Yelich posted career highs in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, on-base-plus-slugging percentage, home runs, runs, RBIs and stolen bases.
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Here's what you need to know: • Slugging it out.
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J. D. Martinez had the best slugging percentage, at .
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For reference, Hideki Matsui's career slugging percentage went from .
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The slugging percentage of hitters against Tanaka climbed to .
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The gap in slugging percentages is much more striking: .
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Wasserman found that batting average dropped 31 points, slugging percentage declined 62 points and on-base-plus-slugging percentage fell by 103 points in the first two weeks upon players' returns from concussions.
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You, right now, are a Kenco slugging miracle in waiting.
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But everything counts, and their on-base plus slugging percentage, .
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But for Sunday's game, neither player was slugging over .23.
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Osuna, who has played just 17 games, is slugging .488.
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Six people are attacking him and he is slugging back.
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The sum total is an on base plus slugging of .
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They added the slugging outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig.
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Warren is indicating she's not interested in slugging it out.
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He has a career on-base plus slugging percentage of .
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His on-base plus slugging percentage in those situations was .
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Hopefully my slugging percentage is on the up and up.
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Belle, a slugging left fielder who played mostly with Cleveland, had better on-base and slugging percentages than Puckett, a Minnesota center fielder who had more defensive value and a better batting average than Belle.
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It worked for the last two champions: the 2017 Astros had the majors' fewest strikeouts and best slugging percentage, and the 2018 Boston Red Sox had the fifth-fewest strikeouts and the best slugging percentage.
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Take, for example, slugging a bad guy in Batman: Arkham Asylum.
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Who knew slugging around in a truck could feel so futuristic?
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He leads the National League in RBIs (30) and slugging percentage (.
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Their on-base plus slugging percentage with runners in scoring position, .
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In the eight games since, he had a slugging percentage of .
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Yelich topped the NL in homers (28) and slugging percentage (.751).
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His on base percentage and slugging are also at career highs.
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The top eight teams in slugging percentage all reached the postseason.
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Grow responded by slugging Keitt hard enough to knock him flat.
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He led all N.L. rookies in home runs (299), slugging percentage (.
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The 1927 Yankees led the majors in slugging percentage and strikeouts.
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Barreto, who was 7 then, said Cabrera's slugging had inspired him.
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That won't last, of course—Marwin Gonzalez, of all people, is slugging .
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Rank them by slugging percentage and you get Honus Wagner first at .
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We haven't had the slugging percentage to the level we need it.
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Through Wednesday night, David Ortiz led the majors in slugging percentage at .
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Duvall also was second in the NL in May in slugging percentage — .
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He led the American League in slugging percentage in 1944 with a .
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Those Red Sox led the majors in on-base plus slugging percentage.
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Second among all players is Milwaukee Brewers slugging outfielder Christian Yelich (24,227,27).
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When you categorize someone as a good hitter, you can cite all sorts of statistics — traditional measurements like batting average and slugging percentage and more recent inventions like runs created and OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage).
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They continued to lead the American League in home runs while maintaining a close second place in runs, slugging percentage and on-base percentage plus slugging — just behind the Boston Red Sox, their nemesis in the A.L. East.
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Jake Lamb is leading the NL in both slugging and raw OPS, too.
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He leads all NL shortstops in batting average, on-base and slugging percentage.
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They were fourth in the majors in slugging percentage last year, at .2056.
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Gary Sanchez, the Yankees' slugging catcher, played just one game before Aug. 240.
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He leads the American League in extra-base hits (20.66) and slugging (.687).
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Are we keeping our slugging percentage up and taking in enough big bets?
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Last season, they had three hitters with an on-base plus slugging percentage of .
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One slugging outfielder reached an agreement on a nine-figure contract on Monday night.
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Hunter Pence added another two-run shot as the Giants continued their slugging ways.
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Stanton put the Marlins on top by slugging his two-run homer to center.
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He leads major league third basemen with a 1.020 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
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They also led the majors in slugging percentage since the All-Star break, at .
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The two then stood toe to toe, slugging it out in a loose clinch.
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"What Dominican doesn't play vitilla?" said Gary Sanchez, the slugging catcher and Castro's teammate.
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"He's slugging it out day by day," said the official, referring to the President.
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We'd be far, far better off with Cuomo and Zephyr Teachout in there slugging.
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SS Paul DeJong keeps slugging his way into the St. Louis rookie record books.
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His on-base-plus-slugging percentage declined each of the past three seasons, from .
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The slugging first baseman finished 22006-for-217 to raise his average to .241.
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As they wait for their contracts to expire, the Yankees need them to keep slugging.
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That noise is anonymous sources and unnamed PR people slugging it out in Page Six.
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Standing face to face and just slugging it out is encouraged in every way possible.
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He led the league in extra-base hits, total bases, walks, runs and slugging percentage.
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Now comes the supercharged slugging duo of Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees.
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The homer was Betts' third of the series after slugging two in Boston's victory Wednesday.
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Pujols also has the highest career on-base plus slugging percentage of the group, at .
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Mather: McGregor is falling behind in this fight, but is still gamely slugging it out.
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That season, Houston ranked second in the majors in slugging, but also second in strikeouts.
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None of the Padres' regulars have come close to matching Alonso's slugging percentage this season.
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Gone are the soothing soundtrack of Vin Scully and the stylish slugging of David Ortiz.
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In time, that slugging could become synonymous with Bird, as it was for his predecessors.
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The 2017 Astros ranked first in the majors in slugging percentage and last in strikeouts.
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This season, going into Sunday's games, they ranked third in slugging and 29th in strikeouts.
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The Tigers traded slugging outfielder J.D. Martinez to the Arizona Dimaondbacks for highly rated infield prospects.
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Bird hit seven bombs this spring—emphasis on bombs—and led all qualified players in slugging.
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Toronto responded quickly, with Hernandez slugging his first homer on the first pitch of the third.
