Injuries to sluggers Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez, as well as starting pitchers Jake Westbrook and Fausto Carmona led to a poor start.

After being released from prison in 1917 Spanish rejoined Kaplan, as well as several other former Five Point Gang members, working as " labor sluggers ".

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Strawberry was one of the most feared sluggers in the game, known for his prodigious home runs and his intimidating presence in the batter's box with his 6-foot-6 frame and his long, looping swing that elicited comparisons to Ted Williams.

Since the 1950s the position has become more of a power position with sluggers such as Eddie Mathews, Mike Schmidt and Ron Santo becoming stars.

The Lions had a powerful lineup in this period, loaded with sluggers such as Kouji Akiyama, Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Orestes Destrade.

Recognized as the first great slugger in baseball history, and among the greatest sluggers of his era, he held the record for career home runs from to, with his final total of 106 tying for the fourth most of the 19th century.

Unlike most sluggers, Klein was a competent baserunner, topping the senior circuit in 1932 in stolen bases and coming in third in triples with 15.

In 1963, he was invited to spring training with the Twins and management hoped that the lefty Oliva would counterbalance their right-handed sluggers Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew.

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.

Indeed, baseball historian Bill Jenkinson ranks Allen with Foxx and Mantle, and just a notch below Babe Ruth, as the four top long distance sluggers ever to wield a baseball bat.

With saves-leader Yutaka Enatsu and starter Shigekuni Mashiba ( who went 15-0 over the season ) forming the heart of the pitching staff, the Fighters shined with offensive sluggers Tony Solaita, Junichi Kashiwabara, and Tommy Cruz.

Featuring four ( 4 ) pitchers with 20 or more wins ( Dave McNally — 21, Mike Cuellar — 20, Pat Dobson — 20, Jim Palmer — 20 ), the booming bats of sluggers Frank Robinson ( 28, 99,. 281 ) and Boog Powell ( 22, 92,. 256 ), and the sure hands of Brooks Robinson at third and Mark Belanger at short, the O ’ s were primed to defend their title, winning the last eleven games of the regular season.

While local governments sometimes aid sluggers by posting signs labeled with popular destinations for people to queue at, slugging is organized by its participants and no slug line has ever been created by the government.

One of the first true sluggers in Angels history, Wagner hit 91 home runs with 276 RBI in 442 games.

Government officials have become more aware of sluggers ' needs when planning changes that affect their behavior, and solicit their suggestions.

He has the seventh-highest slugging percentage lifetime of any ballplayer in major league history, at. 605, ahead of such sluggers as Mark McGwire and Joe DiMaggio.

Standing at 6 ' 2 and weighing 225 lbs, Albert was one of the leading sluggers of his time, and in 1995 became the first player to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season.

The spectacular Mays, who reaches a decade in the big leagues come May 25, joined six other sluggers who walloped four home runs in a span of nine innings.

He was one of the greatest sluggers of the dead-ball era and still holds the Major League's records for triples in a career ( 309 ) and inside-the-park home runs in a season ( 12 ).

Crawford proved to be one of the best sluggers in baseball in 1901, batting. 330 and hitting a major league leading 16 home runs.

In his next two games, he showed some of the power that would make him one of the most feared sluggers of his era, hitting a home run in his next game, and slugging two more a day later.

* Power hitters: power hitters, or sluggers, are batters who drive the ball, often hitting home runs and other extra-base hits, but tend to strike out more often than contact hitters.

Nicknamed " Ozark Ike " after the popular comic strip character, Zernial was one of the most feared sluggers in the 1950s, joining hall of famers Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Larry Doby in the American League for most home runs in the decade.

The Orioles were led by star sluggers Frank Robinson and Boog Powell, who each hit over 30 home runs and drove in over 100 runs ; third baseman Brooks Robinson, perhaps the best-fielding hot-corner player in baseball history ; and pitchers Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Jim Palmer, who combined for 63 victories.

Aikens soon emerged as one of the top sluggers in California's farm system, slugging a league leading thirty home runs and driving in 117 runs for the El Paso Diablos in.

One of the league's top sluggers of the early 1930s, in his initial season he hit 38 home runs, a record for rookies which stood until.

The river is also an inviting target for left-handed sluggers, several of whom have deposited baseballs into the water.

ILG locals used " Dopey " Benny Fein and his sluggers, who were more often hired by unions than employers although they were thugs for hire.

The distant fences were no problem for sluggers like Josh Gibson, Mickey Mantle and the Senators ' own youngster Harmon Killebrew.

The Flyers assembled a group of powerful sluggers over the next few years — among them: Isao Harimoto, Katsuo Osugi, Inchon Bek, and Shoichi Busujima — but on top of a declining movie industry and the " Black Mist " match-fixing scandal that rocked the professional baseball world in 1970 ( after which Flyers ace Toshiaki Moriyasu was banned from the game for life ), in 1971 Flyers owner Okawa died suddenly.

By the 1950s, the Reds were back to mediocrity, but they had some sluggers, including the muscle-bound Ted Kluszewski, who took full advantage of Crosley's cozy dimensions.

* November-Preparing to assault workers who had refused to strike, rival labor sluggers led by " Dopey " Benny Fein are met by a combined number of smaller gangs as street fighting breaks out in front of a Greenwich Street hat shop.

He put together a formidable collection of talent, including pitcher / outfielder Bullet Rogan, an eventual Hall of Famer who established himself as one of the most popular stars of the new league ; sluggers Dobie Moore, Heavy Johnson, George Carr, and Hurley McNair ; and pitchers Rube Currie and Cliff Bell.

During the offseason, the Marlins signed free agent catcher Iván Rodríguez-a 10-time Gold Glove Award winner-and acquired speedy outfielder Juan Pierre from the Colorado Rockies hoping to offset the loss of sluggers Cliff Floyd and Preston Wilson.

Greenberg is widely considered as one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history.

The stamp is one of a block of four honoring " baseball sluggers ", the others being Mickey Mantle, Mel Ott, and Roy Campanella.

The Astros run production was down, even though the same five sluggers the year before were still punching the ball out of the park.

They were led by pitchers Rick Reuschel ( 1989 National League All-Star Game Starter ) and Scott Garrelts ( the 1989 National League ERA champion ) and sluggers Kevin Mitchell ( the 1989 National League MVP ) and Will Clark.

These included notable ' 90s sluggers Jose Canseco, Iván Rodríguez, Juan González, and Rafael Palmeiro.

He famously used a lighter bat than most sluggers, because it generated a faster swing.

The stamp is one of a series of four honoring baseball sluggers, the others being Mel Ott, Roy Campanella, and Hank Greenberg.

The stamp is one of a block of four honoring baseball sluggers, the others being Mickey Mantle, Hank Greenberg, and Mel Ott.

Foxx was one of the three or four most feared sluggers of his era.

Tunney was a thinking fighter who preferred to make a boxing match into a game of chess, which was not popular during the times when such sluggers as Jack Dempsey, Harry Greb and Mickey Walker were commanding center stage.

The Iowa Oaks hosted many future Major League Baseball stars such as sluggers Bill McNulty, Harold Baines, Pat Tabler, and 1971 Cy Young and MVP Award winning left-handed pitcher Vida Blue.

After allowing a leadoff single to Mickey Stanley in the ninth inning, Gibson finished the game by striking out Tiger sluggers Al Kaline, Norm Cash and Willie Horton in succession.

Bichette was part of the " Blake Street Bombers " which also included sluggers Larry Walker, Andres Galarraga, and Vinny Castilla.