Two Weeks to Go for Triple Milestones
September 21, 2012 by Bill Gilbert · Leave a Comment
With two weeks to go in the season, five batters are on track to achieve the triple Milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBIs. Two others are close. Two pitchers are on target for the milestones of an ERA under 3.00, 20 wins and 200 strikeouts and two others are close. (Stats as of 9/19).
| Batters on Target | BAVG |
HR |
RBI |
Comments |
| Miguel Cabrera | .333 |
41 |
140 |
Home free, possible triple crown |
| Ryan Braun | .313 |
30 |
104 |
Possibly his best year |
| Adrian Beltre | .316 |
33 |
93 |
Needs to get healthy |
| Prince Fielder | .303 |
27 |
100 |
Needs a few more homers |
| Billy Bulter | .308 |
27 |
98 |
Surprise candidate |
| Batters that are Close | * | * | * | * |
| Andrew McCutcheon | .340 |
29 |
89 |
Needs RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Holiday | .296 |
27 |
97 |
Needs a strong finish |
| Where are some others | ||||
| Albert Pujols | .283 |
30 |
96 |
Misses again after making it 10 yrs |
| Mike Trout | .327 |
27 |
77 |
RBI hard to get as leadoff man |
| Josh Hamilton | .287 |
42 |
123 |
| Pitchers on Target | ERA |
Wins |
K’s |
Comments |
| Gio Gonzalez | 2.95 |
19 |
196 |
Needs on more strong start |
| R. A. Dickey | 2.67 |
18 |
205 |
Needs two more wins |
| Pitchers that are close | ||||
| David Price | 2.54 |
18 |
181 |
Needs strikeouts and a couple of wins |
| Chris Sale | 2.82 |
17 |
181 |
Three starts left must result in wins |
Cabrera and Braun are the only repeaters from last year. Troy Tulowitzki, Matt Kemp, Jacoby Ellsbury and Jose Bautista were derailed by injuries and Paul Konerko is way short on RBIs. Among pitchers, Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw made it in 2011 but are short on wins this year.