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Jayson Werth is intent on slugging his way out of a difficult stretch at the plate.
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Ortiz also has a 1.039 on-base plus slugging percentage, the best in the major leagues.
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Giancarlo Stanton, the Miami Marlins slugging outfielder who grew up in Southern California, made the visit.
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LA's slugging first baseman did not join his teammates, however, and you can probably guess why.
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Arizona also traded its slugging first baseman, Paul Goldschmidt, to the Cardinals in the off season.
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More slugging means more run production, which helps the player's team — and, usually, his earning power.
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The Yankees had the lowest slugging percentage in the major leagues from their first basemen (.380).
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Entering Friday, Conforto's 1.032 on-base plus slugging percentage was the seventh best in the majors.
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But if chemists are passing out miracle slugging pills in clubhouses now, nobody has caught on.
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Schimpf led the major leagues in home runs in July and was third in slugging percentage.
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New York (CNN Business)Apple and Qualcomm are slugging it out over patents around the world.
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He has led the National League in slugging percentage three times, including last season with a .
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I'm confident that he'll be a little more prolific as an extra-base, slugging percentage hitter.
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Their on-base-plus-slugging percentage, which ranked fifth in baseball last season, had sunk to 23th.
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Cobb also led in slugging percentage — his six home runs ranked fourth in the league — and Altuve's .
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George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns was a distant second, with a slugging percentage of .632.
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They also re-signed Justin Upton, the slugging outfielder who arrived in a trade last Aug. 31.
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He leads all rookies in home runs (21), R.B.I. (203), hits (60), extra-base hits (35), slugging (.
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Through Monday, the El Paso Chihuahuas, a San Diego Padres' affiliate, had a team slugging percentage of .
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The only National starter that Sabathia did not get out was Bryce Harper, Washington's slugging right fielder.
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Martinez led the majors in slugging percentage last season for the Tigers and the Arizona Diamondbacks, at .
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Cespedes also showed traces of his slugging self throughout the week — after a few stumbles early on.
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The Astros' uncanny knack for slugging without striking out might be an extraordinary skill deserving of praise.
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The very energy drink you are voraciously slugging down may not be what you think it is.
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The slugging top prospect served as a pinch hitter on Friday and walked in his lone at-bat.
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The Astros' hitters had the fewest strikeouts in the majors, with the best slugging percentage in the game.
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Stanton led the majors with 59 home runs and 132 RBIs and posted a slugging percentage of .631.
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Critic's Notebook PARK CITY, Utah — Art and industry are still slugging it out at the Sundance Film Festival.
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A slugging investor is taking a crack at the operator of the stadium the Yomiuri Giants call home.
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Four years later, the slugging outfielder was batting cleanup in Game 1 of the World Series — and dominating.
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The battle, which ended with Mr McGwire slugging 70 homers and Mr Sosa belting 66, gripped the nation.
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When he went on the injured list, he led the American League in OPS (1.074) and slugging percentage (.
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In addition, Alonso led all rookies in games played (161), runs batted (120), on base percentage plus slugging (.
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But Trout entered the weekend first in the A.L. in on-base percentage and second in slugging percentage.
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The top eight teams in slugging percentage all reached the playoffs this season; the Astros were first, at .
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They led all teams in most major offensive categories: runs scored, batting average, on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
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Though his 813 home runs mitigate his average some, his on-base plus slugging percentage is down to .
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He noted that the slugging outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce were about to return from extended convalescence.
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"His famous 'third degree' was chiefly what he no doubt considered a little wholesome 'slugging,'" Riis once wrote.
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Just because it's slugging and on base — two of the things that make up a productive baseball player.
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The Reds took control of the game by slugging the next three homers — by Galvis, Suarez and Ervin.
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Four years later, the slugging outfielder was batting cleanup in Game 220 of the World Series — and dominating.
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Despite the fearsome slugging of the men, 10 of the 14 expect the fight to go the distance.
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Yankees starters have allowed the fourth-lowest on-base plus slugging percentage in the American League this season.
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Slugging and strikeouts — like love and marriage, as the song goes, you can't have one without the other.
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The Astros' hitters have the fewest strikeouts in the majors (212) while also leading in slugging percentage (.22015).
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That works for the talented Astros, who lead the majors in slugging while also striking out the least.
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But in the fourth Seattle (260-42) unleashed a torrent, slugging three homers off Fiers totaling 1,153 feet.
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Joey Chestnut, the reigning hot dog eating champion was at it again today, slugging down hot dogs like popcorn.
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Throughout the early 1900s, schoolboy and prep football was marred by "slugging" among players on and off the field.
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Zimmerman broke into the majors with Washington in 2005 and entered Thursday leading the league in slugging at .632.
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Win, lose, draw or disqualification, the show goes on and fighters keep on slugging till the fat ref sings.
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Cause for concern: Slugging 1B Chris Davis retains one of the biggest albatross contracts in the sport after hitting .
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Three energetic boys bounced in the back seat of another car, hanging out the windows and slugging one another.
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C Cameron Rupp began Friday night with the highest slugging percentage among major league catchers since June 1 (.632).
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The slugging percentage is low, but his ability to get on base might have called for a promotion sooner.
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He leads the Dodgers in games played, average, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, home runs, doubles and multihit games.
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After finishing fourth in home runs and slugging percentage a year ago, they have dropped to 22nd and 28th.
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Increasingly, he encounters batches of boorish, hard-partying tourists in bikinis or trunks, slugging beer to loud pop music.
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At that point, his career stats looked like this: batting average 1.000, on-base average 1.000, slugging average 4.000.
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The Astros, who return almost everyone, led the majors in slugging percentage in 3003 while finishing last in strikeouts.
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The combined figure for his on-base and slugging percentages, 1.379, would stand as a record for 20083 years.
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Cody Bellinger, the Dodgers' slugging first base phenomenon, hit his third home run in two games against the Mets.
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He was named the 0.783 American League Comeback Player of the Year after slugging a career-high 38 homers.
