{"id":15191,"date":"2019-09-29T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T23:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=15191"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T23:23:35","slug":"leading-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/leading-the-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading The League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jose_tim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15192\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jose_tim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jose_tim.jpg 736w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jose_tim-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a>As the 2019 season comes to an end, two members of the White Sox achieved some personal milestones.\u00a0 Tim Anderson led the major leagues in batting average and Jose Abreu led the American League in RBIs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/battingchamp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15193\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/battingchamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/battingchamp.jpg 626w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/battingchamp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a>Anderson finished the year with a .335 average, leading the American League and the major leagues.\u00a0 The injured Christian Yelich of the Brewers and Ketel Marte of the Diamonbacks tied for the National League lead at .329, while Yankees infielder DJ LeMehieu finished second in the AL with .327 average.\u00a0 White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada used a torrid finish to come in 3rd in the AL, making for a fearsome left side of the infield for the South Siders heading into 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson becomes just the third player in White Sox history to win the batting title.\u00a0 Luke Appling led the league in 1936 and 1943 and Frank Thomas wore the crown in 1997.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rbichamp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15194\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rbichamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rbichamp.jpg 512w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/rbichamp-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a>On the other side of the diamond,\u00a0 Jose Abreu took home the RBI championship for the American League.\u00a0 He finished just 3 behind the Nationals&#8217; Anthony Rendon for the major league lead.\u00a0 Abreu becomes just the second RBI leader in White Sox history, following Dick Allen in 1972.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2019 season comes to an end, two members of the White Sox achieved some personal milestones.\u00a0 Tim Anderson led the major leagues in batting average and Jose Abreu led the American League in RBIs. 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