Year Age Tm Lg G PA WAR
2006 21 NYY AL 130 524 2.7
2007 22 NYY AL 150 612 1.3
2008 23 NYY AL 129 453 0.2
2009 24 NYY AL 154 540 0.9
2010 25 ATL NL 147 509 -0.5
2011 26 KCR AL 155 706 4.1
2012 27 SFG NL 33 149 1.5
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Generated 5/13/2012.
I like the way this is trending. Melky doesn't walk a lot, and doesn't really look to walk, but he does try to get a good pitch to hit and he tries to hit it hard. He seems to square up a lot of balls and gets hits with grounders as well as line drives. He has stretches of bad luck where those balls don't drop for hits, but his approach seems really consistent and he gets a lot of good swings. Let's hope he keeps that up all season long. And speaking of that, let's hope Barry Zito keeps this thing going on all season as well. It ain't pretty, and it is damn agonizing to watch, but outs are outs and the lefty seems to get them with more frequency these days. Ah, .500, it's a good place to be.
GO GIANTS!
--M.C.
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The main thing I look for when I check the box score is who got multiple hits. That's the easiest way to know who had a good game. I still like old-school stats and I think one that no one can argue with is 200 total hits per season is a fine accomplishment.
At his current pace Melky will get 233 hits. The SF Giant record is 208 by Mays in '58.
In 58 Mays did it in a season that was 154 games. I would be happy if Melky would beat it, and beat it by a wide margin. It is unlikely however. Zito still looks on the verge of getting bombed at any time. Like Lincecum, he can have a guy with two strikes and fail to make a good pitch. Then the next batter comes up and the first pitch is a beauty. It suggests to me that both guys have mental issues when the pitch, and cannot execute the pitch they need to throw when the need to throw it. I think part of Zito's success is coming from the same success the few lefty soft tossing curve balling vets are exhibiting. I think part of their success is because there are fewer of them around for batters to see.
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