The Bottom Ten of the 2009 season

cgilmo · **Posted:** October 8th, 2009, 2:09 pm

leatherman wrote:

Santiago isn't the only player to accomplish it, just the most recent.

Ozzie Smith did it one year, with a .211-0-27 in 1979. Freddy Maguire is the only player to accomplish this feat twice, in 1929 and again in 1931.

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oops

I should have checked

scotty21690 · **Posted:** October 8th, 2009, 3:16 pm

cgilmo wrote:

http://statlinereport.sportscardblogs.com/2009/10/08/new-baseball-term-triple-frown/

thanks for the inspiration

Aww yea!

darocker80 · **Posted:** October 8th, 2009, 3:21 pm

leatherman wrote:

For those that qualified for the batting title (3.1 Plate Appearances times the number of games played by that player's team, 502 for 162 games), here are the bottom ten:

In Home Runs -
1 Luis Castillo
1 Emilio Bonifacio
2 David Eckstein
2 Jason Kendall
2 Randy Winn
3 Nyjer Morgan
3 Michael Bourn
4 Dexter Fowler
4 Skip Schumaker
5 Edgar Renteria
5 Chone Figgins
5 Erick Aybar
David

NICE!...............................

Topnotchsy · **Posted:** October 9th, 2009, 10:03 am

Shortest home run of the season, Brett Gardner, 219 feet. (Obviously the inside-the-park variety.)

leatherman · **Posted:** October 9th, 2009, 10:08 am

Topnotchsy wrote:

Shortest home run of the season, Brett Gardner, 219 feet. (Obviously the inside-the-park variety.)

There was a nice piece on this HR by ESPN (I think). It told of a sick girl who asked Gardner to hit a HR for her, in a game he wasn't even starting. He got into the game when Johnny Damon was ejected, and ended up hitting the inside the parker.

MLB story: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/art ... p&c_id=nyy

David

Huffamaniac · **Posted:** October 9th, 2009, 10:16 am

Even though his RBI wre low even for a lead off hitter, Michael Bourn had a very solid season

leatherman · **Posted:** October 9th, 2009, 10:21 am

Huffamaniac wrote:

Even though his RBI wre low even for a lead off hitter, Michael Bourn had a very solid season

I agree. He led the league in steals with 61, scored 97 runs in 157 games, and batted .285 with an OBP of .354. His 12 triples were 2nd in the league as well.

He needs to cut down on strikeouts (140) and hit the ball on the ground, and he'll raise his average over .300 just from the balls he beats out.

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The Bottom Ten of the 2009 season

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