7-12 Portland 38 43 .469 12 39-42 -1 15-26 23-17 6-5 11- 9 Phoenix 31 50 .383 19 36-45 -5 14-28 17-22 0-4 7-12 Northeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Pittsburgh 53 28 .654 - 51-30 2 24-17 29-11 4-2 11- 5 Hartford 45 36 .556 8 41-40 4 22-18 23-18 7-5 9- 9 Buffalo 42 39 .519 11 39-42 3 20-22 22-17 6-5 12-10 Rochester 39 42 .481 14 38-43 1 14-28 25-14 2-3 9-12 Harrisburg 34 47 .420 19 38-43 -4 17-23 17-24 2-5 7-13 New Jersey 31 50 .383 22 28-53 3 17-24 14-26 6-2 10- 6 American League Standings Southeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Miami 50 31 .617 - 51-30 -1 20-19 30-12 4-4 15-11 Nashville 39 42 .481 11 37-44 2 18-23 21-19 4-2 12- 9 Washington 38 43 .469 12 41-40 -3 17-23 21-20 2-3 10- 5 Atlanta 36 45 .444 14 41-40 -5 17-22 19-23 2-3 5-13 Knoxville 35 46 .432 15 35-46 0 21-21 14-25 3-6 7-13 Charlotte 34 47 .420 16 30-51 4 15-25 19-22 3-2 13- 6 Central Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Denver 55 26 .679 - 54-27 1 27-12 28-14 2-1 14- 9 Tucson 50 31 .617 5 54-27 -4 26-14 24-17 3-3 6-12 Memphis 42 39 .519 13 42-39 0 25-16 17-23 3-2 9-12 Grand Rapids 40 41 .494 15 39-42 1 17-24 23-17 2-2 12- 9 Green Bay 35 46 .432 20 28-53 7 18-25 17-21 5-6 13- 7 Kansas City 32 49 .395 23 34-47 -2 14-27 18-22 4-3 6-16 Right now, Denver, is cruising along. It's not a huge lead on Tucson, but its comfortable- a lot more comfotable than it was last season, that's for sure! Meanwhile, the most interesting playoff races seem to be the second place races in the Northeast and the Southeast Divisions. The Southeast, in particular, should be intriguing, because only 5 games separate the current 2nd place team and the 6th place team. All of those teams are close enough that one or two key acquisitions at the deadline could push any one of them above the rest. I also have a question for anyone who may be reading this dynasty. Do you think that these Hall of Fame bios are distracting from the main focus of the thread? I ask this, primarily, because I had wanted to finish the bios by the time the season was completed, but it is now halfway through the season, and I am really not that far along with the bios. If I want to finish them by the time the season is over, I will have to significantly increase the ratio of bios to Denver updates. It would seem to me, then, that what is ostensibly the focus of the dynasty would be somewhat lost in the shuffle for awhile. I would really appreciate some honest opinions of this.
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These are the league batting and pitching statistics through the halfway point of the season:
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National League Batting
West Division
Team W L AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
San Jose 50 31 .276 70 466 2871 793 185 25 305 356 .346 .431 .777 81
San Diego 45 36 .293 109 510 2881 844 146 22 300 538 .362 .472 .835 105
Los Angeles 39 42 .279 78 429 2804 783 154 21 288 529 .348 .433 .781 34
Sacramento 39 42 .275 115 460 2847 782 170 27 284 494 .342 .475 .817 39
Portland 38 43 .261 84 421 2854 744 138 20 271 530 .327 .411 .738 74
Phoenix 31 50 .285 90 439 2872 819 159 12 224 537 .340 .443 .783 23
Northeast Division
Team W L AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
Pittsburgh 53 28 .271 89 467 2809 762 147 20 376 489 .359 .433 .792 55
Hartford 45 36 .287 84 447 2928 841 148 19 245 476 .345 .437 .782 74
Buffalo 42 39 .271 85 416 2872 779 160 21 265 568 .334 .430 .765 50
Rochester 39 42 .275 94 413 2825 778 143 14 278 448 .344 .436 .779 56
Harrisburg 34 47 .255 121 457 2822 721 133 16 337 693 .337 .443 .779 31
New Jersey 31 50 .262 104 394 2820 738 126 19 245 591 .323 .430 .754 54
Total .274 1123 5319 34205 9384 1809 236 3418 6249 .342 .440 .782 676
American League Batting
Southeast Division
Team W L AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
Miami 50 31 .268 113 451 2870 769 159 20 322 378 .345 .455 .800 40
Nashville 39 42 .273 69 417 2812 768 155 24 293 449 .346 .419 .765 70
Washington 38 43 .279 121 501 2853 796 148 17 312 476 .351 .470 .821 30
Atlanta 36 45 .278 105 483 2891 804 182 19 331 456 .353 .463 .816 31
Knoxville 35 46 .274 119 456 2856 782 152 21 322 581 .350 .467 .816 64
Charlotte 34 47 .266 67 380 2865 763 169 17 201 459 .316 .407 .724 77
Central Division
Team W L AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
Denver 55 26 .309 119 583 2922 902 204 19 288 320 .372 .514 .886 103
Tucson 50 31 .285 93 536 2840 810 157 30 388 574 .374 .460 .834 65
