Adober Salinas Research Paper

1955 to 1972. Roberto played in two World Series, batting .310 in 1960 and .414 in

Throughout the history of major league baseball we have seen countless astonishing hitters come pass through, some putting up record breaking numbers, at times too good to be true. Barry Bonds, known as the “homerun king” was able to put up an amazing total of 73 home runs in 2001. The very next season, he continued to present his skill with a .370 batting average. Between 1999 and 2007, Bonds’ stats were shocking, hitting 351 home runs, winning four national league MVP awards, and racking up 780 RBI’s, 69 stolen bases, and just over one thousand hits. Alex Rodriguez, better known as “A-rod” is another huge name when talking about the greatest hitters in baseball. For nine seasons out of Rodriguez’s twenty two season career, 8.5% of the balls he would put into play were home runs. By the end of his lengthy career, he was able to collect 698 home runs, over two thousand RBI’s and runs scored, with over three thousand hits. He was also named All-Star fourteen times. With numbers like these, it is hard to

It wasn’t that long ago when I became in love with the game of baseball. I still remember the day that my neighbor met me outside in the front yard just as we always did. It has been approximately two years ever since that Friday after school he asked me if I want to go to a Angel’s baseball game. I decided to go nothing better to do that day, when I got there it was such a rush seeing all the people that came to watch a baseball game. I followed my neighbor down the line, eagerly I waited to try to obtain a baseball players autograph. My friend gave me a baseball to try to get autographed, and later that day I luckily got my first baseball players autograph. His name was Dino Ebel the bench coach for the Angels,

Since the age of four my father has trained me to be the best baseball player I can be. Every single day my dad would practice with me. He would make me do drills and plays until I got them right. Due to my father’s commitment of making me a great baseball player, we won three championships: two in Little

Sosa's Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in 1989. In the intervening years, he has played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles.[1] He ended the 2005 season with 588 career home runs, placing him fifth on the all-time home run list. In early 2007, however, he signed with the Rangers in a comeback attempt and made the team as its designated hitter. While playing for the Rangers on June 20th, 2007 against the Cubs, his former team, Sosa hit his 600th home run, becoming the 5th player in professional

man that guy is an absolute legend in the baseball world. This matters to my topic because it

By the time I was eleven, I dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player like Tom Glavine, a left-handed pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. My parents trek one hundred fifty-six miles round trip to practice twice a week and that same distance for hitting lessons, pitching lessons, and tournament games. I spend hours in the car and make sacrifices to achieve a high level of skill. I accomplish these commitments because I have a passion for the game. When I step onto the pitcher’s mound to face a batter, I experience an adrenaline rush like riding a roller coaster. Also, I enjoy the competition and embrace the challenge each time I attempt to strike a batter out or step into the batter’s box to hit the baseball. This summer, I accepted a college scholarship offer from the Georgia Institute of Technology to play collegiate baseball. Now, I am one step closer to my aspiration of playing baseball

Oscar Taveras could have been one of the greatest hitters of all time. In his first major league season he had a batting average of .239 in his first eighty games. Many said he was on track to be a phenomenal hitter. “Taveras was potentially a franchise defining talent.” Taveras died an untimely death in 2014 when he returned to his home of the Dominican Republic. He suffered catastrophic injuries in a car accident. Taveras showed leadership threw his ability to use his raw talent for the greater good of baseball. Some people classified his swing as “Powerful and smooth.” And “A balanced stroke.” But, sadly we will never know just how good he could have been.

Pete Rose is also known as charlie hustle, broke plenty of records during his career. He enjoyed playing for the reds and was in a good place in his career. He swapped between second base and outfield. Pete Rose also had a .305 batting average for a while and then he hit his 4000th on April 14th 1984. Pete Rose Cleary out batted Ty Cobb's former world record for the most all time hits and Rose even had 3,500 games, 14,000 at bats and, 10,000 outs.

While the team was warming up Marv Signeski, the varsity coach, came up to Jeter and said, " Son, varsity tryouts are in another two hours" (Jeter 49). After implying that he obviously thought Jeter was able to play above the junior varsity level, Signeski had been mistaken. After Noticing Jeter's arm strength, according to Jeter, Signeski thought that Derek was a junior or a senior (49). Later, he would go on to play junior varsity for two-thirds of the season before the varsity coach moved him to the varsity team. In his sophomore year, Jeter tried out for the varsity squad and made it. His junior year was an exceptional year and he hit .557 (57.7% of the time he was able to get a hit) (Biography par 3). This shows that he could hit the ball very well. He was also able to back his batting average up with a power swing. Jeter hit seven home runs his junior year (Biography par 3). Showing he could not only hit, but he could hit the long ball too. Jeter's senior year was an even more amazing year statistically. According to his website, in his senior year, Derek had an amazing .637 on base percentage (63.7% of the time he was able to reach base safely, but not on an error) (par 3). Being on base so much doesn't come from just hitting the ball. Jeter also got on base 21 times just by walking (Biography par 3). Jeter was noticeably a patient hitter. Showing patience

Yadier Molina who was born on July 13th in the year of 1982 is a Puerto Rican baseball player that has found his way to the MLB and has really made a mark on the game. ("Yadier Molina." Famous Birthdays. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2016.) Molina was born in Bayamon Puerto Rico and grew up with his father Benjamin Molina, his mother Gladys Matta Molina, and then his two brothers Bengie and Jose. Yadi’s father was a ameture catcher in Puerto Rico but also worked as a toolsman too. Baseball was in the family for a long time and that is all that him and his brothers knew growing up which would explain why they all three made a professional career out of it. Both his brothers Bengie and Jose ended up being major league catchers as well, but nothing like their brother Yadier. They all knew he had something special growing up and playing as a kid. Molina never really focused on the catching

ChildhoodBorn on May 10, 1990 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela, Perez was brought up single-handedly by his mother, Yilda Diaz, since his father had abandoned them. Mother and son later re-located to Valencia to live with Perez’s maternal grandmother. What started off as just a way to keep him occupied, became his career. Perez was put in a baseball school at the tender age of six. Perez’s talent was recognised while he was still a student. At just 16 years of age, the “Royals” selected him and offered him a sum of $65,000. In the year 2007, he was put in the Arizona Rookie league, which marked the beginning of his career in the minor league.Heightsangels

“‘I’m not perfect. Nobody’s perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.’ Adrian Beltre.” In the spring of 1998 at the age of 19 Adrian Beltre made his debut in Major League Baseball (MLB). When he was growing up baseball wasn’t even his main focus it was pushed onto the backburner, the sports that were his main focus were tennis and basketball. That has not stopped him though because he is the 31st MLB player to hit the 3,000 hit club and he is the first player from the Dominican Republic to reach that milestone since the MLB was founded in 1869.

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Roberto Clemente, born August 18, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is the first Hispanic American player to hit 3,000 hits in a major league career. Clemente led the major league four times in batting and even made Hall of Fame. In 1956, he hit an astonishing .311, but he struggled with all of his injuries. In 1960, he hit a .314 batting average, and the following year, he led the league with a .351 batting average. That same year he hit 23 homers, and won his first out of 12 Gold Glove Awards for fielding. His average kept exceeding and after a few years, he rose to one of the top best players. Over the years that he has played, he won 3 more titles, led the league in batting twice, and was known for his powerful throwing from his post in right field. Late in the 1972 season, he became the first hispanic to reach 3,000 career hits.