By Scott Barancik, Editor
Major League Baseball’s 2018 Spring Training ended yesterday. So how did the 19 Jews who were invited to play perform?
Here are the batting highlights:
- A total of 12 Jewish position players collectively hit .272 with 12 HRS and 53 RBIs in 372 at-bats.
- Alex Bregman’s 12 walks tied for #5 among all MLB players. His .418 on-base percentage was among the A.L.’s best.
- Kevin Pillar hit .438, #4 among A.L. players with at least 40 at-bats. He struck out only twice.
- Ian Kinsler drew 9 walks and struck out just twice.
The table below shows their complete batting stats.
2018 MLB Spring Training stats: Batting
| First | Last | Team | AB | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | Braun | MIL | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .313 | .389 | .594 | .983 |
| Alex | Bregman | HOU | 54 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10 | .296 | .418 | .463 | .881 |
| Ian | Kinsler | LAA | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .256 | .377 | .395 | .773 |
| Ryan | Lavarnway | PIT | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .250 | .379 | .542 | .921 |
| Joc | Pederson | LAD | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | .148 | .246 | .259 | .505 |
| Kevin | Pillar | TOR | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | .438 | .460 | .667 | 1.127 |
| Danny | Valencia | BAL | 41 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | .268 | .340 | .488 | .828 |
| Michael | Barash | LAA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| Zach | Borenstein | NYM | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .250 | .308 | .417 | .724 |
| Nick | Rickles | PHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| Garrett | Stubbs | HOU | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .286 | .286 | .464 | .750 |
| Rowdy | Tellez | TOR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
And now, the pitching highlights:
- Jewish pitchers did not have a sparkling Spring. Collectively, the seven hurlers went 1-2 with a 6.31 ERA and one save in four opportunities.
- Zack Weiss, a Double-A alum who is still fighting for a spot on Cincinnati’s opening-day roster, went 0-0 with one save in two chances and a 4.32 ERA.
- Richard Bleier went 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA and held opposing teams to an average of just one walk or hit per inning.
Below are complete pitching stats.
2018 MLB Spring Training stats: Batting
| First | Last | Team | W | L | ERA | G | SV | SVO | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | AVG | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard | Bleier | BAL | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .250 | 1.00 |
| Craig | Breslow | TOR | 0 | 1 | 6.14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | .313 | 1.91 |
| Max | Fried | ATL | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .433 | 2.25 |
| Ryan | Sherriff | STL | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .360 | 1.83 |
| Jeremy | Bleich | OAK | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .533 | 3.00 |
| Robert | Stock | SD | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .343 | 1.68 |
| Zack | Weiss | CIN | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8.1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | .233 | 1.80 |
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