MLB Baseball - Who Had The Best First Half of the Season
Now that the All-Star break is coming to an end, I would like to highlight 15 players that had amazing first halves of the season, 10 batters, 5 pitchers. Let's see if they can continue their hotness into the playoff hunt!
Let me know if you think someone is missing from this list!
Aaron Judge (OF) New York Yankees
.329 AVG (99 for 301); 30 HR, 75 R, 66 RBI, 6 SB
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Paul Goldshmidt (1B) Arizona Diamondbacks
.312 AVG (99 for 317); 20 HR, 73 R, 67 RBI, 13 SB
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Joey Votto (1B) Cincinnati Reds
.315 AVG (99 for 314); 26 HR, 65 R, 68 RBI, 3 SB
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Jose Altuve (2B) Houston Astros
.347 AVG (116 for 334); 13 HR, 62 R, 50 RBI, 18 SB
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Bryce Harper (OF) Washington D.C. Nationals
.325 AVG (99 for 305); 20 HR, 69 R, 65 RBI, 2 SB
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George Springer (OF) Houston Astros
.310 AVG (104 for 336); 27 HR, 76 R, 61 RBI, 2 SB
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Charlie Blackmon (OF) Colorado Rockies
.319 AVG ( for ); 20 HR, 72 R, 61 RBI, 8 SB
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Jose Ramirez (3B) Cleveland Indians
.332 AVG (109 for 328); 17 HR, 62 R, 48 RBI, 10 SB
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Carlos Correa (SS) Houston Astros
.325 AVG (103 for 317); 20 HR, 62 R, 65 RBI
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Mookie Betts (OF) Boston Red Sox
.272 AVG (96 for 353); 16 HR, 61 R, 53 RBI, 15 SB
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Clayton Kershaw (SP) Los Angeles Dodgers
132.1 IP; 14-2, 2.18 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 159 K
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Max Scherzer (SP) Washington D.C. Nationals
128.1 IP; 10-5, 2.10 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 173 K
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Chris Sale (SP) Boston Red Sox
127.2 IP; 11-4, 2.75 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 178 K
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Zack Greinke (SP) Arizona Diamondbacks
116.1 IP; 11-4, 2.86 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 131 K
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Alex Wood (SP) Los Angeles Dodgers
80.2 IP; 10-0, 1.67 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 97 K
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I should probably mention Craig Kimbrel and Kenley Jansen just because they are nasty and I gave the relief pitchers no love...
Craig Kimbrel (RP) Boston Red Sox
23 Saves, 2-0, 68 K, 1.19 ERA, 0.50 WHIP
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Kenley Jansen (RP) Los Angeles Dodgers
21 Saves, 4-0, 57 K, 0.96 ERA, 0.56 WHIP
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I am incredibly biased I am a dieheart Houston Astros fan born and raised in Houston. I am going to say George Springer has had the best first half. He is the only leadoff man in MLB history to hit 27 before the All Star break. Plus he is having the best first half of his enrire career in every aspect if the game!
Yeah I heard that 27 leadoff hr fun fact the other day.... pretty awesome.. his numbers are nasty.. imagine if he was stealing bases too. He's from Connecticut too (where I'm from)