Word: hitter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...righthander baffled the Lions with a seemingly effortless complete-game three-hitter, facing just three over the minimum and striking out five...
Garciaparra, the 1997 AL rookie of the year, hasn't played shortstop in the team's last 11 exhibition games, although he has been a designated hitter in some of them...
...Mays and Sandy Koufax, whose remarkable powers as baseball players approximate DiMaggio's. But none of these had the beyond-the-baseball dimension that gave DiMaggio a unique place as a popular icon. Their reputation, their image, is purely baseball. Williams was amazing at bat. Mays was a better hitter, almost as good an all-around player. But the truth is, DiMaggio appears to be irreplaceable...
Perhaps the best measure of a hitter is not his batting average but his run production. DiMaggio batted "only" .325 over his career, but he batted in nearly a run per game--the third highest average this century, after Lou Gehrig's and Hank Greenberg's. DiMaggio delivered more runs per game than Babe Ruth; more than Ted Williams; 27% more than Hank Aaron...
...only four men had ever hit as many home runs. Focus instead on those three large numerals inscribed on the left-center-field wall in Yankee Stadium when DiMaggio played there--4 5 7--denoting the preposterous footage from home plate to the seats. For a right-handed power hitter, it marked the outer limits of a place where potential homers went to die. No right-handed Yankee hit nearly as many home runs as DiMaggio until the fences were moved in, years after he retired. Had he hit as many at home as he did on the road...