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Those of us word game addicts who already play Wordle, Connections, Strands and the Mini Crossword now have Connections Sports Edition to add to the mix. So, if you're looking for some hints and ...
Batting average (BA) is the average number of hits per at-bat (BA=H/AB). A perfect batting average would be 1.000 (read: "one thousand"). A batting average of .300 ("three hundred") is considered to be excellent, which means the best hitters fail to get a hit in 70% of their at-bats.
Rod Carew won seven AL batting titles between 1969 and 1978. George Brett's .390 batting average in 1980 is the second-highest since 1941. Ichiro Suzuki won AL batting titles in 2001 and 2004. Joe Mauer won the 2006, 2008, and 2009 batting titles, becoming the first catcher to win three batting titles and the only catcher ever to win in the AL.
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: "Vertically challenged" — HINT: It starts with the letter "S"
His hitting improved modestly in 1980 and 1981; he improved enough that, even with another sub-.200 in his final season of 1982, he raised his career batting average to .215. [ 4 ] However, Mendoza hit exactly .200 in the post-season, going 1-for-5 in 3 games with Pittsburgh in the 1974 NLCS .
Cobb holds the highest career batting average at .366, while Cal Ripken Jr. holds the lowest at .276. Derek Jeter, Wade Boggs, and Alex Rodriguez are the only players to hit a home run for their 3,000th hit, and Paul Molitor and Ichiro Suzuki are the only players to hit a triple for their 3,000th; all others hit a single or double.
Batting (baseball), the act of attempting to hit a ball thrown by the pitcher with a baseball bat, in order to score runs; Batting (cricket), the act of defending one's wicket with the cricket bat while attempting to score runs; Padding, a layer of insulation between a top layer of patchwork and a layer of backing material in quilting
The following is a list of single-game baseball records and unusual events. The following criteria are used for inclusion: Only events occurring within a single plate appearance, inning, or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved over more than one game are not listed.