A-Rod Taking As Many With Him As Possible
Alex Rodriguez has 48 homeruns (so far) this season. Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Batter vs. Pitcher function, we can see that A-Rod has gone yard against 46 different pitchers this year. The only pitchers that Alex has tagged twice this year are Curt Schilling and Chris Bootcheck.
Bootcheck was in two different games. But, Rodriguez got Schilling twice, this year, in the same game: April 20th.
If Alex hits 50 homers this year, he’ll become the first right-handed batter in A.L. history to have three 50+ homer seasons. Considering the unique nature of that mark, it’s nice that A-Rod is sharing it with so many different pitchers this season.