Tag Archives: Nomar Garciaparra
Cody Bellinger catches a Trout and a Nomar
With his 30th home run last night, Cody Bellinger has now joined a select list of rookies who have hit at least 30 home runs. Cody caught future HOF Mike Trout, Boston great Nomar Garciaparra, Twin great Bobby Allison, and Pete Incaviglia. He also caught Willie Montanez and with one more home run will have the …
LAD first half leaderboards – Batting Average
With so many Dodgers having amazing first halves, we will be displaying the historical significance of those performances. Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger will populate these boards, but will anyone else show up? Justin fell from .380 but not only walks away with the best first half batting average, good bet he will be on top …
Justin Turner currently in the company of Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn
Can Justin Turner keep his batting average above .380 by the all-star game? With Alex Wood his 1st half season is done so we know we will end the first half with a perfect 10 – 0 record. Only 15 hitters since 1958 have managed to have at least a .380 BA by the all-star …
Justin Turner is giving batting average new life
Batting average isn’t the end all anymore when it comes to evaluating the kind of season a player is having but it is can still catch the fans imagination when a player flirts with the magic .400 season. Justin Turner is still at .387, and as the calendar turns to late June he could set …
LAD May Double Leaderboard – Grandal sneaks in
Nomar Garciaparra had fourteen doubles in May and no one else is close but Grandal did manage to sneak onto the leaderboard with his ten doubles in May. Puig seems to be on every May leaderboard based on what he did in 2014. Player Split Year 2B PA RBI BA OBP SLG OPS TB Nomar …
LAD May RBI Leaderboard – Bellinger makes a dent
Oh so close. Bellinger ends the month of May with twenty-seven RBI but falls one RBI short of Eric Karros and Nomar Garciaparra who both drove in twenty-eight. Puig is here to remind us that he used to be great, and used to drive in runs. I kind of expect Tommy Davis or Steve Garvey …
OTDIB – Nomar slams his way into history
All this information comes via Nationalpastime.com May 10th, 1999 ex-Dodger Nomar inks his name into the record books In a 12-4 rout of the Mariners, Nomar Garciaparra hits two grand slams in the same game and adds a two-run homer as well. The Red Sox shortstop becomes the first American League player to drive in …
Justin Turner leaves an amazing legacy
With the season now over and possibly his Dodger career let’s take a look at the amazing accomplishments of Justin Red Dream Turner. At 28 years old Turner was a career utility player who was inexplicably released by the Mets in the winter of 2014. Ned Colletti jumped on the chance to get the valuable …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 