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JAY WALKING
31
Walks issued this season by Blue Jays right-hander Roy Halladay. He walked only 32 batters the entire 2003 season, when he won the American League Cy Young Award.
Slow cycling
● David Bell of the Philadelphia Phillies hit for the 265th cycle in major-league history Monday. To complete the cycle, in his final at-bat Bell hit his first triple since 2002 and the 13th of his 10-year career.
Stats guru Bill Arnold compiled a list of the nine players who hit for the cycle but averaged the fewest triples per year in their careers:
Year Player, Team Career 3B Avg. 3B per year
1945 Bill Salkeld, Pittsburgh 2 .33
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1996 x-John Mabry, St. Louis 4 .33
2004 x-Daryle Ward, Pittsburgh 3 .43
1998 Mike Blowers, Oakland 8 .73
1997 x-John Olerud, Mets 13 .81
2001 x-John Olerud, Seattle 13 .81
1987 Albert Hall, Atlanta 8 .89
1985 Rich Gedman, Boston 12 .92
2002 x-Greg Colbrunn, D'backs 12 .92
1966 Randy Hundley, Cubs 13 .93
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