Oakland Athletics outfielder Khris Davis and Boston Red Sox first baseman Hanley Ramirez have been named the American League Co-Players of the Week for the period ending September 18th. The announcement was made yesterday on MLB Network.
Davis batted .400 (10-for-25) with nine runs scored, a double, five home runs and 13 RBI over seven games to earn his first career AL Player of the Week Award. Among AL leaders, Khris finished the period tied for first in home runs and walks (7); second in RBI, total bases (26), slugging percentage (1.040) and on-base percentage (.531); tied for second in runs scored; and tied for seventh in batting average and hits. On Sunday afternoon against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington, the slugging outfielder connected for his 40th home run of the season, while recording his fifth multi-homer contest of the 2016 campaign. The 28-year-old veteran became the fifth player in Oakland history to reach the milestone, and the seventh in franchise history, dating back to the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901. Jason Giambi, the last A's player to reach the coveted mark, clubbed 43 round-trippers during his MVP-winning season in 2000. Entering play today, Davis is in the midst of a season-high eight-game hitting streak, dating back to September 11th. With 40 home runs on the season, "Khrush" is currently tied with Edwin Encarnacion of the Toronto Blue Jays for third-most in the Majors.
Ramirez batted .462 (12-for-26) with five runs scored, a double, five home runs and 12 RBI over seven games. Winning his second weekly award this season (also July 24th) and the fourth of his career, Hanley paced the AL in total bases (28) and slugging percentage (1.077), while finishing tied for first in home runs and hits, third in RBI, fourth in batting average and tied for fourth in on-base percentage (.517). On Thursday night against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park, the Samana, Dominican Republic native blasted a three-run walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for his sixth career walk-off hit (second home run). The outing gave him 25 homers and 100 RBI for the first time in his career. In Sunday night's series-concluding game against the Yankees, "Han-Ram" went 3-for-4 with a pair of
home runs and four RBI, his third multi-homer game of the season. Since the calendar flipped to September, Ramirez is batting .381 (24-for-63), while tying for the AL lead in home runs (9) and RBI (22). Propelled by Hanley's hot month at the plate, Boston currently sits atop the AL East with an 85-64 record and has a 3.0-game lead over the Baltimore Orioles.
Other noteworthy performances last week included Khris' teammate Ryon Healy (.467, 9 R, 14 H, 4 2B); Evan Longoria (.355, 7 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI) of the Tampa Bay Rays; Starlin Castro (.500, 12 H, 3 2B, .750 SLG) of the Yankees; Taijuan Walker (1-0, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 11 SO) of the Seattle Mariners; Zach Britton (0.00 ERA, 4 SV, 4.1 IP) of the Orioles; and Ariel Miranda (2-0, 1.38 ERA, 13.0 IP, 11 SO), who made one start each for the Orioles and Mariners.
In recognition of their American League Co-Players of the Week Awards, both Khris Davis and Hanley Ramirez will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.
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Red Sox's Hanley Ramirez named American League Player of the Week
Boston Red Sox first baseman Hanley Ramirez has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending July 24th. The announcement was made yesterday on MLB Network.
Ramirez batted .333 (7-for-21) with six runs scored, five home runs and 12 RBI over six games to claim his third career Player of the Week Award and first in the AL, last winning in the National League with the Florida Marlins on June 28, 2009. Among his AL counterparts, Hanley finished the period first in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage (1.048), tied for first in extra-base hits (5), second in total bases (22) and tied for third in runs scored.
