Arizona manager Bob Melvin decided to start Micah Owings at the last minute today in Pittsburgh instead of Brandon Webb because he feared that rain delays (and there is one now) might make Webb unavailable for the whole game.
So Owings started and in addition to shutting out Pittsburgh over 7 innings, Owings has gone 4 for 4 with 3 doubles. The only other pitcher in the last 50 years to have at least four hits in a game and three extra base hits was ... Micah Owings. That was this game in Atlanta on August 18.
How does Joe Crede win a Silver Slugger over ARod last season? The only offensive category Crede was ahead of ARod in was doubles, five more, more than offset by ARod having five more HRs.
He's batting .139. He won the Silver Slugger just once and that was in 2005. I think he was disqualified last year because he pitched so poorly. And Al Hrabosky didn't seem to like him.
Gibson, well-known as a good-hitting pitcher, had six season where he was a full-time starter and had an OPS+ > 60; three were > 70 and one was 100.
.339/.361/.695/1.056 with 7 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 9 R, 15 RBI.
I can't imagine any other pitcher being close.
How does Joe Crede win a Silver Slugger over ARod last season? The only offensive category Crede was ahead of ARod in was doubles, five more, more than offset by ARod having five more HRs.
Wait, what? That doesn't exist? Huh.
He's batting .139. He won the Silver Slugger just once and that was in 2005. I think he was disqualified last year because he pitched so poorly. And Al Hrabosky didn't seem to like him.
You may carry on with you day now.
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