Memphis 42 39 .268 118 421 2811 754 146 22 246 293 .327 .462 .789 28
Grand Rapids 40 41 .267 104 489 2843 759 175 11 356 672 .351 .446 .797 29
Green Bay 35 46 .265 102 403 2858 758 173 14 185 551 .314 .443 .757 38
Kansas City 32 49 .271 114 426 2858 775 138 16 249 487 .332 .450 .782 13
Total .275 1244 5546 34279 9440 1958 230 3493 5696 .345 .455 .799 588
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West Division
Team W L ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
San Jose 50 31 3.87 15 733.1 714 349 315 81 270 555 .254 8 6
San Diego 45 36 4.61 15 721.0 820 427 369 76 236 491 .284 12 0
Los Angeles 39 42 5.04 18 714.2 751 444 400 99 351 535 .270 5 1
Sacramento 39 42 5.12 19 719.1 792 466 409 103 272 494 .278 10 3
Portland 38 43 4.63 20 736.1 728 439 379 90 366 560 .257 11 1
Phoenix 31 50 5.59 14 714.2 838 494 444 118 267 525 .292 6 0
Northeast Division
Team W L ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
Pittsburgh 53 28 3.99 22 732.1 749 357 325 56 202 552 .263 7 2
Hartford 45 36 4.79 13 728.2 747 441 388 88 322 559 .265 6 0
Buffalo 42 39 4.67 20 734.0 733 428 381 103 275 535 .259 8 2
Rochester 39 42 4.82 19 724.1 800 441 388 94 243 503 .278 10 1
Harrisburg 34 47 5.56 14 723.2 777 486 447 123 326 492 .273 10 0
New Jersey 31 50 6.27 12 716.0 936 547 499 92 288 448 .317 9 1
Total 4.91 201 8698.1 9385 5319 4744 1123 3418 6249 .274 102 17
American League Pitching
Southeast Division
Team W L ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
Miami 50 31 3.81 25 742.1 676 344 314 79 210 494 .239 13 3
Nashville 39 42 5.35 18 723.1 687 453 430 104 344 506 .249 11 2
Washington 38 43 5.88 18 715.1 814 499 467 120 302 439 .285 12 4
Atlanta 36 45 5.26 13 719.2 759 473 421 102 367 465 .269 17 3
Knoxville 35 46 5.96 20 728.0 829 517 482 121 330 434 .284 13 1
Charlotte 34 47 5.62 16 716.0 857 500 447 111 306 471 .296 14 2
Central Division
Team W L ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
Denver 55 26 4.70 15 722.2 817 409 377 94 154 504 .282 15 1
Tucson 50 31 4.29 20 718.0 706 382 342 98 200 497 .252 19 4
Memphis 42 39 4.73 20 716.2 773 408 377 57 267 439 .275 20 5
Grand Rapids 40 41 5.73 14 724.0 835 505 461 118 303 504 .289 13 1
Green Bay 35 46 6.53 22 725.0 849 554 526 144 350 431 .294 5 0
Kansas City 32 49 5.73 12 717.1 840 502 457 96 360 512 .288 10 2
Total 5.30 213 8668.1 9442 5546 5101 1244 3493 5696 .275 162 28
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And, Denver's batting and pitching stats through 81 games:
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Overall Batting: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS R. Thomas 75 323 102 13 1 14 59 66 32 15 .316 .378 .492 13 2 A. Fuentez 77 319 122 28 2 10 45 78 37 14 .382 .449 .577 38 5 E. Bolling 78 305 86 45 1 15 88 61 28 49 .282 .334 .584 1 0 A. Vasquez 79 301 110 10 3 25 83 69 25 36 .365 .415 .668 7 3 M. Bakke 73 291 89 11 2 6 55 37 16 26 .306 .342 .419 11 1 J. Swayze 75 274 68 17 0 18 55 50 17 43 .248 .295 .507 1 0 T. Sato 70 272 92 8 2 2 40 53 15 18 .338 .389 .404 2 2 L. Chappel 74 270 89 35 2 18 67 69 58 18 .330 .444 .674 1 0 B. Romero 75 261 62 20 4 4 35 41 22 61 .238 .299 .391 19 3 J. Rumfelt 47 128 34 6 1 4 20 18 15 10 .266 .349 .422 2 0 A. Navarro 33 75 18 5 1 0 8 17 5 12 .240 .280 .333 6 1 M. Grace 18 48 17 5 0 3 8 13 7 12 .354 .436 .646 1 0 M. Phillips 25 47 11 1 0 0 6 10 11 6 .234 .379 .255 1 0 P. Chason 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 Code:
Overall Pitching: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K K. Pillsbury 17 17 14 2 0 3.54 124.2 142 57 49 18 85 C. Kirk 16 16 10 5 0 5.14 115.2 137 70 66 14 55 R. Lockridge 17 17 10 3 0 3.83 115.0 120 57 49 28 97 R. Mcnett 17 17 5 5 0 5.33 108.0 124 66 64 20 77 G. Buentello 8 8 4 2 0 4.47 50.1 63 27 25 11 36 J. Myatt 6 6 2 2 0 6.69 35.0 45 30 26 20 21 L. Gwinn 21 0 2 1 0 6.21 33.1 36 23 23 9 27 J. Virgen 24 0 4 0 6 2.73 33.0 30 11 10 2 25 R. Gomez 21 0 1 3 6 4.05 26.2 33 13 12 5 26 L. Salguero 21 0 1 3 1 7.71 25.2 35 23 22 9 26 S. Andrade 17 0 1 0 2 4.88 24.0 24 13 13 7 8 F. Lemire 14 0 1 0 0 4.42 18.1 15 9 9 8 15 R. Soto 9 0 0 0 0 6.08 13.1 13 10 9 3 6
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2082 All Stars
The season is halfway through, and it's time for the mid-summer classic. Since Denver has the best record in baseball, it's not surprising that they also have the most representatives on the All-Star team, with a whopping eight players. San Diego, meanwhile, despite only being tied for the third best record in the National League, paces that League's team with five representatives.