On Wednesday night against the San Francisco Giants at Fenway Park, the right-handed slugger went 3-for-4 with three home runs and six RBI. The three-homer output tied a Red Sox single-game record, a feat accomplished 28 times by 23 different players. Hanley's teammate and 2016 AL All-Star Mookie Betts was the last player to do so, earlier this season on May 31st at Baltimore. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other years in which the Red Sox had two three-home run games in the same season were 1957 (both by Hall of Famer Ted Williams) and 1999 (Trot Nixon and Nomar Garciaparra). The three-time NL All-Star set career highs in home runs and RBI in the contest, and became only the seventh player in club history with at least three home runs and six RBI in a game at Fenway Park, joining Williams, Bobby Doerr, Clyde Vollmer, Norm Zauchin, Jack Clark and Garciaparra (twice). Each of Ramirez's three round-trippers came with a runner on base. According to Elias, the last player to hit three homers with at least one man on base in a game was Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers on May 8, 2012 at Baltimore, and the last Red Sox player to accomplish the feat was Hall of Famer Jim Rice on August 29, 1983 at Toronto. Ramirez, a native of the Dominican Republic, finished his award-winning week by going 3-for-7 with two home runs and six RBI over the weekend, establishing a season-high RBI total over any two-game stretch. Boston went 4-2 in the first full week following the 2016 Midsummer Classic and now sits just 1.5 games back of the Baltimore Orioles for the top spot in the competitive AL East.
Other noteworthy performances last week included Hanley's teammate Rick Porcello (2-0, 2.77 ERA, 13.0 IP, 11 SO); Jose Altuve (.560, 14 H, 6 RBI, .593 OBP) and George Springer (.360, 7 R, 3 2B, 7 RBI) of the Houston Astros; Corey Dickerson (.423, 6 R, 11 H, 5 XBH) of the Tampa Bay Rays; Kendall Graveman (2-0, 2.81 ERA, 1 CG, 16.0 IP) and Jake Smolinski (.500, 3 2B, .950 SLG, .565 OBP) of the Oakland Athletics; and Tyler Naquin (.389, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) of the Cleveland Indians.
In recognition of his American League Player of the Week Award, Hanley Ramirez will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.
Ramirez batted .333 (7-for-21) with six runs scored, five home runs and 12 RBI over six games to claim his third career Player of the Week Award and first in the AL, last winning in the National League with the Florida Marlins on June 28, 2009. Among his AL counterparts, Hanley finished the period first in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage (1.048), tied for first in extra-base hits (5), second in total bases (22) and tied for third in runs scored.
On Wednesday night against the San Francisco Giants at Fenway Park, the right-handed slugger went 3-for-4 with three home runs and six RBI. The three-homer output tied a Red Sox single-game record, a feat accomplished 28 times by 23 different players. Hanley's teammate and 2016 AL All-Star Mookie Betts was the last player to do so, earlier this season on May 31st at Baltimore. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other years in which the Red Sox had two three-home run games in the same season were 1957 (both by Hall of Famer Ted Williams) and 1999 (Trot Nixon and Nomar Garciaparra). The three-time NL All-Star set career highs in home runs and RBI in the contest, and became only the seventh player in club history with at least three home runs and six RBI in a game at Fenway Park, joining Williams, Bobby Doerr, Clyde Vollmer, Norm Zauchin, Jack Clark and Garciaparra (twice). Each of Ramirez's three round-trippers came with a runner on base. According to Elias, the last player to hit three homers with at least one man on base in a game was Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers on May 8, 2012 at Baltimore, and the last Red Sox player to accomplish the feat was Hall of Famer Jim Rice on August 29, 1983 at Toronto. Ramirez, a native of the Dominican Republic, finished his award-winning week by going 3-for-7 with two home runs and six RBI over the weekend, establishing a season-high RBI total over any two-game stretch. Boston went 4-2 in the first full week following the 2016 Midsummer Classic and now sits just 1.5 games back of the Baltimore Orioles for the top spot in the competitive AL East.
Other noteworthy performances last week included Hanley's teammate Rick Porcello (2-0, 2.77 ERA, 13.0 IP, 11 SO); Jose Altuve (.560, 14 H, 6 RBI, .593 OBP) and George Springer (.360, 7 R, 3 2B, 7 RBI) of the Houston Astros; Corey Dickerson (.423, 6 R, 11 H, 5 XBH) of the Tampa Bay Rays; Kendall Graveman (2-0, 2.81 ERA, 1 CG, 16.0 IP) and Jake Smolinski (.500, 3 2B, .950 SLG, .565 OBP) of the Oakland Athletics; and Tyler Naquin (.389, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) of the Cleveland Indians.
In recognition of his American League Player of the Week Award, Hanley Ramirez will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.
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