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Brian Giles 24 |
Ranked second in the league in walks (San Francisco's Barry Bonds led with 198) and established the club record for most base on balls in a season by a left-handed batter (Bonds held previous mark of 127 in 1992 and Ralph Kiner holds the overall record with 137 in 1951) ... His .450 on-base percentage tied him for the second-best mark in the majors ... Also ranked second in the league in slugging percentage (.622) and sixth in home runs ... His 80 extra-base hits ranked second behind San Francisco's Jeff Kent (81) ... Tied for second in the league with 13 outfield assists...Also finished third in the N.L. with 24 intentional walks ... Homered once every 13.1 at bats, the third-best ratio in the league behind Bonds (8.8) |
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Led all major league catchers in games (143) and starts (140) and led National League backstops with 13 double plays ... Threw out 26 of the 85 baserunners attempting to steal against him (31%) ... Also committed nine errors and had eight passed balls ... Was the toughest batter to strike out in the majors, whiffing just once every 20.9 plate appearances ... Struck out just twice during the month of May and a total of nine times in 73 games (287 PA) thru the month of June ... Whiffed more than once in a game on just one occasion (Ben Sheets struck him out twice on 7/3) |
Jason Kendall 18 |
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Josh Fogg 27 |
Spent entire rookie season with Pittsburgh ... Led all National League rookies in starts and innings pitched ... Also tied for fourth in wins and strikeouts ... Established a club rookie record for most starts in a season (since 1900); previous record of 32 was shared by Don Robinson (1978) and Steve Cooke (1993)...His 12 victories were the most by a Bucco rookie since Mike Dunne went 13-6 in 1987...Surrendered a team-high 28 home runs (21 solo) and tied for sixth in the N.L. in that department. |
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Made 117 appearances (116 starts) at second base in first season with the Pirates ... Ranked fourth among National League second basemen with a .988 fielding percentage ... Made just one error (5/17) in his first 59 games thru 7/15. ... Committed three errors in his first 76 games, but five in his last 41, including two-error games on 8/8 at Los Angeles and 9/4 at Atlanta (now has seven career multi-error games) ... Was Pittsburgh's opening day starter at second base ... Went 3-for-3 with three RBI in his second game, the Pirates first victory, on 4/3 at New York...Was hitting .317 |
Pokey Reese |
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Mike Williams |
Established a Pittsburgh franchise record in saves...Ranked third among all major league pitchers in saves behind Atlanta's John Smoltz (55) and Los Angeles' Eric Gagne (52) ... Became the first pitcher ever to record 46 saves for a team with a losing record...Saved 63.8 percent of Pittsburgh's wins - the second-best percentage in major league history. |
| Spent second straight full season with Pittsburgh ... Shared National League lead in sacrifice flies with Florida's Mike Lowell...Made 131 appearances (130 starts) at third base ... Appeared in all 74 games (73 starts) following the All-Star break...Was Pittsburgh's opening day third baseman for the third straight season; first since Jeff King from 1993-95 (last Bucco third baseman to make four or more consecutive opening day starts was Bill Madlock from 1980-85) . |
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Randall Simon |
Spent first full major league season with Detroit and was named the club's Most Valuable Player. ... Established career highs in nearly every offensive category ... Led the Tigers in hitting, home runs, RBI and slugging percentage (.459). ... Ranked as the toughest batter to strike out in the American League, fanning once every 16.9 plate appearances ... Also finished third in the league with a .335 home batting average. |
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Spent entire season with Milwaukee ... Made 51 appearances (43 starts) in right field and 35 appearances (32 starts) in left field ... Recorded six assists and committed just one error (while playing left field on 7/24 at Houston) ... Hit just .180 (11-for-61) with one home run in his first 34 games thru 6/23, but produced a .263 average (55-for-209) and 15 home runs in his final 73 contests . |
Matt Stairs |
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