The American League All Stars:             Catcher: Denver's Lee Chappel has become a familiar face in the All Star game in recent years. The 31 year old makes his 6th appearance in the mid-summer classic. Last year's AL Silver Slugger winner is currently leading the league in OPS, is second in doubles, and is tied for second in runs scored. Chappel is a lifetime .318/.422/.598/1.020 hitter, with 437 doubles, 264 homeruns, 1012 RBI, 996 runs scored, and 830 walks. Also taking up the "tools of ignorance" for the AL side is Kansas City's Ron Chien. Chien is 30 years old and making his second All Star team. He was also an All Star in 2080, when he batted .301 with 26 homeruns, 88 RBI, and 94 runs scored. This season, Chien has batted .320/.359/.564/.923, with 18 homeruns, and 58 runs batted in. For his career, Chien has batted .297/.351/.474/.825 with 192 homeruns. First Base: Denver slugger Ellis Bolling makes his 6th All Star appearance at the age of 33. Bolling, the Silver Slugger winner in 2074 and 2076, currently leads the American League in RBI and doubles. Bolling is a .274/.349/.603/.952 career hitter, with 570 doubles, 475 homeruns, 1479 RBI, and 1296 runs scored. Manuel Madrid represents Washington as the second AL firstbaseman. The 36 year old is making his third All Star team. This season, Madrid has batted .311/.364/.521/.885, with 16 homers and 75 RBI. Madrid is a career .290/.360/.447/.807 hitter, with 186 homeruns. Second Base: Tucson's Elmer Giancola is the first of three secondbasemen on the roster. Giancola is 37 years old and this is his 6th All Star appearance. This year, he has hit .314/.413/.473/.886, with 8 homeruns, 55 RBI, and 57 runs scored. For his career, Giancola is .292/.360/.528/.888 hitter, with 404 homeruns, 1355 RBI, and 1138 runs scored. Wayne Koeller is the second of the secondbasemen, representing Atlanta. This is the 8th All Star appearance for the 35 year old Koeller. The 2073 NL Silver Slugger winner(Rochester) has hit .305/.384/.546/.930 this year, with 17 homers and 51 runs batted in. Koeller is a lifetime .327/.410/.562/.972 hitter, with 2308 hits, 403 HR, 1361 RBI, 1375 runs scored, and 990 walks. Rounding out the secondbasemen is Grand Rapids' Eddie Lauzon. This is the first appearance in the All Star game for the 33 year old. He has batted .282/.355/.495/.850 this year, with 16 homeruns, 59 RBI, and 59 runs scored. Lauzon is a career .267/.340/.474/.814 hitter, with 330 homeruns, 1184 RBI, and 998 runs scored. Third Base: One player will man the hot corner for the AL squad. That is Knoxville's Donald Noles. This is the second appearance in the All Star game for the 29 year old Noles. Previously, he made the team in 2079, when he batted .301 with 40 doubles, 53 homers, and 152 RBI. That was the same year he won the NL Silver Slugger award with Phoenix. This season, Noles is batting .321/.419/.595/1.014, with 23 doubles, 16 homers, 52 RBI, and 55 runs scored. Noles is a career .276/.366/.521/.887 hitter, with 200 homeruns, 683 RBI, and 669 runs scored. Shortstop: Atlanta's Roger Attaway makes his first All Star appearance at the age of 27. Attaway has hit .277/.381/.581/.962 this year, with 24 homeruns, 65 RBI, and 65 runs scored. He is a career .282/.359/.564/.923 hitter, with 321 homeruns, 880 RBI, and 868 runs scored. Left Field: The 33 year old Alexis Vazquez makes just the second All Star appearance of his career. The Denver leftfielder's first appearance in an All Star game came back in 2077, when he batted .343 with 34 homeruns, and 124 RBI. This season, Vazquez has been tremendous, and currently is second in the league in batting average, second in OPS, third in homeruns, second in RBI, and tied for second in runs scored. Truly, a career year so far for Vazquez. Vazquez is a lifetime .312/.357/.505/.862 hitter, with 224 homeruns, 885 RBI, 834 runs scored, and 112 stolen bases. This is the sixth All Star appearance for Miami's Roy Springs. The 32 year old leftfielder, and 2080 AL Silver Slugger winner, has .298/.349/.654/1.003 this year, with a league-leading 31 homeruns, and a good-for-third-in-the-AL 80 runs batted in. Springs is a career .295/.354/.534/.888 hitter, with 324 homeruns, and 1081 runs batted in. Joey Campos is Atlanta's third All Star representative. This is the fourth appearance in the All Star game for the 30 year old Campos. This year, Campos has hit .291/.386/.614/1.000, with 27 doubles, 21 homeruns, 60 RBI, and 63 runs scored. Campos is a career .309/.383/.589/.972 hitter, with 244 homeruns, 807 RBI, and 701 runs