It continued across Sandford Boulevard ( Sixth Street ) where there is no longer a road, and curved east and southeast around the hill, hitting Sandford Boulevard-Colonial Avenue at the Hutchinson River Parkway interchange.

Galloping inflation continued to plague the country, hitting a record high in 1987 at 159. 2 %.

" The match continued in a contentious fashion, culminating in Ballesteros unusually contesting whether Azinger took a proper drop after hitting into the water on the 18th hole.

In 2003, the 38-year-old Santiago continued to perform well, hitting fifth in the batting order behind Barry Bonds, he appeared in 108 games while posting a. 279 batting average with 56 runs batted in.

They had been fighting verbally before the show and continued to fight on-stage with Rascón hitting Fafara in the head with the headstock of his guitar.

Canseco continued to be productive, hitting 44 home runs in, but his career hit a plateau, and in the face of frequent injuries and controversy he never accomplished what many felt he was capable of.

He continued to flourish in the National League, hitting. 278 /. 396 /. 474 for San Diego in 1991.

This rivalry continued for several weeks and saw Mysterio defeating Booker's court member William Regal on an episode of SmackDown !, moments before attacking the challenger and hitting him with a 619 around the steel post.

He continued his trend of hitting for more power with 16 homers.

Killebrew continued his hitting prowess for the Twins upon his return, and at one point led them on a six-game winning streak.

The Yomiuri Giants cleanup consisting of Sadaharu Oh batting third, and Nagashima batting fourth, were nicknamed the ON Hou, ( translated to: Oh-Nagashima Cannon ) as Nagashima continued his hitting prowess, and Oh emerged as the best hitter in the league.

Boycott, after much thought, continued as a player at Yorkshire, scoring 1, 941 runs at 61. 70 in 1979, hitting six hundreds to pass Len Hutton's record of 129 first-class centuries.

He continued to shine in their farm system as a left-handed hitting third baseman who hit towering home runs.

Bowls may well be an older game than cricket and it is possible ( although unlikely ) that cricket was derived from bowls by the intervention of a batsman trying to stop the ball reaching its target by hitting it away, though bowling per se continued as in bowls.

He continued to improve offensively in 1963, hitting. 302 and scoring a career-high 112 runs, third most in the NL ; he also had career bests in doubles ( 34 ), triples ( 9 ) and stolen bases ( 17 ) and collected 200 hits in an NL-leading 662 at bats.

Pendleton continued to produce extra base hits during the 1993 Atlanta Braves season, hitting 17 home runs and 33 doubles.

On July 2 he hit two home runs in one inning, tying Ken Williams ' major league record set in 1922, but his hitting slump continued.

In 1937, Gordon was moved to the Newark Bears, another AA team in the International League and continued to excel, hitting. 280 with 26 homeruns.

His offensive statistics continued to improve, hitting 21 home runs with 100 runs batted in and finished second to Rico Carty in the National League batting championship with a. 325 batting average.

During the 1990s, Fielder built a reputation for clutch hitting and power, though the Tigers continued to be no better than mediocre.

In 2000, he continued his improvement in offensive numbers, hitting double digits in home runs for the first, and so far only, time in his career ( 11 ), while hitting for an average of. 317 after a midseason trade to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Felsch continued his good hitting and fielding in 1919.

Hamilton continued his trend-setting ways over the following six years, averaging 146 runs and 92 stolen bases a season while hitting as high as. 404 in 1894.

Though Schmidt had just a career. 191 post-season batting average with no home runs and five RBIs, his bat came alive in the World Series, hitting two homers and driving in seven runs against the Kansas City Royals to earn him the World Series MVP Award.

Gaetti helped propel the Twins to the post-season and their first World Series championship, hitting. 257 with 31 home runs and 109 RBI.

On October 2, 2008, former Durham Bull, rookie Evan Longoria, joined Gaetti in the record books by hitting homeruns in his first two post-season at-bats.

After hitting four home runs in the post-season for Birmingham, Maxwell was called up to the big leagues for the last week of the 1950 season.

