Brennan Boesch now eligible for the leader boards

by Kurt Mensching on Jul 12, 2010 12:34 PM EDT in Detroit Tigers News

Brennan Boesch checks the leaderboard to see if he's eligible yet. Good news, he is!

Brennan Boesch started the season a bit late, so he wasn't yet eligible for the leader boards. Until now.

So here's where one of our favorite rookies ranks among the American League leaders:

Average: 4th, .342
Slugging Average: 4th, .593
OPS: 4th, .990
wOBA: 4th, .426 (FYI: 5th in the MLB)
On-Base Percentage: 5th, .397
RBI: 24th, 49 (tied with all-star Nick Swisher)
HR: 28th, 12

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brennan rules.

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by allikazoo on Jul 12, 2010 12:38 PM EDT reply actions

Something about remorse, pity, fear

and not stopping until you are dead. Seems like a long time ago that I went with the Terminator reference, and he’s still…terminating.

by ChrisDTX on Jul 12, 2010 1:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

CyborgHanson48 just pooped his pants

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by rock n rye on Jul 12, 2010 1:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Is that what his eye looked like after he tried to catch a fly ball with his face during ST?

by CMonroe on Jul 12, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought we've already settled this

He was swept up in pre-World Cup fever and tried to head the ball back to the infield!

by ChrisDTX on Jul 12, 2010 3:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

FWIW he was already eligible with the counting stats

Now the rate stats are kosher.

by ChrisDTX on Jul 12, 2010 1:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Someone once asked me when Boesch would be eligible for the RBI and HR leaderboards

I didn’t really know how to respond to that one.

by Nick Galea on Jul 12, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions

You don't need any number of plate appearances or at bats to qualify for titles in cumulative stats.

The guy with the most home runs or RBI wins those “titles”. Pretty easy.
But to qualify for the Batting title, which is an average, a player needs 502 plate appearances (3.1 plate appearances for every game his team plays, to be exact). A pitcher needs 162 innings to qualify for the ERA title.

by Tigerdog1 on Jul 12, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I think that was his point.

by rcpratt on Jul 12, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah

but I threw the counting stats in for people who were curious about how the other two traditional stats stacked up with the league.

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by Kurt Mensching on Jul 12, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

ROY Boesch has a nice ring to it!

by Tigerdog1 on Jul 12, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions

I know 2-time Defending Rookie of the Month Brennan Boesch does.

by Robocop on Jul 12, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I wish Boesch was in the HR Derby

He’d put on a show.

by Stones1981 on Jul 12, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions

I'm kinda glad he's not, actually

by Tigerdog1 on Jul 12, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

At the game on Saturday...

…my brother, dad and I were walking towards the park down John R, and out of a big bus comes a swarm of about a dozen guys, all wearing navy Boesch t-shirt/jersey shirt dealies (what’s the name for those things, anyway?). Turns out they were part of a bachelor party and they wanted to all have matching shirts — they picked a good one! Regardless of the circumstances, though, it’s hilarious to see a huge group of people all wearing a shirt representing the same guy.

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by frisbeepilot on Jul 12, 2010 1:47 PM EDT reply actions