scored. Centerfield: Denver's Russell Thomas is the only CF on the roster. This is the third All Star appearance for the 31 year old Thomas. Thomas is a career .352/.407/.457/.864 hitter, with 62 homeruns, 768 runs scored, and 141 stolen bases. Right Field: Asbel Fuentez is the fifth position player representative for Denver. This is the third All Star appearance for the 34 year old Fuentez. This year, Fuentez leads the league in batting average, is third in OPS, first in runs scored, and first in stolen bases. Fuentez is a career .319/.387/.469/.856 hitter, with 2163 hits, 503 doubles, 122 homeruns, 1199 runs scored, and 637 stolen bases(9th on the career list). This is the fourth All Star appearance for Kansas City's 32 year old rightfielder, "Broadway Jack" Ector. Ector has hit .319/.415/.587/1.002, with 23 doubles, 18 longballs, 63 RBI, and a 47/13 BB/K ratio. Ector is a career .291/.388/.495/.883 hitter, 263 homers, 917 RBI, 907 runs scored, and 807 walks. Starting Pitchers: Denver's Kenny Pillsbury makes his second All Star appearance. His previous appearance was 2079, when he went 22-8, with a 3.77 ERA, and 209 strikeouts. Pillsbury leads the majors with 14 wins this season. The 30 year old Pillsbury has a career record of 84-37, with a 4.18 ERA, and 819 strikeouts in 1095 innings pitched. The 30 year old Ray Lockridge is also making his second appearance in the All Star game. Denver's Lockridge previously made the All Star game back in 2076, while with Rochester. He was 21-10 that year, with a 3.23 ERA, and 236 strikeouts. For his career, Lockridge is 128-74, with a 3.58 ERA, and 1619 strikeouts in 1933 1/3 innings pitched. This is the first All Star game for Miami's 27 year old Christian Hokusai. A notable All Star snub from last year(he finished 21-5 with a 2.66 ERA, and 173 K's), Hokusai has left little doubt this season. He is 11-3 (tied for second in the league in wins), third in the league with a 2.51 ERA, and second in the league in strikeouts, with 116. This is only Hokusai's second full season as a starting pitcher, but he is 44-17 for his career, with a 3.05 ERA, and a 437/98 K/BB ratio in 549 1/3 innings pitched. Miami's Jose Caceres is 34 years old, and this is his fourth trip to the All Star game. He is 10-2 this season, with a 3.19 ERA, and 70 strikeouts in 107 1/3 innings pitched. Caceres has a career record of 162-80, an ERA of 3.26, and 1880 strikeouts in 2217 innings pitched. This may be the breakout year for 29 year old Nashville starter, Mose Urick. Lon expected to be a dominant ace, Urick is finally doing it in what is his first All Star appearance. Urick is 10-2, leads the league with a 1.91 ERA, and leads the league with 118 strikeouts. Urick is a career 95-76 pitcher, with a 3.70 ERA. This is the first All Star appearance for Washington's 33 year old, Juan Fuentes. Fuentes is 11-5 (the win total is tied for second in the league), with a 4.10 ERA, and 108 strikeouts. He's also tossed 4 shutouts this season. For his career, Fuentes is an unimpressive 92-111, with an ERA of 5.00. Tucson's Paul Reyes rounds out the starting pitchers for the American League. This is the first All Star appearance for the 24 year old pitcher. Reyes is 9-4, with a 3.44 ERA, and 109 strikeouts (good for third in the league). Reyes has a career record of 48-59, an ERA of 5.50, and 712 strikeouts in 875 innings pitched. Relief Pitchers: James Virgen is Denver's eighth All Star. This is the first appearance in the All Star game for the 33 year old reliever. For his career, Virgen has made 582 appearances, a record of 56-33, 46 saves, and ERA of 4.33, and a K/BB ratio of 580/264 in 791 2/3 innings pitched. Nashville closer Jason Mather makes his first All Star appearance at the age of 36. Mather has 16 saves(third in the AL) this year in 32 games, a record of 4-1, and ERA of 3.67, and 30 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings pitched. Mather has 562 career appearances, 77 saves, an ERA of 4.80, and 789 strikeouts in 789 2/3 career innings pitched. Memphis closer Jonah Alvarado completes the 2082 American League All Star team. Only 25 years old, this is Alvarado's first appearance in the All Star game. He has made 29 appearances this season, is 1-2, and leads the league with 19 saves. His ERA is 2.35, and he has 13 strikeouts in 30 2/3 innings pitched. For his career, Alvarado has already made 349 appearances. He is 19-24, with 85 saves, a 5.43 ERA, and 278 strikeouts in 421 innings pitched. That's the American League 25. Nest up: The National League All Stars.
