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Abbott graduated from Flint Central High School and grew up in the East Village area of Flint, Michigan. While with the University of Michigan, he won the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's best amateur athlete in 1987 and won a gold medal in the demonstration event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was drafted in the first round of the 1988 MLB draft and reached the major leagues the next year.
What stood out about this home run is that Rendon — a right-handed hitter — hit it while batting left-handed. Yes, the Angels have made the right field well a little more home run friendly by moving the yellow line down. But while the entire wall no longer has to be cleared for a home run to count, Rendon did it anyway. As in the case of most major league records, a minor leaguer has surpassed Thevenow's streak.
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John O'Neil set an Organized Baseball record with a streak of 4635 from June 12, 1942, to the end of his career. His streak included 4541 at bats in the minors plus 94 for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1946. And finally, there is Don Sutton, the hard-luck hurler for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Sabo was the 1988 NL Rookie of the Year and a three-time All-Star for the Reds. His finest year was helping Cincinnati win the '90 World Series, when he led the club with 25 home runs and 91 runs while driving in 71. He batted .563 with two homers in the ’90 World Series, a four-game sweep of the heavily favored A's. We’re not saying that Tatis Jr.’s swinging through a take sign in a 10-3 game was wrong. We defended it at the time, even when his own manager tucked his tail between his legs and apologized.
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As a member of the Yankees, he threw a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993. He retired with a career record of 87 wins and 108 losses, along with a 4.25 earned run average. Lloyd was in the left field stands when Reds pitcher Mike Leake hit a shot which was then followed by Reds shortstop Zack Cozart. Both balls made their way to Lloyd who caught the first one barehanded.
The Home Run Average used on the list is defined as the average number of home runs that a player would hit in a season with 600 at bats. The infrequent home run hitter has always been with us. No left-handed shortstop has ever hit as many home runs in a season as Corey Seager in 2022. Over 62 games in his rookie campaign, Cruz has now hit 13 home runs and 39 RBI, stolen six bases, and is hitting .213 with a .706 OPS. Tuesday night, the 6-foot-7 shortstop crushed a two-run home run into the Allegheny River on a one-handed swing, off New York Mets pitcher Tommy Hunter. Prior to Rendon's home run as a lefty, only two other non-switch-hitters had tallied a home run from the "wrong" side of the plate.
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He was drafted in the 36th round by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign, instead enrolling at the University of Michigan. The latest player to pass the 2000 at bat mark is Jerry Remy. With 592 at bats for the 1983 season, Jerry upped his streak to 2188. Remy was quite a slugger during his first four seasons in the majors, blasting seven homers. The video of the incident shows that as Frazier swings at the pitch his hands are seen slipping off the bat before the ball is hit. Moyer, fearing a broken bat was headed his way, jumped off the mound.
That season, he posted a 12–12 win–loss record with an earned run average of 3.92, and finished fifth in the year's American League Rookie of the Year Award voting. Donie Bush had six homerless seasons with at least 500 at bats, including four consecutive seasons from 1916 thru 1919. Ironically, Bush never led the majors in the category Most AB, no HR. On the other hand, Doe Cramer had five homerless seasons with 500+ at bats and each one was good enough to lead the majors. Like Bush, Cramer put together four consecutive seasons, 1936 thru 1939. Maury Wills is the only other player with five homerless seasons with 500+ at bats.
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In 1987, he won the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States, becoming the first baseball player to win the award. He was the flag-bearer for the United States at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, helping lead the US to a second-place finish. Baseball was a demonstration sport in the 1988 Summer Olympics; he pitched the final game, winning an unofficial gold medal for the United States. Abbott was voted the Big Ten Athlete of the Year in 1988.
Making just the 11th start of his big league career, Los Angeles pitcher Reid Detmers threw a no-hitter. That, combined with an established right-handed hitter deciding to take an at-bat left-handed and hitting a home run in said at-bat means that we won’t be forgetting this game any time soon. As mentioned previously, Donie Bush and Doc Cramer each put together four consecutive homerless seasons. This enabled them to compile long at bat streaks without a homer.
But the hypocrisy of baseball's "unwritten rules," and the incosistency with which they're applied, is mind-numbing. Playing the game hard to the best of your abilities or flipping your proverbial hat backwards, stepping to the other side of the plate, and treating your opponent like a chew toy? To be clear we don't have a problem with either, but the answer to that question is not a stumper. He was picked up by the Ypsilanti, Michigan, American Legion team and went on to win the championship. He graduated from Flint Central High School in Michigan where he was a stand-out pitcher and quarterback. He played for the Grossi Baseball Club during the summer in the Connie Mack leagues of Michigan.
Stathead said he hit 49 home runs as a left-handed hitter from 2003 to 2012. In the offseason, the Angels attempted to trim payroll and traded Abbott to the New York Yankees for their top minor league prospect first baseman J.T. He had an up and down year for the Yankees but on September 4, 1993, Abbott pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. On November 26 in the same year, he appeared as himself on the TV series Boy Meets World in the episode "Class Pre-Union".
Up 8-0 in the bottom of eighth with Rays outfielder Brett Phillips filling in on the mound , Rendon decided to hit lefty just for yucks. Rendon had never switch hit in the MLB before but he turned on the second pitch he saw and cranked one. Trosky's grandson, Mike Trosky, told The Gazette that during the 1933 season, Trosky flipped around to hit right-handed after seeing the Green Monster in left field. But Rendon's homer was opposite-handed, not a switch-hit. But that home run did put Rendon in exclusive company among hitters that have launched a ball over the fence batting from the wrong side of the plate. One 54.2 mph pitch dipped just below the zone, but right into the left-handed bat of Rendon, who launched the ball 101 mph and 411 feet to right field for a home run.
"The first one I actually barehanded … It hit my hand and I didn't expect to actually catch it ... it hurt really bad," Lloyd told Cincinatti.com. During a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves back on May 21, a fan was in the right place at the right time to pluck two home run balls for himself. That's some one-handed power that will make dad proud and catch the attention of scouts everywhere.
This was a cool moment and we should try to enjoy it as such. Let’s just remember that the next time some good baseball thing happens. Cruz's eighth-inning home run gave the Pirates an 8-2 lead over the Mets, and the Buccos would hang on to win and raise the jolly roger. Cruz's stat-line may suggest otherwise, but the 22-year-old is just beginning to scratch the surface of his potential. He would be on pace to hit 33 home runs and 103 RBI over a full 162-game season.
We’re willing to bet that number is one and that one is Anthony Rendon. No matter what the scoreboard said at the time, that means something. The angels were most definitely in the outfield in Anaheim on Tuesday night. 22-year-old rookie Reid Detmers threw the season’s first solo no-hitter as the Fightin' Halos cruised to a 12-0 victory over the Rays. The first to do it, according to Stathead, was Hal Trosky.
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