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That lack of exposure is not fair to the other candidates, who have been slugging it out for months.
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Ohtani, the pitching and slugging phenom, chose the Angels last week after leaving the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan.
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The bear-bull slugging match over LME stocks may be entertaining, but the real action is taking place in Utah.
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Rendon, 27, had a 21 on-base plus slugging percentage, 117 runs scored, 34 homers and 126 runs batted in.
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In more normal times, the contents of the memos themselves might seem a trifle esoteric for a partisan slugging-match.
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The Giants went to Cincinnati shopping for a bat a month later and came away with slugging outfielder Marlon Byrd.
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Cabrera followed by slugging an 0-2 pitch over the fence in right center to cap the five-run uprising.
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I'm not talking about hits, runs scored, or even slugging percentage; I mean they are going to hit baseballs hard.
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This week in 1954, slugging outfielder Gus Zernial, of the Philadelphia Athletics, hit the last grand slam in franchise history.
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But eventually, Murtagh, after slugging Jamie for not telling him sooner, walks away thinking that Claire is probably a witch.
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Los Angeles DH Albert Pujols is just 2-for-13 in four games since slugging his 600th career homer. 3.
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They were the third team in the last 100 years to lead in slugging percentage and have the fewest strikeouts.
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Washington had the best on-base-plus-slugging percentage in the National League this season, but their hitters have a .
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He has 10 home runs against the Orioles, with 13 runs batted in and an outrageous slugging percentage of 133.
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Still, Stanton's 2018 output remains short of expectations, and his on-base-plus-slugging percentage going into Saturday's game was .
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Travis Shaw, a slugging third baseman, switched to second base when Mike Moustakas took his position after a midseason trade.
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Though he spent most of his career with the Phillies — nine years with an on-base plus slugging percentage of .
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Then, just before game time, the Rays announced a trade with the Mets for the slugging first baseman Lucas Duda.
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He was still a long way from what he is now: the slugging rookie shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Miami's Giancarlo Stanton leads in homers and slugging percentage, but he's outside the N.L. top 1003 in on-base percentage.
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Jeff Bezos has this line that people shouldn't be judged based on their batting average but rather their slugging percentage.
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Earlier this week, the Yankees placed slugging catcher Gary Sanchez on the 10-day disabled list due to a groin injury.
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But the Nationals' hitters were close: They had the fourth-fewest strikeouts and ranked seventh in the majors in slugging percentage.
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Holliday's 2016 walk rate dropped by nearly half from 13, and though he posted his highest slugging percentage since 2012, his .
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He would keep slugging until the other guy stood long enough for one of his labored swings to score the knockout.
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He hit 11 home runs in 46 games for the Yankees and had an on-base plus slugging percentage of .871.
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For Dietrich, it was just his second homer of the season after slugging a total of 17 the past two years.
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With a big smile beneath an umbrella-width mustache and huge glasses, Phelps also looked like the world's slugging-est Muppet.
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A death penalty state is slugging it out with civil rights lawyers over the planned execution of a death row inmate.
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In seven games last week, he topped the major leagues with six homers, 30 total bases and a 1.304 slugging percentage.
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Betts led off the sixth inning by slugging an 0-2 pitch to left to make it a two-run margin.
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The Red Sox began Sunday leading the majors in runs, hits, doubles, R.B.I., batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
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The White Sox are trying again to contend, with Sale, Quintana and the slugging first baseman Jose Abreu on reasonable contracts.
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Strikeout rate is said to stabilize around 60 plate appearances, walk rate at 120, and isolated slugging around 160 at-bats.
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Max Muncy entered as a pinch-hitter for Enrique Hernandez and the slugging infielder was blown away by a 98 m.p.h.
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But he still gives a jolt to a Giants offense that ranked last in the majors in slugging percentage in 2017.
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Pujols played 11 seasons for the Cardinals, always hitting at least 30 homers with an on-base plus slugging percentage of .
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Entering Friday, Sanchez led the team with six home runs and a 1.065 on-base plus slugging percentage in 11 games.
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He said he didn't know why he was hitting for more power this season — his launch angle (6.2 percent), slugging percentage (.
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That doesn't mean the approach will be viewed kindly by rivals who have been slugging it out on the campaign trail.
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The latter shot was the 242nd for the slugging Brew Crew, extending their franchise record for round-trippers in a season.
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His 1.034 on-base-plus-slugging percentage would have paced the National League had he not been out for so long.
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Encarnacion spent the past two seasons with the Indians, slugging 70 total home runs and driving in 107 runs each year.
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His pinch-hit game-tying homer Sunday night was only the latest evidence of that, but if you wanted more, he's slugging .
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The slugging catcher homered in his third straight game in the series opener and has five home runs on the young season.
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If the fighters grab each other without also throwing punches for three seconds, they're separated and told to get back to slugging.
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That undid the sixth-inning momentum of the Phillies, who had gotten some much-needed juice from slugging first baseman Ryan Howard.
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Through May and June, though, the Yankees coalesced into the slugging, flame-throwing nightmare that everyone thought they were going to be.
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Both markets are dominated by Cisco, even as Juniper is slugging it out with other players, including Huawei and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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Extra Bases More than 70 major leaguers have been born in Louisville, Ky., the home of the bat company synonymous with slugging.
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Eddie Murray The Mets signed Murray, a switch-hitting, slugging first baseman, for two years and $7.5 million before the 1992 season.
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Rizzo is a leading candidate for the league's Most Valuable Player Award after slugging 21969 home runs and driving in 101 runs.
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But the Red Sox ranked 26th out of 30 teams in strikeouts during the regular season while leading the majors in slugging.
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Only three second basemen — Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Gehringer and Jackie Robinson — had a better on-base plus slugging percentage than his .855.
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With the second selection, San Francisco took the slugging Georgia Tech catcher Joey Bart, the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year.
