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SPORTS A21
Tuesday 19 May 2015

Miguel Cabrera and other HR leaders _ by country

Puerto Rico: Carlos Delga- run after offseason knee around .200.
surgery. The switch-hitter is Manny Machado of Balti-
do (473) has the lead, with 12 for 26 against left-hand- more picked up where he
ers and 12 for 81 against left off before knee surgery
Carlos Beltran (375) proba- righties. last year. He’s hitting .276
The Rockies lost Troy Tu- with six home runs.
bly too far behind to catch lowitzki (hip) and Carlos LINE OF THE WEEK
Gonzalez (knee) to sea- Corey Kluber, Indians,
him. son-ending injuries in 2014. struck out 18 in eight one-
Tulowitzki is off to a slow hit innings Wednesday in a
Other leaders of note in- start this year by his stan- 2-0 win over St. Louis. This
dards, hitting .284 with two was probably the line of
clude Carlos Lee (358) of homers. Gonzalez is having the week even if Shelby
an even rougher time of Miller had completed his
Panama and Chili Davis it, his average floundering no-hit bid Sunday.q

(350) of Jamaica. And the

career leader in home runs

by a player born in France?

That’s none other than San

Francisco Giants manager

Bruce Bochy, with 26.

Here are some other re-

Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera follows through on an RBI double cent developments from

during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis around the majors:

Cardinals Sunday, May 17, 2015, in St. Louis. Associated Press CAUGHT UP

NOAH TRISTER may surpass his country- The Washington Nation-

AP Baseball Writer man eventually. als are only a half-game

Miguel Cabrera hit his Canada: Larry Walker is the out of first place in the NL

400th home run over the leader at 383. Justin Mor- East, and they may have

weekend, and that mile- neau (241) is No. 1 among already played their worst

stone was more than just active players. stretch of baseball for 2015.

another round number. Cuba: Rafael Palmeiro The Nats were in last place,

Cabrera also took over tops the list with 569, and eight games behind the

the career lead in ma- active leader Kendrys Mo- division-leading New York

jor league home runs by rales (114) is well behind. Mets, on the morning of

players born in Venezuela, Jose Abreu and Yoenis April 28. Since then, Wash-

moving one ahead of An- Cespedes probably didn’t ington is 15-4 and looking

dres Galarraga. In fact,

Cabrera has now hit more

homers than any other na-

tive of South America.

The record holder among

players born in Asia is Ja-

pan’s Hideki Matsui, who

hit 175. South Korea’s Shin-

soo Choo may be able

to catch Matsui at some

point. He’s at 123.

As for players born in Eu-

rope, that’s a trickier

question. Bobby Thom-

son of Shot Heard ‘Round

the World fame hit 264

home runs. That puts the

Glasgow, Scotland native

at No. 1 — unless we count

Andruw Jones, who hit 434.

Jones was born on the

Caribbean island of Cura-

cao, which is part of the

Kingdom of the Nether-

lands. For what it’s worth,

the International Baseball

Federation includes Cura- San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy walks off the field
cao in its rankings as part after replacing the pitcher against the Cincinnati Reds in the

of the Americas. Jones has eighth inning of a baseball game in Cincinnati, Sunday, May

played for the Netherlands 17, 2015. Associated Press

at the World Baseball Clas- come to the majors at very much like the pen-

sic. a young enough age to nant contender so many

Here’s a look at a few other threaten Palmeiro, but if expected.

home run races by country Cuban sluggers are able FANTASY FOCUS

— special thanks to STATS to start playing in the U.S. The first few weeks of the

for help with the research: earlier in their careers, who season can be deceiv-

Dominican Republic: knows? ing, but fantasy owners still

Sammy Sosa hit 609, mak- Mexico: Vinny Castilla (320) have to pay attention to

ing him the career leader is the record holder, and the results, especially for

in homers among players the active leader is actual- players coming off injuries.

born outside the United ly pitcher Yovani Gallardo, Detroit’s Victor Martinez is

States. Albert Pujols (526) who has hit 12. hitting .224 with one home