May
3
2012

Hey Kirk, There’s Always May…

An article by 72MetsFan

I was holding out hope that he could do it, but Kirk Nieuwenhuis was beaten out for the NL Rookie of the Month award by Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Wade Miley, who went 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA in April.

Nieuwenhuis led all major league rookies with a .325 batting average and 26 hits in April. He was second in runs scored (11), tied for third with two home runs and fourth with eight RBI.

Nieuwenhuis’ .325 batting average is the third-highest by a rookie in team history in the month of April, trailing only Rey Ordonez (.354 in April, 1996) and Ron Gardenhire (.345 in April, 1982).

Over a 17 game span between April 13 and April 30, Nieuwenhuis batted .338 (23-68) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, one home run and six RBI.

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About the Author: Drew Staley

On June 1, 2012 Johan Santana officially became my favorite current Met! I'm a Queens native who grew up in the shadows of Big Shea. I was a huge Ron Darling, Dave Magadan and John Olerud fan. Honored to be a part of such a great site for Mets fans. Ya Gotta Believe!

6 Comments + Add Comment

Mr North Jersey May 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Yea I was hoping he would win NL Rookie of the Month as well. If there is one concern in Ike’s game so far it is the strikeouts. He is 5th in the NL in strikeouts with 28/K’s. Not far behind him is Ike who is tied for 7th in the NL with 26/K’s.
- trs86 May 3, 2012 at 1:15 pm
  
  I know Ike is striking out at an incredible pace but I am not sure we should count him twice…
  
  Yeah, Kirk has always struck out a little too much. Ike on the other hand, I looked this morning and out of those 26 K’s 15 of them have came with RISP… that not good.
  - Mr North Jersey May 3, 2012 at 1:43 pm
    
    Ha! Stengelise moment. I was writing about Kirk While thinking about who I was going to mention next only to find I mentioned the next 1st as well.
    
    But yeah Ike has left a ton of runners on base. Here is an example of how many. According to Baseball-reference Ike is tied for 1st with J.D. Martinez in all of MLB for having the most baserunners on when they have stepped to the plate 89 to be exact. The percentage of those baserunners to have scored (not necessarily with an rbi) is 6%.
    - Mr North Jersey May 3, 2012 at 1:45 pm
      
      BTW J.D. Martinez’s percentage was 19%.
  - stick May 3, 2012 at 2:47 pm
    
    and of the 26, it seems that 35 of them were looking!
    
    that other stat is really depressing. If he was having any kind of normal/productive year (never mind a huge start like last season) this team would have a whole bunch more wins.
MetsMan86 May 3, 2012 at 5:10 pm

Oh man! He beat out the immortal Rey Ordonez in BA!

NL East Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	42	30	.583	-
Phillies	35	37	.486	7.0
Nationals	34	36	.486	7.0
Mets	27	40	.403	12.5
Marlins	22	48	.314	19.0

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