admin“We won. Everyone got a hit. This is fun.”
The major leagues will have a 4-for-4 hitter in regulation for the first time in 82 years since Ted Williams in 1941. Luis Arajuez, 26, Miami Marlins, reached the four-hit plateau in 67 games and the team’s 73rd game of the season. He went 5-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and one run scored in the Marlins’ 2023 Major League Baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on April 20.
Arajuez went 0-for-12 in a three-game series 토토사이트 against the Seattle Mariners from April 13-15, dropping his average to .378, but bounced back with a “crazy” 14-for-11, five RBI, four run performance in the next three games. That puts him a whopping seven and a half points ahead of Ronald Acuna Jr. (Atlanta Braves, .325) for second place in the National League.
Araez, a native of Venezuela, was traded to Miami from the Minnesota Twins this offseason. Last year, he won the American League batting title with a .316 average, and this year he switched leagues to try to win his second straight batting title. There are still a lot of games left to play, but at this point, not many local media outlets are questioning Arajuez’s ability to win back-to-back batting titles.
The focus is on the quadruple-digit hitters. The last four-figure hitter in major league history was Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox) in 1941. Williams is a legendary hitter who has been called a hitting god and a textbook example. In 143 games, he batted .406 with 185 hits in 456 at-bats, 37 home runs, 120 RBIs, 135 runs scored, and a 1.286 OPS.
The next best hitter was Tony Gwynn (San Diego Padres) in 1994 with a .394 mark. Williams won the batting title in 1957 with a .388 average, followed by Rod Curry (Minnesota Twins) in 1977 with a .388 average. Since 1941, those are the only three batting titles in the .388 to .390 range, let alone four.
Ares led the National League second baseman All-Star fan vote, which was released last week, with 509,092 votes. That’s about 420,000 votes behind ninth-place finisher Ha Sung Kim (San Diego Padres, 82,879). It’s unlikely that this gap will be overturned. You have to give Arajuez credit.
He”s 82 years away from becoming the first player to hit in the quadruple digits since Williams in 1941. There”s still a lot of games left to play, so it”s not an easy task. It”s all about staying in shape. Araúez”s career high was a .334 average in 2019, his rookie season.
The truth is, Arajuez has plenty of time. “It’s fun because we’re winning, because we’re all getting hits, so I’m excited about our team. Everybody is starting to trust our team. We’ve got starters, we’ve got relievers, we’ve got good defense. It’s fun.”