Word: rbis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even by the standards of his high school, whichhas sent 29 players to the Major Leagues, Lopezstands out. In his senior year, he scored fivehome runs and 44 RBIs, turning in a .415 battingaverage...
...fair, the young are always impatient with the old, and Ripken had passed the prime of his career before I seriously began to root for the Orioles in 1988. For the first ten years of his career he averaged 25 home runs and 90 RBIs, remarkable offensive numbers for his generally weak-hitting position...
...game itself (whisper the statistics 755, 56 or 61 softly enough to their real fans, and eyes will glisten) are in danger of changing. Cal Ripken Jr. sets a new record for consecutive games every time he steps onto the field. Juan Gonzalez may beat the record for RBIs that Hack Wilson set in 1930. The Yankees threaten to win more games this year than the 1906 Cubs, who won 116. Rookie pitcher Kerry Wood tied the record of 20 strikeouts in a game--and did it at age 20. The most famous mark in sports, Roger Maris' single-season...
...already hit more than 300 homers; only three players in history have done it at a younger age. During one stretch in 1993, he homered in eight consecutive games, tying the major league record. Last season, after hitting .304, leading the American League in runs and RBIs, socking 56 home runs and winning an eighth straight Gold Glove, he was unanimously voted the league's most valuable player. "When you look at what Junior's done and the skills he possesses," says his manager, Lou Piniella, "you have to say that in this era he's as good as anyone...
These starters must be especially careful with Princeton freshman Max Krance. The rightfielder was named the Ivy Rookie of the Week last week and led the Tigers in batting at .418 entering last weekend's games. Krance has notched 21 runs and 21 RBIs...