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A slugging first baseman can always find work, but Goldschmidt said his memories of Bagwell inspired him to be more than that.
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She wraps her legs around his hips and he carts her around even while lighting a cigarette and slugging from a bottle.
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But never mind that: His was an extraordinary career that inspired the Mets' Pete Alonso, himself a right-handed, slugging first baseman.
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Through Sunday, he led the National League in slugging percentage, runs batted in, total bases, extra-base hits and, of course, homers.
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Of the 96 position players in major league history with at least 9433,000 career games and a slugging percentage of at least .
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Up next for the Cavaliers: the Boston Celtics or the Washington Wizards, who are still slugging it out in the conference semifinals.
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The six-time All-Star led AL designated hitters in runs, hits, total bases, home runs, RBIs, batting average and slugging percentage.
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That was the third home run of the season for the Phillies' longtime slugging first baseman and the 360th of his career.
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" According to the author who was asked to novelize it, the climactic scene had "Kirk slugging it out on the bridge with Jesus.
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So when the Texas Rangers left fielder made a rare start in left field Tuesday, the slugging lefty made the most of it.
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Puma and his wife, Quani, were taking pics in the theater lobby when they say a woman pounced ... slugging Quani in the face.
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Big-money bouts rarely live up to the hype, since the boxers often stalk and dodge each other, rather than slugging it out.
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He also leads the NL in multi-hit games (26), hits (23) and total bases (22) while ranking second in slugging percentage (.23).
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His on-base and slugging percentages are both up from his 2015 MVP campaign, and his OPS+ sits a full ten points higher.
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He keeps Sally driving at gunpoint, possessively slinging his other arm around Gillian's neck in the backseat and slugging tequila from the bottle.
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In the United Kingdom, Wal-Mart's ASDA operations are slugging it out with Aldi, which is ramping up its presence there as well.
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Bogaerts leads baseball in WAR and the American League in batting average, is 12th in on-base percentage, and 26th in slugging percentage.
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Slugging third base prospect Michael Chavis has offered a glimpse at the future with four home runs in 7.893 at-bats this spring.
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Rather than just out-slugging Chavez Jr., Canelo showed he's actually improving as a boxer, delivering crisp, accurate punches while leaving himself unexposed.
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Four of those hits have been for extra-bases, underwriting a surge in slugging percentage he hasn't experienced since Rookie Ball in 27.5.
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Since she has servants, Claire has no need to furiously flip through the Barefoot Contessa while slugging wine and spilling egg yolk everywhere.
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They focused their adulation on McCovey and the slugging Cepeda, who switched to the outfield to make room for McCovey at first base.
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The slugging first baseman, having a torrid June after a horrendous May, has nine homers and 21 R.B.I.s in his past 20 games.
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Elderly, and fatally trusting, she is shown tottering around with her pink wig on backward, slugging gin and falling drunkenly into a toilet.
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Seven of the top 10 teams in exit velocity and eight of the top 10 in slugging percentage reached the postseason this year.
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In Wisconsin, they have egged on the Republican combatants slugging it out for the right to challenge Senator Tammy Baldwin in the fall.
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Thames has cooled after a fast start, but he still entered June with the best on-base plus slugging percentage in the division.
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He trails only the Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout in on-base and slugging percentage, and has well over 100 runs batted in.
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AT&T spent last week in court slugging it out with the Department of Justice over its $85 billion plan to acquire Time Warner.
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Teixeira had a bounce-back season in 2015, with 31 home runs and 22 doubles and an on-base plus slugging percentage of .906.
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Giles (212-212, 26 ERA over six games) has struggled mightily this postseason, allowing opponents to post a 21 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
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After falling behind in the count 3-1 to slugging Rays catcher Wilson Ramos, McCullers rallied to record a strikeout and preserve the shutout.
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Colorado hopes to keep slugging against Shelby Miller, who is 0-2 with a 9.19 ERA in three starts versus the Rockies this season.
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And just to show the Mets that they were serious, the baseball gods also felled Yoenis Cespedes, the slugging outfielder, with a quad injury.
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Dozier, the slugging second baseman for the Minnesota Twins, played four seasons at the University of Southern Mississippi and hit only 16 home runs.
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Mauer, then a catcher, was coming off a career season in which he led the A.L. in hitting, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
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Granderson has produced slightly above National League average based on O.P.S.+, a variation of on-base-plus-slugging percentage that adjusts for stadium differences.
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Frazier looked fine in his first two at bats of the game, slugging a home run and a double off Cleveland RHP Carlos Carrasco.
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Do you know how much money it costs to rebuild a heavy or assault-class mech after it gets hammered in a slugging match?
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Clinton that we're a city that loves fighters, heroes who get dropped to the canvas, spit blood in a bucket, and keep on slugging.
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Van Scoyoc was there to meet with another player, J. D. Martinez, whose swing he had helped transform, turning Martinez into a slugging force.
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The Dodgers' slugging shortstop got his team one run closer with a short fly to center that was deep enough to get Muncy home.
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Probably because of the gender-neutral pseudonym and the book's winning, wine-slugging unreliable narrator, Anna Fox, guesses about the author's identity skewed female.
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Baines compiled 266.3 WAR and an OPS+ (on-base-plus-slugging percentage, adjusted for league and ballpark) of 270.4, both well below Cooperstown standards.
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Britton's agent, Scott Boras, also represents Harper, the slugging outfielder who already turned down a 10-year, $300 million offer to stay in Washington.
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They also lead the N.L. in runs per game and on-base plus slugging percentage, while striking out less often than the average team.
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For a team that leads the majors in home runs, slugging and runs per game, getting on base is powerful fuel for the engine.
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The Astros, who lead the majors in slugging percentage, tagged Severino for six doubles and Gonzalez's homer, which put them ahead in the second.
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While power hitters generally strike out frequently — a trade-off for swinging aggressively — the Astros' lineup has an extraordinary knack for slugging without whiffing.
