Plate Appearances Quotes

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.

What I need as a player is just to get at-bats, I think.

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

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand.

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

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too.

I know about winning batting titles.

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

You always expect to hit for more power.

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

I want to get on base every single time I get up there. Whether it's a walk or a base hit, I really don't care how I want to get on base. I just want to be on.

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

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

You always want to get at-bats. You always want to contribute.

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

I consider Billy Keeler, Mike Tiernan, Ed Delihanty and Larrie La Joie the toughest hitters I had to pitch to, but I did not dread them. Remember, Hughie Duffy was a member of our team, so I did not face him. In my opinion, Duffy was the greatest hitter.

I don't know what my numbers are as a DH, but the fact that you're sitting basically for three hours and 38 minutes of a baseball game, you're hoping you get four or five at-bats.

Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.

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

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

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

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

I came up as a number 2 hitter. My first year I hit 16 homers, and I was like, Whoa, I'm rollin'!

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

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