“Swing hard.
Drop a bunt.
Run as fast as you can.
You won’t catch me.
I’m the Venezuela Man.”
The Top Ten MLB Hitters for Batting Average, July 1o, 2017
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 334 | 62 | 116 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 50 | 18 | 4 | 37 | 46 | .347 | .417 | .551 | .968 |
| 2 | Daniel Murphy | WSH | 325 | 57 | 111 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 33 | .342 | .393 | .572 | .966 |
| 3 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 328 | 62 | 109 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 42 | .332 | .388 | .601 | .988 |
| 4 | Ryan Zimmerman | WSH | 297 | 52 | 98 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 62 | .330 | .373 | .596 | .969 |
| 5 | Aaron Judge | NYY | 301 | 75 | 99 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 109 | .329 | .448 | .691 | 1.139 |
| 6 | Carlos Correa | HOU | 317 | 62 | 103 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 68 | .325 | .402 | .577 | .979 |
| 7 | Bryce Harper | WSH | 305 | 69 | 99 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 69 | .325 | .431 | .590 | 1.021 |
| 8 | Buster Posey | SF | 275 | 36 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 33 | .324 | .406 | .498 | .904 |
| 9 | Ben Gamel | SEA | 254 | 42 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 68 | .323 | .379 | .449 | .828 |
| 10 | Charlie Blackmon | COL | 367 | 72 | 117 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 61 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 81 | .319 | .372 | .583 | .955 |
The Top Six Astros for Batting Average at the ASG Break
(All Stars in Bold Type)
| PLAYER | BA | HR | RBI | OBP |
| Jose Altuve | .347 | 13 | 50 | .417 |
| Carlos Correa | .325 | 20 | 65 | .402 |
| Josh Reddick | .313 | 09 | 41 | .365 |
| G. Springer | .310 | 27 | 61 | .380 |
| M. Gonzalez | .308 | 16 | 53 | .391 |
| Yulie Gurriel | .297 | 11 | 44 | .321 |
Enjoy tonight’s 2017 All Star Game from Miami this Tuesday, July 11th. This great season will resume regular season play on Friday, July 14th, with our Houston Astros entertaining the Minnesota twins for the first of a three game weekend series at Minute Maid Park.
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Bill McCurdy
Principal Writer, Editor, Publisher
The Pecan Park Eagle
The Pecan Park Eagle 
July 11, 2017 at 4:12 am |
Yes way, Jose!
July 11, 2017 at 4:24 am |
This question was posed on SABR-L today:
>>In yesterday”s starting line-up of the Washington Nationals 87th game of the season, there were 6 players hitting .300 or better. When was the last time this has occurred?<>I can’t say exactly when it last happened, but it may happen again in the next few days. As recently as last Friday, July 7th, the lineup of the Houston Astros looked like this:
George Springer- .307; Jose Altuve- .342; Josh Reddick- .314; Carlos Correa- .320; Marwin Gonzales- .313
Yuli Gurriel had a rare rest for that game so he didn’t get into the line-up. But as of the all-star break, Gurriel is at .297, and he’s rather hot. And Evan Gattis currently is at .284.<<
Mark Wernick
Larry Dierker Chapter
July 11, 2017 at 12:24 pm |
I am most happy we are talking about .300 hitters since there is a faction of “new stats” folks that have always tried to sell a point that batting average and strikeouts for hitters are not important. How well the Astros are doing WITH .300 hitters and far fewer strikeouts seems to counter that argument. While it is true that “when” a player gets his hits may be most important, .300 hitters get more hits and have a better chance of getting some in those “important” spots. And batters who hit the ball more frequently are in the same boat. Strikeouts do nothing positive except keeping the occasional hitter from hitting into double plays.
The very best hitters can do both. The Astros have a good number of them now.