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In addition to water, senators have been seen slugging milk, which is the only other beverage they're allowed to drink on the Senate floor.
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For Eric Thames, the majors' early-season slugging sensation, it happened in late 2013, when he was playing for a team in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Matt Wieters won an eight-pitch battle with reliever Javy Guerra in the bottom of the fifth, slugging a solo homer to left-center.
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Still, in a space built on an instantly recorded video where two giants are slugging it out for users, is there room for both?
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One of the youngest players on the team, he led the Florida State League with 33 doubles and finished fourth in slugging percentage, at .417.
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T.R's instructions included stricter enforcement of "fair play" by referees, elimination of overt brutality like "slugging," and establishment of uniform national rules for the sport.
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Juan Soto, the Nationals' slugging left fielder who turned 213 on Friday, went 203 for 214 with three strikeouts and also committed a fielding error.
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Bregman, the star third baseman who had the Astros' second-highest on-base-plus-slugging percentage (1.015) during the regular season, entered Game 4 batting .
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Suspicion by some that Piazza may have used PEDs might have kept the slugging catcher from winning election until his fourth year as a candidate.
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She scowls a face that's two parts disgust and one part embarrassment, proportions equal to the horrified face she makes after slugging back the brew.
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WASHINGTON — The day before this new season began, Yoenis Cespedes, the Mets' slugging outfielder, surveyed his team, its health and the new manager, Mickey Callaway.
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It's also an attempt to revitalize the practice of "casual carpooling," aka "slugging," which first caught on in the US in the 1970s, Castor said.
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The next-best teams — the Baltimore Orioles, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners — were all slugging American League clubs.
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There was Alex Rodriguez answering his demotion in the batting order and breaking a 0-for-353 slump by slugging a two-run home run.
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The plot consists of bits: a fiery slugfest, a pause for bonding, a quick weep, and a patch of jokey repartee, before the slugging returns.
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He then played with fire, hanging a curveball to Kris Bryant, but got away with it when the slugging third baseman lined out to shortstop.
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After I give the hoverboard a disastrous try, falling off and accidentally slugging him in the eye, we sit down and talk about his routine.
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"I just got engaged to be married," said Pete Alonso, a slugging Mets prospect who would earn the $153,215 minimum if he makes the team.
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On the streets of Cairo, Uber and Careem, a ride-sharing app that concentrates on the Middle East, are slugging it out for market share.
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Ottavino's wicked slider seemed to be a perfect counter for Astros outfielder George Springer, who is one of the best in baseball at slugging fastballs.
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He broke his thumb last year and finished fourth, but still led the majors in on-base plus slugging percentage, with a career-best 2144.5.
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Even the Angels, Eppler said, are emphasizing flexibility as they try to bolster an offense that ranked last in the American League in slugging percentage.
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Debate duo After slugging it out in a debate for a Vermont state House seat, the two candidates shocked the crowd with a little duet.
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The Yankees were tied for sixth in slugging, but 14th in strikeouts — and that's without Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton for most of this season.
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Bu the Pats were able to squeeze out a win when they faced the Chiefs in October, slugging out a 43-40 win over Kansas City.
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MINERS LOSE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE The Congo and Zambia have for some time been slugging it out with mining companies about the proposed tax changes.
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His statistics capture his approach completely—a bunch of homers, a bunch more strikeouts, low OBP and high slugging—but don't quite get at his appeal.
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Rodriguez, still slugging at 40, blasted a two-run homer deep over the center-field wall as the Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-1.
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That means that over the last four games heading into Tuesday's contest with the Dodgers, Plawecki had a muscular on-base plus slugging percentage of 2012.
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While Democrat Gavin Newsom has been out front in the polls, the rest of the candidates have been slugging it out for the second-place spot.
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But Arenado got a serious boost from playing at Coors Field, where he had a 22 on-base-plus-slugging percentage entering the weekend, compared with .
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"But to have a slugging percentage and an on-base percentage so far beyond the league norm — well, that's what Curry is doing now," Thorn said.
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But as impressive as Judge's numbers are, Dodgers' rookie Cody Bellinger is debatably showing an even greater aptitude for slugging with the best in the world.
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Whether or not it comes to fruition, if booking a fight with Brown means Soulja Boy swats a heavy bag instead of slugging lean, that's good.
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Refused was still slugging it out on the road, playing small clubs and basements as they toured in support of the record across the United States.
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David Ortiz, Red Sox, 1.106 on-base plus slugging percentage Known as a fearsome clutch hitter, Ortiz is widely respected for his long career of excellence.
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Griffin returned after missing 45 games due to a partially torn quad tendon, a broken hand and a four-game suspension for slugging an equipment manager.
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On Sunday in Chicago, the Cardinals held several veterans out of their lineup, including the slugging outfielder Marcell Ozuna and the All-Star catcher Yadier Molina.
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A shit-faced hairdresser slugging quarters into one of the VLTs takes a break to tell one of our Starfleet officers that she has nice hair.
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With a lineup made up mostly of right-handed batters, the Twins' on-base plus slugging percentage against right-handed pitchers was fourth best in baseball.
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That brought up Gary Sanchez with two on and two out, and the slugging catcher struck out looking in a fairly epic 10-pitch at-bat.
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"I've been known for three things: Taking care of my pitchers, getting on base and slugging, so I need to get back to that," Grandal said.
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Some, in fact, find themselves growing much more slowly than anyone thought, but keep slugging it out as they inch steadily toward the $1 billion mark.
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Chirinos followed by slugging a 103-2 slider over the fence in left for his 15th blast of the season to make the score 4-0.
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But they gave their slugging rookie, Yordan Alvarez, his first look at Yankee Stadium, and he homered for the third time in the four-game series.
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Such is life when David Ortiz, who's leading the league in slugging percentage at age 40, is maybe the fifth-most interesting player on your team.
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S. trade war shook confidence in the world economy and sent investors steaming to the safe harbors of sovereign bonds and gold, while slugging emerging market currencies.
