Although he hit but 61 home runs over the next four years ( 1971 through 1974 ) as the Red Sox finished second twice and third twice, he finished in the top 10 in batting, and top three in on base percentage and walks in 1973 and 1974, and led the league in runs scored in 1974.

Although he played in a career high 154 games, he often struggled at the plate, achieving an OPS ( on-base plus slugging ) of. 763 and a batting average of just. 250,. 039 lower than in 2002.

Although Mendoza finished his career with a batting average of. 215, the Mendoza Line is almost universally accepted as being at. 200, as this was the average Mendoza flirted with all that year.

Although Hobbs had rarely opened the batting, when Hayward captained Surrey in their opening game of the season — the regular, amateur Surrey captain was absent — he selected Hobbs and used him as an opening batsman.

Although Rhodes was in the team, he did not open the batting owing to his poor form, and Hobbs opened with Septimus Kinneir.

Although he would not win another batting title after 1988 ( his batting title that year broke Bill Madlock's Major League record of four by a third baseman ), he regularly appeared among the league leaders in hitting.

Although adept in all aspects of batting, he was especially noted as a strong player on the on side ( or leg side ) of the wicket.

Although he maintained a solid batting average as a Red, his offensive production decreased.

Although he had a. 310 lifetime batting average, Appling only hit 45 home runs in 20 seasons.

Although Skowron floundered against National League pitching, batting just. 203 in 237 at bats with four home runs, he stunned his former team in the 1963 World Series, as he led the Dodgers with a. 385 average and a home run, as Los Angeles swept New York in four straight games.

Although he was booed by fans for his low batting average (. 218 ), he placed second in the AL with 36 home runs, and seventh with 107 RBI.

Although he remained a key batsman for Gloucestershire, both his aggregate and average fell, at least partly due to wet weather that often led to difficult batting conditions.

Although there are many rules to baseball, in general the team playing offense tries to score runs by batting balls into the field that enable runners to make a complete circuit of the four bases.

Although his power numbers were down, with only 12 home runs all season, he posted his best career batting average (. 330, good for fourth best in the American League ) and had his fourth career 100 RBI season ( 103 ).

Although he hit for a. 313 batting average with 1 home run, the Yankees went on to win the series in a four-game sweep.

Although he hit for an average of. 331 his first season as a Tiger, his power numbers there were not spectacular, and his batting average as a member of the Tigers decreased considerably over the next four seasons.

Although his batting statistics declined that year (. 248 batting average ), his. 956 fielding percentage, 328 putouts and 412 assists each ranked second among National League second basemen.

Although a two-time All-Star in the American Negro leagues, Dihigo's greatest season came in the Mexican League in, where he went 18-2 with a 0. 90 ERA as a pitcher, while winning the batting title with a. 387 average.

Although more than capable of playing in the majors, he never got the call to the big leagues, instead spending the last years of his career as the premier player in Triple-A baseball, batting. 362 and leading all American Association third basemen in fielding percentage in 1949.

Although he started the season slowly, he stepped up his play in the final months of 2005 and finished with a. 271 batting average and a then-career high 15 home runs and 59 RBIs in 106 games.

Although his batting technique was excellent, he received criticism from those who saw him bat as they believed him to be too cautious.

Although he struck out often like many sluggers, reaching the century mark in strikeouts in five seasons, he received more than his share of walks and despite a mediocre career. 255 batting average, Allison finished with a lifetime on-base percentage ( OBP ) of. 358 and he finished in the top 10 in OBP in four seasons.

Although most extant species of Asteraceae are herbaceous, the examination of the basal members in the family suggests that the common ancestor of the family was an arborescent plant, a tree or shrub, perhaps adapted to dry conditions, radiating from South America.

Although single genes have little effect on complex traits and interact heavily both between themselves and with the external factors, research is underway to unravel possible molecular mechanisms underlying anxiety and comorbid conditions.

Although ataxia is not present with all cerebellar lesions, many conditions affecting the cerebellum do produce ataxia.

Although the newly independent provinces formed a Federation, border disputes broke out among them, adding to the region's turbulent history and conditions.

Although metabolites of urea are nitrogen fertilizers, it is easy to over-fertilize with urine, or to utilize urine containing pharmaceutical ( or other ) content, creating too much ammonia for plants to absorb, acidic conditions, or other phytotoxicity.

Although less common, it may also present in patients with a history of chronic alcoholism or other conditions related to decreased liver function.

Although a lens can precisely focus at only one distance at a time, the decrease in sharpness is gradual on each side of the focused distance, so that within the DOF, the unsharpness is imperceptible under normal viewing conditions.

Although Equatorial Guinea lacks a well-established democratic tradition comparable to the developed democracies of the West, it has progressed toward developing a participatory political system out of the anarchic, chaotic, and repressive conditions of the Macias years.

Although not much is known about the original process, it is assumed that Leichleitner emeralds were grown in acid conditions.

Although signs of recovery have been seen in Grenada after the damage inflicted by Hurricanes Ivan and Emily, economic conditions remain difficult ; GDP is projected at a growth rate of only one percent for 2005.

Although the conditions were ripe for industrial unrest — Communist influence in the union movement was then at its peak, and the right-wing faction in Cabinet was openly agitating for a showdown with the unions — the combination of strong economic growth and Holt's enlightened approach to industrial relations saw the number of working hours lost to strikes fall dramatically, from over two million in 1949 to just 439, 000 in 1958.

Although government policies supporting large military and internal security forces and allocating resources to key supporters of the Ba ' ath Party government hurt the economy, implementation of the United Nations ' corruption-plagued oil-for-food program in December 1996 was to have improved conditions for the average Iraqi citizen.

Although both John and the barons agreed to the Magna Carta peace treaty in 1215, neither side complied with its conditions.

Although all chemical reactions are technically reversible, conditions in the cell are often such that it is thermodynamically more favorable for flux to flow in one direction of a reaction.

Although local meteorological conditions play a contributing role, rain usually falls when tropical air masses are dominant.

Although modern formulations differ by jurisdiction, the common law originally stated that the accident must satisfy the following conditions:

Although many settlements with fewer than 50, 000 inhabitants were satellite towns of Seoul or other large cities or mining communities in northeastern Kangwon Province, which would be considered urban in terms of the living conditions and occupations of the inhabitants, they still were officially classified as rural.

Although subsequently the conditions were removed, marked differences have since been observed in their coverage.

Although Termez lacks modern facilities and has a shortage of spare parts, activity there has increased as conditions in neighboring Afghanistan have stabilized.

Although Gropius and Meyer only designed the facade, the glass curtain walls of this building demonstrated both the modernist principle that form reflects function and Gropius's concern with providing healthful conditions for the working class.

Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved, there were two recorded fatalities: one from what was believed to be a heroin overdose and another caused in an accident when a tractor ran over an attendee sleeping in a nearby hayfield.

Although the fast is required of all healthy adults over 12 or 13, it is waived in the case of certain medical conditions.

Although there is an extreme scarcity of data from Australia ( for both the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age ) evidence from wave-built shingle terraces for a permanently full Lake Eyre during the 9th and 10th centuries is consistent with this La Niña-like configuration, though of itself inadequate to show how lake levels varied from year to year or what climatic conditions elsewhere in Australia were like.

Although slope gradient is the primary consideration in assigning a trail rating, other factors come into play — including trail width, normal snow conditions and whether or not the resort regularly grooms the trail.

Although the botulinum toxin is destroyed by thorough cooking over the course of a few minutes, the spore itself is not killed by the temperatures reached with normal sea-level-pressure boiling, leaving it free to grow and again produce the toxin when conditions are right.