Alexei Ramirez of the White Sox is currently the best player to pick for Beat the Streak. He tops the list of games with a hit with 46.
Alexei is also 3rd in the AL for batting average with .329
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1st in games played
3rd in hits
8th in at bats
One of the best stats for Beat the Streak is AB per SO. You want to pick players who can put contact on the ball. Alexei is 8th best in AB per SO with a 8.4 ratio.
Only one White Sox player since 1914 has finished the year leading MLB with GH (games with a hit). That would be Orlando Cabrera in 2008. Perhaps Alexei Ramirez can become the second ever.
Rk Player GH Tm 1 Alexei Ramirez 46 CHW -------------------------------------------- 2 Melky Cabrera 45 TOR 3 Jose Altuve 45 HOU -------------------------------------------- 4 Alex Rios 44 TEX 5 Michael Brantley 44 CLE -------------------------------------------- 6 Gerardo Parra 43 ARI 7 Daniel Murphy 43 NYM 8 Victor Martinez 43 DET 9 Nick Markakis 43 BAL 10 Paul Goldschmidt 43 ARI -------------------------------------------- 11 Giancarlo Stanton 42 MIA 12 Dustin Pedroia 42 BOS 13 Adam Jones 42 BAL 14 Nelson Cruz 42 BAL 15 Matt Carpenter 42 STL 16 Robinson Cano 42 SEA 17 Jose Bautista 42 TOR -------------------------------------------- 18 Chase Utley 41 PHI 19 Justin Morneau 41 COL 20 Miguel Cabrera 41 DET 21 Elvis Andrus 41 TEX -------------------------------------------- 22 David Wright 40 NYM 23 Jayson Werth 40 WSN 24 Yasiel Puig 40 LAD 25 Matt Dominguez 40 HOU