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S. trade war shook confidence in the world economy and sent investors steaming to the safe harbours of sovereign bonds and gold, while slugging emerging market currencies.
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Wainwright beat Philadelphia 10-3 Monday night, giving up five hits and three runs over six innings while slugging a three-run homer in the fourth inning.
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Ozuna, who struck out as a pinch hitter on Tuesday, said he "was able to fulfill one of my dreams" on Monday by slugging the two homers.
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There was a time, not all that long ago, when a slugging first baseman was less a luxury than a requirement for a Major League Baseball team.
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Schebler said he had been hitting into the teeth of numerous shifts, but he finally broke loose in the ninth inning Friday, slugging a solo home run.
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Five years later, Judge broke the rookie home run record by slugging 52, including 33 at home and 15 in his final month after slumping in August.
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Cabrera fell behind 0-2 before slugging a double off the fence in right-center field to drive in Hoskins and Williams to make it 4-0.
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Starting at 6 AM, patrons of Cloone's Pub, Ace's Bar, or Gina & Carlo's can start slugging down shots of Russian vodka during the must-see political event.
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In a major league season that included more home runs than ever before, the Astros led all teams in slugging percentage — while also having the fewest strikeouts.
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McCann — who hit last in the Astros' lineup on Sunday despite 12 seasons as one of the best slugging catchers in baseball — gave a more nuanced explanation.
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Altuve has the most hits, stolen bases and total bases on the team, and he leads in batting average and on-base-plus-slugging percentage, or OPS.
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He still led the Rockies in strikeouts, with 168, but he sharpened his approach and raised his on-base-plus-slugging percentage by 150 points, to .915.
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Headley, Starlin Castro, Brett Gardner, Judge and Matt Holliday entered Sunday carrying on-base plus slugging percentages that were at least 128 points better in the Bronx.
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Houston's Jose Altuve won the A.L. Most Valuable Player Award over Judge, who hit 52 home runs with a 1.049 on-base plus slugging percentage that season.
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From 22017 through 22017, only two teams — the 1948 Yankees and the 1995 Cleveland Indians — led the majors in slugging percentage while also recording the fewest strikeouts.
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Baltimore is one of the best slugging teams in the majors with 69 home runs but is having trouble pushing runs across over the last week-plus.
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The European Central Bank was under pressure to do yet more after German inflation proved surprisingly weak in December, pushing down bond yields and slugging the euro.
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He was a three-time All-Star with Washington and followed up his 1957 slugging by hitting 39 homers and driving in 108 runs the following season.
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Gardner ended the no-hit bid by slugging a 2-0 fastball into the first row in the right field second deck to make it 3-2.
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The Pirates' offense has struggled to find a spark this season, ranking in the bottom third of the majors in runs scored, batting average, slugging percentage and hits.
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Slugging 3B Miguel Sano, expected to bounce back after a disastrous 2018 campaign, appears to be out until at least May with a laceration to his right heel.
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He has three home runs, two of them on opening day, and has driven in seven runs, but his on base percentage-plus-slugging is a middling .27.
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But he's been dropped from two record labels… he's just about to have his seventh kid and he's just been slugging it out for 10 [or] 12 years.
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The slugging third baseman belted his 35th homer of the season in leading the Chicago White Sox to an 11-4 win over the Twins at Target Field.
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Tampa Bay, though, got to Smith in the second as Garcia led off by slugging an 0-2 fastball to center for his seventh homer of the season.
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A video taken inside the club in the hours before the attack captured the festive mood, with patrons taking shots, slugging back beers and dancing under neon lights.
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The Nationals' headliner, of course, is Bryce Harper, the unanimous N.L. most valuable player last season, who leads the league with a 1.066 on-base plus slugging percentage.
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The economy in China, slugging out a trade war with Trump's America, just recorded its weakest quarterly growth number since the depths of the financial crisis in 2009.
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Not a single hitter in the sport has had a higher on-base-plus-slugging than Sanchez this month and only Brian Dozier has hit more home runs.
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Among the players suiting up for Granma in the series is Alfredo Despaigne, the 5-foot, 7-inch, 210-pound slugging outfielder who stars on Cuba's national team.
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Going into Friday's game, he had 34 home runs and 114 R.B.I., and his on-base plus slugging percentage of 1.031 was the highest in the major leagues.
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His absence robs the Yankees of their leader in home runs, on-base percentage and on-base plus slugging percentage, and their co-leader in runs batted in.
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Jose Ramirez and Lindor combined for a staggering 172 extra-base hits, and only the Houston Astros had a better on-base plus slugging percentage than Cleveland's .788.
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MOSCOW, Aug 0003 (Reuters) - Urals crude differentials to dated Brent in northwest Europe slipped further on Thursday on ample supply set for September and slugging demand, traders said.
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The results have been startling: Through Thursday, Muncy had 17 homers and 2148 runs batted in, while leading the team in on-base plus slugging percentage, at 29.
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Their leader in on-base plus slugging percentage, the All-Star third baseman Miguel Sano, has been out almost three weeks with a stress reaction in his shin.
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McGregor also pleaded guilty in two assault cases, one for smashing a tourist's phone in Miami, and another for slugging a 233-year-old bar patron in Ireland.
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Astros 6, Angels 13 Carlos Correa recorded his ninth career multi-homer game, slugging one of three first-inning home runs in Houston's victory over visiting Los Angeles.
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I mean, when you have-- when you have-- Amazon and Walmart slugging it out and Costco taking a special part of it and everything, it's a tough business.
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Not a season has gone by since 2012 that Trout didn't lead the league in at least one major statistical category, be it runs, RBIs, slugging, or OBP.
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On Saturday, they reverted to form by agreeing to a trade with the Miami Marlins for Giancarlo Stanton, the slugging outfielder and reigning National League most valuable player.
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When scrutinizing his performance with runners in scoring position, he said, he examines his mental approach rather than a popular statistic like on-base-plus-slugging percentage (O.P.S.).