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The 2082 All Stars, Part 2
The National League All Stars:
            Catcher: I mentioned that San Diego has the most All Stars in the National League. The first of those is 28 year old Clayton Threatt, making his first All Star game. Threatt is hitting .351/.426/.544/.970 this season, with 11 homeruns, and 64 RBI. For his career, Threatt is a .284/.342/.426/.769 hitter, with 52 homeruns, and 324 RBI. Twenty-three year old Phoenix catcher, Ramon Martinez, also has a place on the NL squad. Martinez, a first time All Star, has hit .349/.384/.546/.930 so far this season, and has 11 homeruns, and 65 RBI. Martinez is a career .321/.358/.451/.809 hitter, with 40 homeruns, and 258 RBI. First Base: San Jose's Ugo Momoru, last season's NL Silver Slugger winner, makes his fifth All Star game at the age of 32. Momoru is batting .301/.406/.564/.970 this season, with 18 homeruns, and a second-in-the-NL 74 runs batted in. He also has scored 61 runs. Momoru is a career .295/.364/.575/.940 hitter, with 366 doubles, 394 homeruns, 1185 runs batted in, and 982 runs scored. Sacramento's Nestor Adrover makes his first All Star game at the age of 23. Adrover has hit .333/.390/.543/.932 this year, with 14 homeruns, 54 RBI, and 56 runs scored. For his career, Adrover is a .294/.340/.495/.834 hitter, with 108 homers, 422 RBI, and 419 runs scored. Second Base: Possibly the greatest all around offensive force of this generation, San Diego's 34 year old Andrew Burdick is an All Star for the ninth time in his career. A two time Silver Slugger winner(2074 and 2080), Burdick is batting .373/.452/.581/1.033, with 14 homeruns, 53 RBI, and 74 runs scored. He is second in the NL in batting average, second in OPS, and first in runs scored. Burdick is a career .333/.421/.565/.985 hitter, with 2799 hits, 481 homeruns, 1498 runs batted in, 1803 runs scored, 1278 walks, and 324 stolen bases. Third Base: Rochester's Louis Guerriero is only 28 years old, but this is already his fifth All Star appearance. Guerriero is hitting .316/.394/.621/1.015 this season, with 33 doubles(tied for first in the NL), 17 homers, 56 RBI, and 65 runs scored. He is a .323/.376/.578/.954 career hitter, with 364 doubles, 223 homeruns, 780 runs batted in, and 889 runs scored. This is the first All Star appearance for Harrisburg's Samuel Mack. The 29 year old has hit .330/.371/.605/.977 so far, with 22 doubles, 17 homeruns, 54 RBI, and 54 runs scored. For his career, Mack is a .269/.316/.482/.798 hitter, with 130 homeruns, and 406 RBI. Shortstop: Phoenix's Mike Morales is clearly one of the league's rising stars. The 23 year old, first time All Star, is currently batting .356/.458/.660 and leads the league with a 1.118 OPS. He has belted 18 homers, and driven in 58 runs, while scoring 52. The young shortstop is a career .304/.407/.521/.928 hitter, with 44 homeruns, 159 RBI, and 152 runs scored. This is the second appearance on an All Star team for Sacramento's Alberto O'Campo. The 27 year old was an All Star two years ago, when he hit .302, with 41 doubles, 35 homers, 126 RBI, and 32 stolen bases. This year, O'Campo is hitting .275/.363/.539/.902, with 18 homeruns, a league leading 77 runs batted in, 60 runs scored, and 10 stolen bases. O'Campo is a career, .259/.364/.474/.837 hitter, with 107 homeruns, 404 RBI, and 83 stolen bases. Left Field: Despite missing a month due to injury, 31 year old San Diego left fielder, Gregorio Ruiz has put up frightening numbers. Ruiz, making his fourth All Star appearance, has batted .395/.458/.774/1.232, blasted 19 doubles and 17 homers, driven in 50 runs, and scored 47 runs, all in just 190 at bats. Ruiz is a career .291/.362/.545/.907 hitter, with 353 doubles, 294 homeruns, and 1038 runs batted in. This is the fourth All Star appearance for speedy San Jose left fielder, William Natali. Natali is 37 years old and still going strong. This season, he has hit .334/.366/.529/.895, with 33 doubles(tied for first in the NL), 9 homeruns, 69 runs scored(second in the NL), and 37 stolen bases(second in the NL). Natali is a career .336/.374/.500/.875 hitter, with 253 doubles, 106 homeruns, 762 runs scored, and 409 stolen bases. Hartford's John Gans is 33 years old, and this is his third All Star appearance. He has hit .357/.380/.511/.890, with 5 triples, 9 homeruns, 52 RBI, 52 runs scored, and 12 stolen bases. Gans is a career .347/.381/.497/.878 hitter, with 117 homeruns, 904 runs scored, and 313 stolen bases. Centerfield: Los Angeles' Urbano Belmonte has made only two All Star games in his career, and they have come last year and this year for the 35 year old centerfielder. Belmonte is hitting a league leading .387, with a .419 OBP, a .610 SLG, and is third in the league with a 1.029 OPS. He also leads the league with 7 triples. He's added 10 homeruns, 48 RBI, and 62 runs scored. For his career, Belmonte has hit .304/.352/.454/.806, with 2143 hits, 164 homeruns, and 1099 runs scored. The youngest player on either All Star team is San Diego centerfielder, Gaby Matos. The first time All Star is just 21 years old. Despite his youth, Matos is hitting .288/.376/.606/.982, with a league leading 25 homeruns, 49 RBI, 65 runs scored, and 14 stolen bases. Matos is a career .269/.370/.450/.820 hitter, with 54 homeruns, 266 runs scored, and 84 stolen bases. Right Field: Rounding out the National League's position players is Buffalo's John Kling. The 26 year old is a first year All Star. Kling is hitting .264/.371/.538 this season, with 18 homers, 66 RBI, and 52 runs scored. He is a career .267/.369/.528/.897 hitter, with 115 homeruns, 402 RBI, and 380 runs scored. Starting Pitchers: With the great Segundo Narbaiza injured and