Can Brewers end 2013 season with four batters over .300?
Jean Segura (Photo credit: Steve Paluch)
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Through games of June 12, the Milwaukee Brewers have four players who are hitting .300 or better: Jean Segura (.339), Carlos Gomez (.326), Ryan Braun (.304) and Nori Aoki (.303).
If these four (or if any combination of four Brewers) finish the season at .300 or better and have the number of plate appearances required to qualify for the batting title, it would represent the fourth time in team history that they had four hitters end the season at .300 or above.
Here’s a look at the other three seasons:
1978:Paul Molitor (.322), Sixto Lezcano (.321), Cecil Cooper (.308) and Charlie Moore (.300)
1996: Dave Nilsson (.331), Jeff Cirillo (.325), Kevin Seitzer (.316) and John Jaha (.300)
1999: Jeff Cirillo (.326), Geoff Jenkins (.313), Dave Nilsson (.309) and Alex Ochoa (.300)
So what’s your thought? Will the Brewers end the season with four (or more) .300 hitters in 2013.
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99 Stats Until Kickoff: (#15) Six Stats you might not know about overtime TDs
From May 30 and every day until September 5… the start of the 2013 NFL season… Sports Stats ‘on Tapp’ will publish “99 Stats Until Kickoff” a daily dose of NFL stats that will get you ready for the 2013 NFL season.)
LaDainian Tomlinson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
There have been 123 overtime touchdowns scored in NFL regular season games. In the 2012 season, there were four OT games in the regular season. Here’s a look at some of the numbers behind OT TDs!
1. LaDainian Tomlinson scored three overtime TDs in his career, tops in the NFL. Seven players have scored two overtime TDs: Michael Timpson, Jimmy Smith, John Jefferson, Santonio Holmes, Travis Henry, Mike Brown and Jerome Bettis.
2. Drew Bledsoe has thrown the most overtime TD passes, four. Terry Bradshaw is one behind Bledsoe with three. Five QBs have thrown two OT TD passes: Mark Brunell, Brett Favre, Dan Fouts, Warren Moon and Brian Sipe.
3. Of the 123 game-winning TDs in overtime, 63 have been scored by the home team, 60 by the visitors.
4. Tamarick Vanover is the youngest player to score an overtime touchdown. He scored on a punt return for Kansas City in a game in 1995. He was 21 years old. The oldest? Jimmy Smith scored an overtime touchdown for Jacksonville in 2005 at the age of 36. The youngest QB to throw a TD pass in overtime? Bledsoe at the age of 21. The oldest? Moon at the age of 38.
5. Sixty-one of the 123 overtime TDs have been passing scores. There have been 33 rushing touchdowns in OT. There have been 18 OT TDs scored via interception return for TD. All four of the OT touchdowns scored in the 2012 regular season were via pass plays.
6. Where have the touchdowns in overtime been scored from on the field?
50 yards or more: 34
40-49 yards: 12
30-39 yards: 22
20-29 yards: 19
10-19 yards: 16
Under 10 yards: 20
Bonus: There have been nine touchdowns scored in overtime in NFL playoff games. Four scored via pass, three by a run, one on an interception, and one on a fumble recovery. Five of the nine TDs were scored by the home team. Of the nine TDs, three were scored from 50 yards or more; two were scored from 20 to 49 yards; four were scored from under 20 yards out.
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