Feldman throws 900th plunk in Arlington history
HBPs of note: September 14, 2009
Scott Feldman started the game for the Texas Rangers yesterday, facing the Oakland A's at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, but he might not have known going in that 899 batters had been hit by a pitch in that park's major league history. He made it threw 6 innings without adding to that total, but before the 7th inning, maybe someone told him about the impending milestone because he hit Daric Barton - making that the 900th HBP in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington history. He also hit Adam Kennedy a couple of batters later, just to make sure. Daric Barton's plunk was his first of the season, and also the first HBP recorded by a batter born in Vermont this year. Barton has been hit 5 times, but he's still 138 plunks behind Carlton Fisk for the Vermont record. Speaking of Carlton Fisk, the last time a batter born in Vermont was plunked by a pitcher born in Hawaii was August 31, 1981 when Milt Wilcox hit Carlton Fisk - until yesterday, when Feldman plunked Barton.
Kennedy's plunk was the 65th of his career.
Ryan Braun got his 12th plunk of the season yesterday, which leads National League left fielders, and leaves him one plunk away from doubling his career total in a single season - he'd been hit 13 times prior to 2009 (in 2 seasons). That means that was the 25th plunk of Braun's career.
Labels: HBPs of note
posted by pbr @ 9/15/2009 06:30:00 AM
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