unable to attend the All Star game, some large shoes need to be filled by the remaining NL pitchers. Who can step up to fill them? Pittsburgh's Andreas Fajardo has burst onto the scene in impressive fashion. The 26 year old rookie makes his first appearance in the All Star game. Fajardo has posted a sparkling 12-3 record this season, leading the league in wins. His ERA is an impressive 2.66, good for third in the league. His 111 strikeouts are tied for second in the league. For his career, Fajardo is 14-3 with a 2.65 ERA, and 131 strikeouts in 163 innings pitched. Fajardo is not Pittsburgh's only starting pitcher to make the All Star team. 29 year old southpaw Jay Marrone is the second, and he makes his first All Star team. Marrone is 11-2(tied for second in the league in wins), with a 4.53 ERA, and 89 strikeouts in 111 1/3 innings pitched. For his career, Marrone is 51-24, with a 4.42 ERA, and 571 strikeouts in 649 innings pitched. Daniel Malone is Pittsburgh's third starting pitcher on the All Star team. This is the first All Star team for the 31 year old. Malone has gone 10-4 this year, with a 4.30 ERA, and an 80/27 K/BB ratio in 111 innings pitched. Malone is a career 86-59 pitcher, with a 4.40 ERA, and a 919/276 K/BB ratio in 1284 1/3 innings pitched. Another challenger to fill Narbaiza's shoes is another young pitcher. Los Angeles' Francisco Savala is 23 years old and another first time All Star. Savala has gone 7-1 with a league leading 1.99 ERA this season, and a sickening 90/12 K/BB ratio in 81 1/3 innings pitched. For his career, Savala is 14-8, with a 3.70 ERA, and 205 strikeouts in 214 innings pitched. Los Angeles also has more than one starting pitcher to represent them. 25 year old Robert Jones is a first time All Star. Jones is 11-5(tied for second in the league in wins), with a 3.16 ERA, and 85 strikeouts in 133 2/3 innings pitched. For his career, Jones is 47-32, with a 3.90 ERA, and 500 strikeouts in 733 innings pitched. San Diego's Casey Greene makes his first All Star team at the age of 28. Greene is 10-3 this season, with a 2.87 ERA, and an 88/13 K/BB ratio in 122 1/2 innings pitched. For his career, Greene is 40-18, with a 3.36 ERA, and a 331/62 K/BB ratio in 523 innings pitched. Veteran San Jose starter Justo Rubino makes his second All Star appearance at the age of 34. He was also an All Star two years ago, when he went 16-9, with a 5.17 ERA, and 167 strikeouts. This season, Rubino is 9-5, with a 4.34 ERA, and 97 strikeouts in 110 innings pitched. Rubino is a career 67-55 pitcher, with a 4.63 ERA, and 883 strikeouts in 1020 2/3 innings pitched. Relief Pitchers: San Jose's Clinton Blanton is a first time All Star at the age of 24. Blanton has made 29 appearances this season, a 5-2 record, 1 save, and a 2.34 ERA. He has pitched 42 1/3 innings and has a 29/13 K/BB ratio. For his career, the young reliever has 75 appearances, an 11-5 record, 9 saves, a 2.41 ERA, and a 90/27 K/BB ratio in 123 1/3 innings pitched. Los Angeles's Mark McAnulty makes his first All Star appearance at the age of 27. McAnulty has made 29 appearances this season, has a record of 3-3, 15 saves, and a 1.95 ERA. He's struck out 16 batters in 27 2/3 innings pitched. McAnulty has made 252 career appearances, with a record of 14-21, 52 saves, an ERA of 5.98, and 113 strikeouts in 256 innings pitched. Completing the National League roster is Buffalo closer Asdrubal Rodrigues. This is the third All Star appearance for the 35 year old reliever. Rodrigues has made 36 appearances this season, with a record of 0-1, and a league leading 17 saves. He has posted an ERA of 3.44, and has a 27/12 K/BB ratio in 34 innings pitched. Rodrigues has 744 career appearances, with a record of 47-44, and 205 saves. He has a career ERA of 2.97, and a 762/244 K/BB ratio in 827 innings pitched. That's it for the National League All Stars! Next up: The All Star Game recap.
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July 4th, 2082: The All Star Game
On a scorching hot, 104 degree Independence Day in Tucson, Arizona, the National League All-Stars prevailed 7-3 over the American League All-Stars. After the game started with two scoreless innings for both teams, Denver's Asbel Fuentez got the American League on the board with a sacrifice fly in the third inning, scoring Atlanta's Wayne Koeller. In the fifth inning, San Diego's Gregorio Ruiz reached on an infield single, and the next batter, Buffalo's John Kling, ripped a two run homerun off of Miami's Christian Hokusai to give the National League a 2-1 lead. The National League broke the game open in the sixth inning. San Diego's Clayton Threatt delivered a run scoring single to make it 3-1. Harrisburg's Samuel Mack came through with a run scoring double to make it 4-1. Los Angeles' Urbano Belmonte drove in a run with a base hit to make it 5-1. Finally, Sacramento's Nestor Adrover capped the five run inning with a pinch hit two run single, putting the National League up 7-1. The American League managed a too little, too late rally in the eighth inning, getting a sacrifice fly from Miami's Roy Springs and a pinch hit RBI single from Washington's Manuel Madrid. How did Denver's group of All Stars fare? Asbel Fuentez delivered a hit, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored. Lee Chappel was 1 for 3. Ellis Bolling, Alexis Vazquez, and Russell Thomas went a combined 0 for 7. On the pitching side, Kenny Pillsbury played a prominent role in the National League's outburst of runs in the sixth inning, surrendering 3 hits and 3 runs in 1/3 of an inning. He did strike out a batter. Ray Lockridge pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit. James Virgen tossed 2 scoreless innings, with 2 strikeouts.