* From 1956 – 58, Bauer set a World Series hitting streak record of 17 games in a row, which was later matched as a post-season batting record by Derek Jeter, also of the Yankees.

In the 1996 American League Division Series against the New York Yankees, Tettleton struggled in the only post-season appearance of his career, striking out seven times and hitting for just an. 083 batting average as, the Rangers lost the series in four games.

After hitting. 309 with 20 homeruns in 86 games at AAA Edmonton, Cuddyer would be called back up with the Twins for the 2002 stretch drive and would be named to the post-season roster where he would hit over. 300 against the Oakland A's and the Anaheim Angels.

Known for his hitting brilliance, Ruth set career records for home runs ( 714 ), slugging percentage (. 690 ), runs batted in ( RBI ) ( 2, 217 ), and on-base plus slugging ( OPS ) ( 1. 164 ).

From there, they went on to defeat the power-laden New York Yankees in a seven-game Series, during which Clemente batted. 310, hitting safely at least once in every game ( exactly one half of a streak which would be completed much more resoundingly eleven years later in The Great One's signature Series, i. e. the Pirates ' 1971, come-from-behind, seven-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles ).

During the 1960s, Clemente batted over. 300 in every year except 1968, when, thanks to yet another freak off-season injury ( à la 1965 ), he got off to the worst start of his major league career, hitting just. 245 by the All-Star break, and doing well just to reach. 291 by season's end.

Despite hitting 36 home runs with 119 RBIs, Sosa batted just. 251.

Williams ended up hitting. 327 with 31 home runs and 145 RBIs, leading the league in the latter category, the first rookie to lead the league in runs batted in.

In the 1941 All-Star Game, Williams batted fourth behind Joe DiMaggio, who at that time had broken the consecutive hitting streak record and already had a 48-consecutive-game hitting streak by the All-Star break.

On his first game back, Williams hit a home run, and he batted. 356 in 320 at bats on the season, lacking enough at bats to win the batting title over Al Kaline, who batted. 340 in 1955, while hitting 28 home runs and driving in 83 runs, while being named the " Comeback Player of the Year ".

Mantle led the league in runs and walks, and batted a career-high. 365 ( second in the league to Ted Williams '. 388 ), and hitting into a league-low five double plays.

Employing a distinctive batting stance with a high leg kick, Strawberry rose through the Mets system and reached the major league level in 1983, posting 26 home runs, 7 triples, and 74 runs batted in, while hitting for a. 257 average.

After hitting 28 home runs and bringing in 99 runs batted in a successful first year for the Dodgers, injuries and personal problems kept him sidelined for much of the next two seasons, hitting five home runs in each season.

His hitting exploits benefited from the fact that, for most of his career, he batted third in the Giants ' lineup, with another very dangerous hitter, Shigeo Nagashima, batting fourth ; the two players forming the feared " O-N Cannon ".

He was also noted for his skills with a bat, hitting five home runs, recording 110 runs batted in, and sporting a lifetime. 268 batting average — an unusually high mark for a pitcher.

Traynor became the Pirates regular third baseman in 1922, hitting for a. 282 batting average with 81 runs batted in.

The Pirates won the pennant again in 1927 with Traynor hitting. 342 with five home runs and 106 runs batted in, but they would lose to the New York Yankees in the 1927 World Series.

Traynor hit. 337 and produced a career-high 124 runs batted in during the 1928 season despite hitting only 3 home runs and, finished in sixth place in the National League Most Valuable Player Award balloting.

His best season was 1936, when he batted. 388, knocked in 124 runs ( his only 100-RBI season ), scored 111 times, recorded 204 hits, and had a team-record 27-game hitting streak.

With the Reds from 1917 to 1926, the left-handed hitting Roush never batted below. 321, and was an instrumental part of the team's World Series championship in 1919.

Ault finished his rookie season hitting. 245 with 11 home runs and 64 runs batted in ( RBI ) in 129 games.

In 1949 Snider came into his own, hitting 23 home runs with 92 runs batted in, helping the Dodgers into the World Series.

He had his breakthrough year after Johnny Keane took over as manager in 1961: He batted. 322 and followed by hitting. 296 in 1962 with 12 home runs.