31, through games played on July 11, 2009.
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In 2006, Dustin Pedroia played in 31 games, all for the Boston Red Sox, and batting in all of them. He had 89 at bats, getting 17 hits, for a .191 batting average, with 1 sacrifice hit, 0 sacrifice flies, and 7 runs batted in. He was walked 7 times, and was hit by the pitch 1 time. He struck out 7 times. He hit 4 doubles, 0 triples, and 2 home runs.
In 2010, Dustin Pedroia played for the Boston Red Sox. On Base Percentage (OBP) is considered by many to be a better measure of a great hitter than the Batting Average. It is calculated with the formula (Hits + Walks + Hit by Pitch) / (At Bats + Walks + Hit by Pitch + Sacrifice Flies). In 2010, Dustin Pedroia had 302 at bats, 87 hits, 37 walks, and was hit by the pitch 4 times. He had 6 sacrifice flies. That gives him an On Base Percentage of .367. Slugging Percentage (SLG) is a popular measure of a batter's power. It is calculated as (Total Bases) / (At Bats). Another way to look at it is (Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs) / (At Bats). In 2010, Dustin Pedroia had 302 at bats, and hit 50 singles, 24 doubles, 1 triple, and 12 home runs, for a .493 slugging percentage. Being able to get on base and to hit for power are two of the most important offensive skills in baseball, so the On Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage are often added together. On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic. The best hitters in Major League Baseball can achieve an OPS of .900 or higher. In 2010, Dustin Pedroia had a .367 On Base Percentage and a .493 Slugging Percentage for an OPS of .860. Runs Created (RC) is a baseball statistic invented by Bill James to estimate the number of runs a hitter contributes to his team. There are a number of formulas used to calculate it. One of the simplest is (On Base Percentage) × (Total Bases). In 2010, Dustin Pedroia had a .367 On Base Percentage and 149 Total Bases for 54.65 Runs Created.
Frank Robinson hit 586 career home runs.
David Ortiz, June 6 of 2013 after Dustin Pedroia was intentionally walked. To capped off, it was a walk-off 3 runs dinger. Andrew Bailey won and Michael Kirkman of Texas lost at Fenway Park, 6-3.
Dustin Pedroia, as the first batter in the 2007 World Series, hit a home run off of Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies. That has been done once before, in the 1969 World Series when Don Buford of the Baltimore Orioles led off the Series with a home run off of Tom Seaver of the New York Mets. There have been many players to hit a home run in the first game of the World Series, the first being Jimmy Sebring of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1903 World Series. But Pedroia and Buford are the only two players that hit home runs in the first at bat of a World Series.