Joe Root Quotes

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

I know that my job is to score runs, and I will continue to do that.

Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.

You always expect to hit for more power.

You're not going to hit a bunch of three-run homers every game.

I always try to have some good at-bats. Home runs come once in a while; that's good.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.

I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.

I know about winning batting titles.

Usually, my track record's pretty good with guys on base.

I care about runs scored and RBIs. Those are the most important things for me.

I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.

I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

If a hitter gets hot, I wouldn't take a hot hitter out of the lineup.

I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.

It's very important in international cricket to be able to hold a bat, not just hold up an end, but have the ability to score runs.

I'm not a cleanup hitter. I'm just batting fourth.

I don't care about the home runs as much as just being consistent and RBIs.

However it is I get on base, or whatever happens, happens.

I want to keep scoring runs consistently.

I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers.

In the postseason, as many ways as you can get on base as possible is big.