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Tied Ken Griffey Jr. for fifth place on the career home run list with his 630th home run on April 13. [25] Then one week later on April 20, Rodriguez hit his 631st home run to pass Griffey for fifth place on the career home run list. [26] Tied Lou Gehrig for most career grand slams with his 23rd against the Atlanta Braves on June 12. [27]
Pitched a no-hitter on June 2, 2012, against Bethune–Cookman in the opening round of the Gainesville Regional tournament. It was the first Gators solo no-hitter since 1991 and the seventh no-hitter in NCAA tournament history. [7] Nolan Fontana. Second-team All-SEC [8] SEC All-Defensive team [8] Taylor Gushue. SEC Freshman of the Week (2/13/12 ...
When Dunn retired in 2014, Baseball Reference said that he had cost his team more wins on defense (-29.5) than any other player since 1901. [81] For his career, FanGraphs calculated that Dunn accumulated 252.8 defensive runs below average, over 60 runs worse than the second-worst defender, David Ortiz , who played most of his career at ...
December 4 – The Hall of Fame announces Paul Hagen, a writer for MLB.com who had been with the Philadelphia Daily News from 1987 to 2012, as the 2013 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Hagen would formally receive the honor at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation on July 27, the day ...
In 2006, John Dewan issued The Fielding Bible, a 241 page book, [6] based on analysis of every ball put into play in during the 2005 season, resulting in rankings at each defensive position for all regular players in Major League Baseball (MLB). [7]
2012–present MLB: 1s Jesmuel Valentín: SS Puerto Rico Baseball Academy: Yes 2012–present MLB: 2 Paco Rodriguez: LHP University of Florida: Yes 2012–2019 MLB: 3 Onelki García: LHP Yes 2007–present MLB: 4 Justin Chigbogu 1B Raytown South High School: Yes 2012–2017 A 5 Ross Stripling: RHP Texas A&M University: Yes 2012–present MLB: 6 ...
The team, which currently sits top-10 in PFF's overall defense grade through the first seven weeks of the season, ranked top-12 in EPA per play against (-0.078), touchdown drive percentage allowed ...
The defense shut down the Browns' offense and therefore the team saved their season and finished 8–8, avoiding a losing season for the first time since 2003. During the game, the Steelers' defense forced 4 turnovers (1 interception, 3 lost fumbles) in retaliation for their 8 turnovers during their 20–14 loss at Cleveland when the Browns ...