If you are not familiar with Nolan Reimold, don’t feel too bad: he plays for the Orioles, the second-worst team in the American League. Reimold is Baltimore’s rookie left fielder, and one of the team’s many young players that are keeping Orioles fans sane and focusing on the future (also see: Nick Markakis, Matt Wieters and Adam Jones). Now take this time to familiarize yourself with Reimold, because he is quite good at baseball. So good that the Orioles want him considered for the 2009 A.L. Rookie of the Year award.
In the past 25 seasons, only four players have led all American League rookies in four of five primary offensive categories - batting average, home runs, RBIs, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.Reimold could become the fifth.Heading into [Friday] night’s game at Yankee Stadium, Reimold is tied for first in batting average with Chicago’s Gordon Beckham (.274) and ranks first in homers (14), on-base percentage (.364) and slugging percentage (.461). He’s second in RBIs with 42, trailing Beckham by 10.
It’s probably worth noting that Beckham is third in homers (10), second in on-base percentage (.350) and second in slugging percentage (.458).
For Your Consideration: Nolan Reimold
There have been four players since 1985 to lead the AL rookies in four categories -- Tim Salmon, Nomar Garciaparra, Ben Grieve and Evan Longoria -- and all four were named Rookie of the Year.
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