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BNN Stats: Batting Leaders
Monday, January 19th, 2009
So, who leads the United Baseball Association in batting AVG?
Billy Butler, PHO, .359
Jorge Maldonado, YEL, .329
Santiago Jiménez, -, .327
Andrés Rodríguez, NYC, .325
Skip Schumaker, -, .325
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Hall of Fame Voting Results
Monday, January 19th, 2009
The ballots are counted and the results are in. Unfortunately, no player was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. The top vote getter was Tony Longmire, who received votes from 34.2% of eligible electors.
The full voting results are included here. Players require 75% of ballots cast to be elected to the Hall, may stay on the ballot for up to 10 years if they receive at least 5% of the votes. Players must be retired for 5 years before they are eligible for induction to the Hall of Fame.
LF Tony Longmire 34.2 (1st year)
C Dave Nilsson 21.8 (1st year)
SP Pedro J Martinez 18.8 (2nd year)
1B Mark McGwire 12.9 (3rd year)
SP Alex Fernandez 7.8 (1st year)
SP Kevin Appier 6.4 (1st year)
SS Barry Larkin 5.3 (1st year)
C Don Slaught 4.8 (2nd year) Dropped
SP Frank Castillo 4.5 (1st year) Dropped
SP Pete Schourek 2.8 (1st year) Dropped
SP Bret Saberhagen 2.5 (1st year) Dropped
SS Kevin Mitchell 2.0 (1st year) Dropped
SP Donovan Osborne 1.7 (1st year) Dropped
CL John Wetteland 0.8 (2nd year) Dropped
2B Ron Gant 0.6 (1st year) Dropped
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$13,530,000 Lands 2B Greene for Turkeys
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
The Gobbler's Knob front office announced the signing of Khalil Greene today as the team's new second baseman. The 29-year-old came to terms with the Turkeys and will be hauling in $4,510,000 a year over 3 years.
During his career Greene has hit .245 with 730 hits, 78 home runs, 350 RBIs and scored 310 runs.
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