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: LF Josias Fernandez
Josias Fernandez:
With the first overall selection of the 2016 draft, Tucson selected Josias Fernandez, who leaped right into the major leagues without spending a day in the minors. His numbers weren't great, but then again, for a guy who was only 19 at the start of the year, they weren't really that bad, either. As Fernandez improved over the next several seasons, so did the Diamondbacks. In his first two seasons, they finished in last place, losing 94 and 98 games, respectively. In his third season, they got out of last place, and finished third with a record of 75-87. In his fourth season, Tucson finished in second place and managed to squeak over .500, winning 82 games. In the next two seasons, however, Tucson slumped. Despite Fernandez making his first two All Star games, the Diamondbacks slipped back under .500, and won only 75 and 78 games in 2020 and 2021. Fernandez left as a free agent and elected to sign with a Nashville team that seemed to be on the rise. After a last place finish in 2019, Nashville had managed to win 82 and 80 games in the two seasons after that. Could the acquisition of Fernandez put them over the top? Yes. As Fernandez ripped 37 homeruns(a career high at the time), Nashville won one of the most exciting pennant races of all time. Interestingly, Fernandez's previous team, Tucson, played an important role in that race. The loss of Fernandez, and other free agents, caused the Diamondbacks to sink to the bottom of the league, losing 108 games. Every other team in the American League took advantage of this. In Tucson's own division, Kansas City, Grand Rapids, and Memphis battled down to the wire, with the Royals beating out the other two by one game, finishing with a record of 82-80. In the Southeast, every team finished over .500, with Nashville winning the division with a record of 89-73. Last place Atlanta won 86 games. Part of the reason that Nashville won out was the fact that they went a whopping 20-3 against the hapless Diamondbacks. No other team dominated Tucson as much. The Predators then swept Kansas City in the ALCS, before falling to Pittsburgh in the World Series. Nashville cruised to the World Series again in 2023, but fell once more to Pittsburgh. Despite a Silver Slugger season from Fernandez in 2024, Nashville fell in the ALCS to Grand Rapids. And then, in 2025, the Predators won their first World Series in 23 years, pounding the strong pitching of Pittsburgh in a 4 games to 1 victory. In 2026, despite a tremendous postseason effort from Fernandez, Nashville was swept in the World Series by Los Angeles. Fernandez jumped ship after that, and headed to division rival, Atlanta. Despite many strong seasons, Fernandez failed to turn Atlanta into a consistent winner, and after six seasons, he headed to then divisonal power, Knoxville, to finish up his career. The 79ers made the postseason in 2033, but, coincidentally enough, fell to Fernandez's original team, Tucson, in the ALCS. Throughout his career, Josias Fernandez was a dangerous homerun hitter, consistently belting 30+ roundtrippers per year. At times, he was a capable base-stealing threat, twice reaching 40 steals in a season. His batting average skills came and went, as he had some very good seasons and a lot of more average seasons. At his peak, his contact ability was superb. He combined all of those offensive abilities with perhaps being the greatest defensive left fielder ever. Fernandez was just one of two players to ever win as many as 6 Gold Glove awards in Left Field. At the time of his retirement, Fernandez ranked 4th all time on the career hit list, tied for 18th in homeruns, 8th in RBI, 1st in triples, 5th in runs scored, and 18th in stolen bases. He remains the all time leader in triples today, and sits 17th in hits and 15th in runs scored. I would imagine that he has a good chance to hold onto that triples record for a long, long time. At the start of the 2082 season, only two players in the top 25 were active, and both are aged players unlikely to hit many more triples- and neither were particularly close to begin with. Fernandez's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2016 139 443 103 15 7 8 37 68 31 130 21 10 .233 .283 .352 .635 TUC 2017 152 508 150 26 10 13 56 84 34 132 25 15 .295 .339 .463 .802 TUC 2018 150 609 183 19 9 21 88 105 41 108 27 14 .300 .345 .465 .809 TUC 2019 149 610 175 24 13 20 73 112 52 92 23 9 .287 .343 .467 .810 TUC 2020 152 610 207 31 13 29 90 141 64 91 46 18 .339 .402 .575 .977 TUC,AL 2021 153 621 192 30 9 31 109 118 51 69 18 9 .309 .362 .536 .898 TUC,AL 2022 155 586 168 22 6 37 113 105 81 41 45 10 .287 .373 .534 .907 NAS,AL 2023 146 542 153 25 8 18 103 87 67 35 15 12 .282 .361 .458 .819 NAS 2024 152 564 199 29 13 39 129 123 67 41 16 7 .353 .422 .658 1.079 NAS,AL 2025 159 602 182 21 4 32 121 111 72 44 14 16 .302 .377 .510 .887 NAS,AL 2026 154 589 186 29 6 35 116 116 62 31 13 9 .316 .381 .564 .945 NAS,AL 2027 133 519 148 25 5 36 118 97 64 35 7 10 .285 .364 .561 .924 ATL,AL 2028 156 593 184 27 6 25 99 104 64 47 21 14 .310 .377 .503 .880 ATL 2029 106 409 111 17 5 16 74 69 47 27 13 8 .271 .346 .455 .801 ATL 2030 126 504 144 17 8 33 98 84 45 28 9 12 .286 .344 .548 .892 ATL 2031 157 617 177 29 7 37 141 112 54 39 16 14 .287 .344 .536 .881 ATL 2032 137 560 149 25 2 20 90 82 47 48 6 8 .266 .323 .425 .748 ATL 2033 154 602 166 25 12 23 111 115 64 49 15 7 .276 .345 .472 .817 KNO 2034 141 569 146 18 4 14 73 66 28 53 10 4 .257 .291 .376 .668 KNO 2035 60 191 39 7 1 1 6 21 15 29 0 0 .204 .262 .267 .529 KNO Total 2831 10848 3162 461 148 488 1845 1920 1050 1169 360 206 .291 .354 .496 .850 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2022 8 29 9 0 1 1 3 5 7 1 1 1 .310 .444 .483 .927 2023 11 42 11 2 1 3 8 9 5 4 0 0 .262 .340 .571 .912 2024 7 30 8 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 .267 .290 .300 .590 2025 11 45 9 2 2 1 4 6 5 6 1 1 .200 .280 .400 .680 2026 9 35 16 2 0 2 7 5 4 2 0 1 .457 .513 .686 1.199 2033 6 29 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 .207 .207 .207 .414 Total 52 210 59 7 4 7 26 30 22 17 2 4 .281 .349 .452 .802 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Tucson in 2016... Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/2016, off Tomas Sanchez (ATL)... Hit first career homerun on 5/20/2016, off Jason Bogart (WAS)... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Grand Rapids on 8/5/2016... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 7/9/2018... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2019... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 5/14/2020... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2020, hitting .417 with 1 HR, 5 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2020, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 4 RBI... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Grand Rapids on 9/27/2020... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2020, hitting .390 with 5 HR, 17 RBI... Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Knoxville on 7/11/2021... Drove in 8 runs against Washington on 7/13/2021... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2021, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 12 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 8/11/2021... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2021, hitting .379 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/5/2022 to a 5-year deal worth $10,165,600 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2022, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2023, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 14 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2023... Hit for the cycle against Kansas City on 5/20/2024... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 5/20/2024... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2024, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2024, hitting .398 with 8 HR, 31 RBI... Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Tucson, driving in 8 runs on 7/5/2024... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2024, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2024, hitting .353 with 39 HR, 129 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2024... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2025, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2025, hitting .609 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2025, hitting .383 with 9 HR, 23 RBI... Won World Series with Nashville in 2025... Hit 3 homeruns against Tucson, driving in 5 runs on 4/10/2026... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 6/9/2026... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 8/30/2026... Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 9/7/2026... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2026... Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/16/2027 to a 6-year deal worth $13,444,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2027, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2027, hitting .291 with 12 HR, 29 RBI... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 7/11/2027, off Clarence Webb (TUC)... Injured on 8/27/2027 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4 weeks... Injured on 5/19/2029 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks... Injured on 8/7/2029 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks... Injured on 9/16/2030 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Hit for the cycle against Kansas City on 8/11/2031... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2031, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 13 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Nashville on 9/7/2031... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2031... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2032... Signed as a free agent by Knoxville on 2/2/2033 to a 3-year deal worth $4,465,500 per year... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2033, hitting .336 with 9 HR, 32 RBI... Had 3000th career hit on 4/18/2034, off Jesus Marquez (GR)... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Atlanta on 4/27/2034... Injured on 5/13/2034 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Released by Knoxville on 6/20/2035, refused assignment to minors... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2036. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2020 - .339 - 4th 2024 - .353 - 2nd OBP 2020 - .402 - 8th 2024 - .422 - 3rd SLG 2020 - .575 - 6th 2021 - .536 - 7th 2022 - .534 - 8th 2024 - .658 - 1st 2026 - .564 - 9th 2027 - .561 - 7th OPS 2020 - .977 - 6th 2022 - .907 - 7th 2024 - 1.079 - 2nd 2026 - .945 - 8th 2027 - .924 - 9th Hits 2020 - 207 - 2nd 2021 - 192 - 4th 2024 - 199 - 4th 2025 - 182 - 8th 2026 - 186 - 9th Triples 2016 - 7 - 7th 2017 - 10 - 3rd 2018 - 9 - 3rd 2019 - 13 - 1st 2020 - 13 - 1st 2021 - 9 - 7th 2022 - 6 - 9th 2023 - 8 - 2nd 2024 - 13 - 1st 2030 - 8 - 8th 2033 - 12 - 2nd Homeruns 2021 - 31 - 9th 2022 - 37 - 3rd 2024 - 39 - 2nd 2025 - 32 - 5th 2026 - 35 - 6th 2027 - 36 - 7th 2031 - 37 - 7th RBI 2021 - 109 - 9th 2022 - 113 - 4th 2023 - 103 - 5th 2024 - 129 - 3rd 2025 - 121 - 4th 2027 - 118 - 9th 2031 - 141 - 2nd Runs 2019 - 112 - 10th 2020 - 141 - 1st 2021 - 118 - 5th 2022 - 105 - 7th 2024 - 123 - 2nd 2025 - 111 - 7th 2026 - 116 - 8th BB 2022 - 81 - 7th SB 2016 - 21 - 8th 2017 - 25 - 6th 2018 - 27 - 6th 2020 - 46 - 4th 2022 - 45 - 3rd
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Buentello Returns From DL, Myatt Sent Down
7/5/2082 Al Vincent Staff Writer Starting pitcher George Buentello was activated from the disabled list today, and left-hander James Myatt, who was called up to replace Buentello when he got injured, was sent down to AAA. Buentello had strained an elbow ligament in a start on May 16. Myatt made six starts in place of Buentello and went 2-2 with a 6.69 ERA. His best start was a complete game victory against Kansas City, in which he allowed 8 hits and 3 runs, while striking out and walking 3 batters apiece. Manager John Wilkerson said that while it was clear that Myatt still needed to improve in several areas, he was "glad that he had gotten a chance to see Myatt in an extended look in the big leagues" and that the 26 year old Myatt definitely had a future in the big leagues.
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