Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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Q: While the starting pitching needs to be addressed, the biggest flaw in the team is the lack of hitting with runners on base. Ichiro, Sexson and Beltre were abysmal at this especially during the July/August swoon. Sexson claiming he is proud of hitting well when they were out of contention is a bit scary. Is there a site where statistics like batting average with men on base or BA with runners in scoring position is compiled? I would be interested to see where our big three stand there. – iqbal70
There is a website that does that. Go to ESPN.com, call up the player's card, go to the splits option, then go to more splits and scroll down, way down. It's a pain to get to but you can get there. I'll save you some work and post Sexson, Beltre and Ichiro. Here you go:
PLAYER..............MEN ON BASE................IN SCORING POS.
Sexson.............. .273, 16 HR, 89 RBI..... .261, 12 HR, 76 RBI
Beltre.............. .271, 10 HR, 74 RBI..... .256, 6 HR, 62 RBI
Ichiro.............. .290, 4 HR, 44 RBI..... .228, 2 HR, 40 RBINote: Ichiro's numbers don't look so good but consider he's a leadoff hitter who had just 49 RBI on the season. His average when leading off an inning is .354, which ain't too shabby.