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You're talking about spin rate, perceived velocity, exit velocity, launch angle, you're talking about so many things and that was the start of it, with on base plus slugging.
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Right fielder Jay Bruce, who belted 26 homers in 157 games a year ago, continues to bolster his trade value after slugging his 15th homer (60 games) on Wednesday.
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In August, the Red Sox were much more effective with runners on second: Their OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage, a useful indication of overall offensive production) was .
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The Colorado Rockies haven't been shy about flexing their muscle and slugging their way to victory while the Cincinnati Reds have been rather generous with serving up the longball.
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They lead baseball in runs scored, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and just about any other offensive stat you could cite, note, or invent on the spot.
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The slugging first baseman will try to extend a pair of impressive offensive streaks as the Braves seek a three-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
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But don't start spit-shining the floors and slugging down Michael's Secret Stuff just yet—we've still got a few more years to wait before the Monstars come back.
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Before Wednesday, Beltran led the club in games played, runs, doubles, home runs, R.B.I. and slugging percentage and was tied with Starlin Castro for the team lead in hits.
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Bruce, a slugging outfielder, had landed in New York on Tuesday morning and headed straight to Citi Field to begin his new life without checking in to his hotel.
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Votto currently leads the NL in home runs (26), slugging percentage and OPS and ranks among the top 10 in eight other offensive categories, including hits and batting average.
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But his young sluggos can become too enraptured with slugging; they have been shut out twice in the first four games of the Series and have won only once.
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Only Larry Walker, in his M.V.P. season for Colorado in 1997, has ever matched Betts in average, on-base percentage and slugging while also stealing at least 30 bases.
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Dodgers 6, Braves 2 ATLANTA — When the Los Angeles Dodgers bolstered their already potent lineup with the slugging shortstop Manny Machado, this is just what they had in mind.
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The Brewers hope to find time for all the outfielders by sometimes using Braun at first base, where he could spell the slugging Eric Thames against some left-handers.
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Chief Frederickson initially wondered if it was because Aaron Judge, the team's slugging outfielder, had played in the 2012 Cape Cod Baseball League season, including many games in Yarmouth.
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The Astros' hitters had the fewest strikeouts and the highest slugging percentage in the majors this season — just as they did in 2017, when they won the World Series.
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He became the first player to hit 30, 40, 50 and 60 home runs in a single season, and his slugging style forever changed the way baseball was played.
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One of her most notable endeavors was drinking like a man in colonial America following accounts that had her slugging whiskey, hard cider and a hot toddy before noon.
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If you prefer working nights (like 240% of women and 245% of men do), then you're often stuck slugging away at a time when your energy levels are low.
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Alonso, 24, had eight home runs entering Friday's game, with a 1.086 on-base plus slugging percentage; Paddack had a 1.67 E.R.A. in five starts; and Tatis was hitting .
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The aerospace industry's biggest annual event, which alternates with Britain's Farnborough Airshow, is traditionally a slugging match between Airbus and Boeing in the $2321 billion a year commercial aircraft market.
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J.D. Martinez, a formidable slugging outfielder, spent months in talks with the Boston Red Sox, but could not secure an agreement (finally for $2000m over five years) until last week.
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The aerospace industry's biggest annual event, which alternates with Britain's Farnborough Airshow, is traditionally a slugging match between Airbus and Boeing in the $129.53 billion a year commercial aircraft market.
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Slugging first baseman Lucas Duda, sidelined for nearly four months, is expected to rejoin the Mets on Saturday as they continue their three-game series versus the visiting Minnesota Twins.
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One remarkably long number, set in Dr. T's dungeon, has the prisoners rhythmically slugging one another and making music on what could be weapons or even stylized instruments of torture.
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This shift in story line has probably caught Mets fans by surprise because throughout the years, the team, when good, has tended to be identified with pitching more than slugging.
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Ruiz atoned for the error in the fourth, slugging his fifth homer on a 92 mph fastball from reliever Austin Pruitt to right-center field, scoring Alberto and Chris Davis.
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Only 43 batters in major league history finished their careers with as many at-bats as Staub (24,2000) and an adjusted on-base plus slugging percentage higher than his (21989).
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Machado will be a free agent next winter, and marketing himself as a do-it-all shortstop, rather than one of many slugging third basemen, could only raise his value.
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I was slugging it out just like everybody else, and I don't know that I was any better than anyone else but I certainly didn't think I was any worse.
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For all of Stanton's slugging — including 59 homers last season, when he was the National League most valuable player — the team never had a winning record in his eight seasons.
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The aerospace industry's biggest annual event, which alternates with Britain's Farnborough Airshow, is traditionally a slugging match between Airbus and Boeing in the $150 billion a year commercial aircraft market.
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Historically one of the toughest parks for home run hitters, the current team is slugging them out of Dodger Stadium at a record rate as the New York Mets will attest.
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Three candidates, politically almost identical, were slugging it out in a surprisingly nasty and expensive campaign: Luke Messer and Todd Rokita, both congressmen; and Mike Braun, a wealthy former state legislator.
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Arenado bashes two homers as Rockies rout Cubs DENVER — Nolan Arenado emphatically ended his slump and his slugging drought Sunday with a four-hit game that included a memorable power display.
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Travis Shaw hsnapped a string of 25.56 straight contests without a homer by slugging a grand slam to pace the Brewers, who have dropped six of their last eight at home.
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Given those ballpark variables, Thorn said, a more useful metric to study is slugging percentage — and those, too, were off the charts for Ruth compared to the rest of the league.
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Slugging first baseman Chris Davis ended a 2472-for-217 slump with a two-run blast for Baltimore, which had scored a total of five runs in its previous four games.
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The Game showed up to court Monday morning expecting to stand trial for slugging an off-duty cop -- but he ended up breaking down Chris Brown and Soulja Boy's upcoming fight.
