FACTS/FLUKES: Pedroia, Parker, Peavy, A. Cabrera, Martin
Mar 9 2014
A healthy start for Pedroia ... Dustin Pedroia's (2B, BOS) thumb won the honor of most-discussed appendage of 2013, as he injured it on Opening Day but played out the season in pain. Predictably, it sapped his power, as he finished with just 9 HR—his fewest since 2007. Now that Pedroia's thumb is supposedly fully healed, can we expect a return to vintage form?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% h% G/L/F HR PX hr/f SB Spd SBO ==== === ==== ==== === === == ======== == === ==== == === === 2009 626 .296 .295 11 93 30 39/20/41 15 93 6% 20 110 14% 2010 302 .288 .310 11 87 30 39/22/39 12 131 11% 9 98 11% 2011 635 .307 .288 12 87 33 48/19/33 21 106 11% 26 116 15% 2012 ...
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