Plunk Everyone

HBPs of note: August 12, 2009

Derek Jeter collected his 142nd career HBP yesterday, tying him with Nelly Fox for 22nd place on the all-time list, and extending his Yankees career record total, as well as his guys-born-in-New-Jersey career record. He left the game with a bruised foot, which probably just means he wanted to celebrate instead of playing the rest of the game. Alex Rodriguez stayed until the end of the game, and in the 11th inning he got hit by his 148th pitch. That plunk put him on base to score the winning run. Rodriguez is 20th on the all-time list, but he's in 2nd place among batters born in New York (137 plunks behind that record), and in 2nd place among batters born under the astrological sign Leo (35 plunks away from 1st). He's the 5th most plunked Yankee of all time.

Gary Sheffield got plunked for the 135th time in his career, extending his lead over David Eckstein to 2 plunks in the category of plunks by batters born in Florida.

Jamey Wright threw his 133rd career hit batter, and Jeff Weaver hit number 121 in his career.

Elvis Andrus got hit for the 5th time in his career, making him the first batter born in 1988 to reach that total. He's tied for the rookie lead, and has 5 of the 8 plunks recorded by batters born in Craig Biggio's rookie year.

Houston rookie Bud Norris got hit for the 1st time in his career, but that plunk was the 999th in Land Shark Stadium history.

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