McCarroll21
10-11-2006, 03:22 AM
Elias Says ... (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2611101)
• Rookies Francisco Liriano (12-3, .800) and Chuck James (11-4, .733) led the AL and NL in winning percentage, with each player qualifying with the minimum amount of decisions needed to be considered. The only other season in which rookies led the AL and NL was 1947, when the Giants' Larry Jansen (21-5, .808) and the Yankees' Spec Shea (14-5, .737) led their leagues.
• Brian McCann was 24-for-51 with two out and runners in scoring position this season, a .471 batting average. The last time a National League player had such a high average in at least 40 at-bats in those situations was in 1969, when Pete Rose went 32-for-64 (.500).
For Heap to even be put in the same sentence as Pete Rose speaks volumes of his ability. Oh man, I can't wait to watch him grow as a hitter and grow into even more power.
The note about Chuck is pretty amazing too. Especially considering that he had a few stretches this year where he wasn't that effective. It says a lot about him because even when he wasn't pitching that well, he was pitching well enough to keep us in the ball game, and sometimes stole a win.
• Rookies Francisco Liriano (12-3, .800) and Chuck James (11-4, .733) led the AL and NL in winning percentage, with each player qualifying with the minimum amount of decisions needed to be considered. The only other season in which rookies led the AL and NL was 1947, when the Giants' Larry Jansen (21-5, .808) and the Yankees' Spec Shea (14-5, .737) led their leagues.
• Brian McCann was 24-for-51 with two out and runners in scoring position this season, a .471 batting average. The last time a National League player had such a high average in at least 40 at-bats in those situations was in 1969, when Pete Rose went 32-for-64 (.500).
For Heap to even be put in the same sentence as Pete Rose speaks volumes of his ability. Oh man, I can't wait to watch him grow as a hitter and grow into even more power.
The note about Chuck is pretty amazing too. Especially considering that he had a few stretches this year where he wasn't that effective. It says a lot about him because even when he wasn't pitching that well, he was pitching well enough to keep us in the ball game, and sometimes stole a win.