These are the Top 5 lifetime batting average leaders among Latino players: 1. ROD CAREW .323: The Panama-born Hall of Famer, a seven-time batting champ with 3,053 lifetime hits, had a career-best .388 for the Twins in 1977 when he won AL MVP. 2. VLADIMIR GUERRERO .318: The free-swinging Dominican slugger (449 HR) hit .290
While winning 200 games won’t necessarily guarantee you're getting into the Hall of Fame, reaching that milestone does signify you’ve had a heckuva good career. Only 122 pitchers have won 200 or more games, and on this day in béisbol, Aug. 16, 1978, Boston Red Sox stalwart Luis Tiant joined the exclusive club. The Cuban-born
For Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez, August 15 turned out to be both an anniversary to celebrate — and a date to forget. On this day in béisbol in 2012, King Felix hurled the first perfect game in Mariners history, a 1-0 gem against the Tampa Bay Rays at home. The 26-year-old righty threw 113
Just how good was Colorado Rockies rookie Warming Bernabel’s week? The 23-year-old not only hit at an astounding near-.500 clip over a six-game span at the end of July, he also Wally Pipped a teammate by taking away his first base job — and was subsequently named NL Player of the Week on August 4.
Orlando Hernandez, the seasoned Cuban baseball veteran who signed with the Yankees as an international free agent in 1978, struck out 13 batters in a 2-0 win against the Texas Rangers at The Stadium on this day in baseball, August 13, 1998. Hernandez, then 32 years old (or likely more, considering how Cuban free agents
Los Marineros y Padres se acercan al primer lugar. Yankees en peligro de no estar en la post-temporada. Los Phillies con buena ventaja en la división del este de la LN. El Mundo de las Grandes Ligas con Kevin Cabral y Félix DeJesús.
