blogs.tampabay.com - 6/19/2009
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INF Ben Zobrist – yes, Ben Zobrist - is now leading the AL with a 1.080 OPS and a .665 slugging pct. After hitting five times Thursday, Zobrist had enough plate appearances (3.1 per team game) to qualify for the leaderboard, and immediately went to the top, trailing only Albert Pujols for the ...
www2.tbo.com - 6/21/2009
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MARC LANCASTER | The Tampa Tribune Published: June
20, 2009 NEW YORK - The Rays had a...
position player who wasn't even on the All-Star ballot make the Midsummer Classic last season, as Evan Longoria made it to Yankee Stadium by acclimation based on his ...
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Zobrist could be a real star
minorleagueball.com - 6/20/2009
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More photos » by Mark Duncan - AP
22 days ago: Tampa Bay Rays' Ben Zobrist doubles...
off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Zach Jackson to drive in a ...
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Prospect Retro: Ben Zobrist
mvn.com - 6/24/2009
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Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports has his coulmn
up today with an interesting question about Rays current...
second baseman Ben Zobrist, who has filled in for Akinori Iwamura at second. The question by Rosenthal is this: Is Zobrist a more valuable super utility than as a regular starter in on fixed ...
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Zobrist Worth More As A Super Utility Player?
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Zobrist tops AL Leaderboard
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Meet the AL leader in OPS ... Ben Zobrist?!
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Ben Zobrist became eligible for the league leaderboards after batting five times last night and immediately took over the AL lead in both slugging percentage and OPS. Seriously. Ben Zobrist. No, really. He's hitting .307/.415/.665 with 14 homers, 14 doubles, 33 walks, 39 runs, and 41 RBIs in 212 plate appearances, which is basically a 50-homer, 100-walk, 125-RBI pace over the course of a full season of everyday playing time. Zobrist was an on-base machine in the minors, hitting .318 with a fantastic .418 OBP thanks to averaging 90 walks per 600 plate appearances, but had ...
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fangraphs.com 6/1/2009 — Season Team G AB PA H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB SO HBP SF SH GDP SB CS AVG Total Postseason - - - - - - 197 7 626 11 707 13 151 1 86 1 31 0 7 0 27 0 79 0 92 0 67 2 5 0 114 0 3 0 7 0 4 0 8 0 13 0 5 0 .241 .091 2006 Astros (AA) 83 315 381 103 69 25 6 3 ...
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