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Stanton led the N.L. in slugging for the third time, but this was his first season with more than 593 homers; injuries have often kept him from playing a full schedule.
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The Red Sox and the Yankees ranked first and second in slugging percentage this season, but Boston made much more contact, which will be critical against the Yankees' power pitching staff.
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Before this season, only two teams over the last century — the 1948 Yankees and the 1995 Cleveland Indians — had led the majors in slugging percentage while also recording the fewest strikeouts.
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The Nationals will now face either the New York Yankees or Houston Astros in the World Series, two baseball juggernauts who are slugging it out in the American League Championship Series.
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Boston beat the Orioles at their own game in Monday's opener, slugging three home runs in the sixth inning or later to turn a tight game into a 7-2 rout.
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As some of the savviest observers believe -- see Tom Friedman in the New York Times -- Bloomberg could be the most effective heavyweight the party has in slugging it out with Trump.
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The Cubs hope to get a boost from the potential return of slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who has missed the first two games of the series with lower back tightness.
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According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only two teams since 24 have led the majors in slugging percentage while recording the fewest strikeouts: the 22010 Yankees and the 22016 Cleveland Indians.
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When it comes to manning first base, the Yankees have been dead last: last in the major leagues in batting average, last in R.B.I., last in on-base plus slugging percentage.
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The world's two top economies are slugging it out in a full-blown trade war and the recession warning klaxons are blaring, but still the performance numbers and milestones are astonishing.
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In the Cactus League last spring, Zunino posted a 294 on-base plus slugging percentage, a mark that left him behind only Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels among spring regulars.
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Sale has held Miguel Cabrera to 9-for-222 with 210 strikeouts, but the slugging first baseman is on a tear with five homers and 21 RBIs over his last six games.
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At the start of play Thursday, the Indians ranked ninth in the American League in hitting, 10th in runs scored, on base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS, and 14th in home runs.
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The Washington Nationals capped off a productive week on offense by slugging a franchise-record-tying eight home runs in a 16-8 rout of the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon.
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The aerospace industry's biggest annual event, which alternates with Britain's Farnborough Airshow, is traditionally a slugging match between Airbus and Boeing sales teams in the $2321 billion a year commercial aircraft market.
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Evan Longoria looks to belt a home run for a fourth straight contest Sunday, when his slugging Tampa Bay Rays visit the Minnesota Twins for the finale of their four-game set.
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The aerospace industry's biggest annual event, which alternates with Britain's Farnborough Airshow, is traditionally a slugging match between Airbus and Boeing sales teams in the $29 billion a year commercial aircraft market.
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Trailing 5-2 entering the eighth inning, the Rangers mounted a surprising rally against Astros right-hander Brad Peacock, with Joey Gallo and then Guzman slugging home runs to erase that deficit.
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Athletics 8, Rangers 03 Khris Davis continued his slugging ways with an eighth-inning solo homer that completed visiting Oakland's rally from a five-run deficit for a win in Arlington, Texas.
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After more than a decade of grind, slugging it out over brutal tours in shithole clubs just trying to survive, to the outside world it might seem she's suddenly an overnight success.
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Designated hitter J.D. Martinez (1.031 on-base plus slugging percentage) may be the team's most valuable player, but right fielder Mookie Betts (1.078 O.P.S.) may win the A.L. Most Valuable Player Award.
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The catcher credits being mindful for his improvement at the plate and behind it: He more than halved his passed ball total from last year, and his slugging percentage is back up.
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During the regular season, the Yankees produced a 1.157 on-base-plus-slugging-percentage on the first pitch of a plate appearance — the highest mark in Baseball Reference's pitch data since 13.
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Carlos Correa recorded his ninth career multi-homer game, slugging one of three first-inning home runs in the Houston Astros' 211-212 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Friday.
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Since Agenda 2020 was introduced, the two bid campaigns have both resulted in just two cities slugging it out, after eight would-be hosts dropped out of the 2022 and 2024 races.
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Trump and Obama (and their admirers) are slugging it out, both claiming that it is their policies that have led to the ongoing economic expansion, steady job growth and higher stock prices.
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They rank dead last in the American League in total bases, doubles, homers and slugging percentage, are they second to last in RBIs and stolen bases, third to last in runs and hits.
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Thanks to small changes in the construction of the baseball and an ensuing league-wide adjustment in strategy to emphasise hitting for power, a wide range of slugging-related records are under threat.
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She lost the first set but dug in for a trench battle, out-slugging Barty to take the next two and set up a last-eight clash with seven-times champion Serena Williams.
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Milwaukee pounded out 11 hits in Monday's rout, including three apiece by Manny Pina and Orlando Arcia, and it may have dodged a bullet with an injury to slugging third baseman Travis Shaw.
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The Braves had runners on the corners against reliever Tyler Webb (0-1) with two outs in the ninth, and the Cardinals opted to intentionally walk slugging rookie Austin Riley to face McCann.
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Nobody likes a solo tinnie drinker—even in your best going-out clothes, you'll still come off a bit "fat bastard" if you're slumped on the sofa slugging cheap vodka on your own.
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If diplomatic communiques are like talking and war is equivalent to slugging it out, then military exercises can be considered part of a vast vocabulary of body language that operates in the middle.
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Their battle rhythms are in stark contrast—they're just not as zipped up—compared to the twentysomething deployed men who Troxels says are the highest-risk demographic today for, say, slugging energy drinks.
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He threw the fastball that struck the head of the slugging Boston Red Sox outfielder Tony Conigliaro in August 1967, a gruesome episode that shortened the career of a potential Hall of Famer.
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Bagwell, a slugging first baseman for the Houston Astros, was elected on his seventh try, while Raines, a star leadoff hitter for the Montreal Expos in the 1980s, was elected on his 10th.
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Well, actually there is a Cespedes, but it is Yoelkis Cespedes, the 19-year-old half brother of Yoenis, the Mets' slugging outfielder and one of the more dynamic players in the majors.
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