Shin-Soo Choo ties Korean record
HBPs of note: July 24, 2009
Shin-Soo Choo took an HBP from Ryan Rowland-Smith last night, giving Choo a career total of 16. That ties Hee Seop Choi for the HBP record among batters born in Korea. Choo also got plunked yesterday. Adding Eastern-Hemisphere flavor to the Korean record tying plunk, Ryan Rowland-Smith is from Australia. That was the 99th major league plunk thrown by an Australian, and Rowland-Smith is 7th place on the Australian hit batters list with 5. He'll need to hit 19 more batters to surpass Graeme Lloyd's Australian record of 23.
Miguel Tejada got hit for the 105th time in his career, but it was the first contribution by Bobby Parnell. Tejada moves into 58th place on the all time list, ties with Melvin Mora and Dan Brouthers.
Brandon Inge got hit for the 11th time this season and 53rd time in his career, but it was also the 4th time he's been hit by Jose Contreras. Contreras is the all time leader in plunking Brandon Inge, and Inge is the all time leader in getting plunked by Contreras. The White Sox plunked 3 Detroit batters in that game at Comerica park - Inge, Placido Polanco and Ramon Santiago. Those three batters also happen to be the top 3 HBP leaders in Comerica park history.
Joba Chamberlain took the 2009 season lead for hitting batters, throwing his 11th plunk of the season.
Labels: HBPs of note
posted by pbr @ 7/25/2009 07:40:00 AM
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