Jun 23 2010 04:49 PM
Re: Cleanup
No way. Shinjo was our cleanup hitter? |
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| TheOldMole Jun 23 2010 01:18 PM |
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How common is it for a rookie brought up in midseason to be installed as the regular cleanup hitter? Anyone think of any other examples? Have the Mets ever done it before? I wondered about Mike Vail in 75, but UMDB tells me he batted third.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 23 2010 01:45 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Steve Henderson?
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| Edgy DC Jun 23 2010 01:56 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Darryl debuted at number three. But didn't hit fourth until year two.
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| TheOldMole Jun 23 2010 02:20 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Henderson batted some cleanup, but not consistently.
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| TheOldMole Jun 23 2010 02:23 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Ralph Kiner led the league in home runs from his rookie year on, so there's a good chance he batted a lot of cleanup, but I can't find box scores from the 1940s, and I don't think he'd fit the midseason callup requirement.
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| Edgy DC Jun 23 2010 02:26 PM Re: Cleanup |
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I got 14 games at cleanup for Milner his rookie year, 20 for Swoboda.
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| G-Fafif Jun 23 2010 02:53 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Ike Davis is a one of a kind Met, a one of a kind player, a one of a kind human being. They made an Ike Davis mold only to break it when he emerged a fully formed cleanup hitter.
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| Centerfield Jun 23 2010 03:15 PM Re: Cleanup |
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No way. Shinjo was our cleanup hitter?
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| Zvon Jun 23 2010 04:49 PM Re: Cleanup |
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| TheOldMole Jun 23 2010 04:55 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Shinjo was cool.
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| Chad Ochoseis Jun 23 2010 07:08 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Wayne Hagin said something tonight about this being Ike's 30th cleanup appearance, breaking the all-time record held by Steve Henderson. He didn't specify what exact all-time record was broken, but I guess it's cleanup appearances by a Met rookie.
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| Edgy DC Jun 23 2010 09:25 PM Re: Cleanup |
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Don't forget that 2001 team-wide offensive slump (led METSSC to coin the term NOFFENSE). It actually worked for a few games there. And then it didn't. At all.
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