Checking In On Matt Kemp & The Triple Crown
by Eric Stephen on Sep 3, 2011 1:00 PM PDT
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As the Dodgers prepare to battle the Braves Saturday night in Atlanta, looking for their sixth straight win, let's take a look at how Matt Kemp stacks up in the National League triple crown categories. These are through Friday's games:
| Batting Average | Home Runs | RBI | |||||
| Jose Reyes | .333 | Albert Pujols | 34 | Prince Fielder | 105 | ||
| Ryan Braun | .332 | Matt Kemp | 31 | Ryan Howard | 104 | ||
| Joey Votto | .323 | Prince Fielder | 31 | Matt Kemp | 102 | ||
| Matt Kemp | .321 | Mike Stanton | 31 | Troy Tulowitzki | 96 | ||
| Daniel Murphy | .320 | Dan Uggla | 31 | Ryan Braun | 91 | ||
Just for fun, let's check in on runs scored and stolen bases, too:
| Runs | Stolen Bases | |||
| Ryan Braun | 93 | Michael Bourn | 49 | |
| Albert Pujols | 90 | Matt Kemp | 37 | |
| Joey Votto | 90 | Drew Stubbs | 36 | |
| Matt Kemp | 89 | Jose Reyes | 35 | |
| Justin Upton | 89 | Emilio Bonifacio | 33 | |
The last Dodger to lead the National League in...
- Batting average was Tommy Davis, at .326 in 1963
- Home runs was Adrian Beltre, with 48 in 2004
- RBI was Tommy Davis, with 153 in 1962
- Runs was Brett Butler, with 112 in 1991
These are the only Los Angeles Dodgers to lead the league in these categories. Davis led the NL in batting average in both 1962 and 1963. The last Dodger to lead the league in steals was Davey Lopes, with 63 thefts in 1976.
There have only been nine Dodgers since moving to Los Angeles with 100 runs and 100 RBI in the same season. The last was Jeff Kent, who had 100 runs and 105 RBI in 2005.
Game Time: 4:10 p.m.
TV: KCAL
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.277/.327/.384
Though it’s a bad line, who would have thought Loney would be this ‘good’ right now. Wow.
“If we hit that bull’s eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate”
by Ivdown on Sep 3, 2011 1:12 PM PDT reply actions
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Just for "run"...
Matt Kemp is having an awesome season. I hope this September is his best month of the season. If he goes nuts, similar to the way he finished off last season then he could have a good shot at leading most of these categories.
He hasn’t had a long slump this season which has kept him in the hunt for great numbers all season long. He’s produced despite not having protection similar to all the other HR and RBI leaders which makes it all the more impressive. I’d heard that a player gets into his prime around the age of 27 thru 32 so we should have high expectations of him. Now all he needs to do is re-sign with the club as soon as Frank sells for 1.2 bil.
"show me a hero and I'll show you a tragedy"
loneys season
any day is a good day to be a Dodgers, Eagles, Penguins, Clippers, Texas A&M fan! except when they lose
I was born the year Brett Favre started playing.... amazing
If you're a troll, bandwagoner, or NNAMDI iZ SO GREATZ-er fuck off or i will go apeshit on you
by henry-dekoeyer-eagle-fan on Sep 3, 2011 1:31 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
Isn’t looking so dismal
any day is a good day to be a Dodgers, Eagles, Penguins, Clippers, Texas A&M fan! except when they lose
I was born the year Brett Favre started playing.... amazing
If you're a troll, bandwagoner, or NNAMDI iZ SO GREATZ-er fuck off or i will go apeshit on you
by henry-dekoeyer-eagle-fan on Sep 3, 2011 1:32 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Lineup
Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers
#Dodgers lineup: Sellers SS, @jamesloney_7 1B, @TheRealMattKemp CF, Rivera RF, Mitchell 3B, Gwynn LF, Ellis C, Carroll 2B, Eovaldi P
M-m-m-m-mitchell!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
That's cool. I do like the D behind Eo today...
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
SSS but I like it.
Since June 16th 1999 when I saw my first game live the Dodgers are 1056-962. This was the game that Carlos Perez was pulled early and he then preceded to kill the water cooler with a baseball bat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8c1STrsCVA
Loney wore number 27 first....
Just looking at Baseball Reference and noticed Loney wore Kemp’s number 27 first back in 2006. Then Loney was sent down came back up and wore number 29 due to Kemp being called up and wearing number 27. Kemp has only ever wore number 27. Loney went to number 7 at the start of the following season. The End!
Kemp stole Loney's career!!!!
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Braves Lineup
Bourn 8 Prado 7 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Jones 5 Freeman 3 Heyward 9 Gonzalez 6 Minor 1
ERA: 2nd with 2.45 (#1: Cueto with 2.29, #3: Halladay with 2.47)
Wins: T-1st with 17 (T-#1: Kennedy with 17, #3 Halladay with 16, but one less GS than Kershaw and Kennedy).
Strikeouts: 1st with 212 (#2: Lee with 198, but one less GS, #3: Lincecum with 193)
cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.
by cldpc on Sep 3, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Remember when Pujols was the best player in baseball?
Remember when the last time the Dodgers had the best non-pitcher player in baseball?
This is the type of change I can get behind.
Pujols overall if you're not literally just talking about this year
Is the best player in baseball. If you’re talking about this year Pujols is still one of the best, he just started off so horrible.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I think Matt needs to channel some late August Loney and he’ll bring the triple crown home.
Pretty amazing that it’s been 43 years since someone has won a triple crown.
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