Tim Anderson led off the underside of the primary Sunday in opposition to the Chicago Cubs at Guaranteed Rate Field in typical Tim Anderson style, hitting the ball the opposite method for a single.
The White Sox shortstop displayed one other a part of his sport later within the inning, swiping second base.
The Sox will probably be lacking that all-around sport for an unspecified interval after Anderson exited within the fifth with a strained proper groin. After ranging to his left to subject a grounder and making the throw to first, he fell to the bottom in shallow middle subject.
Sox supervisor Tony La Russa mentioned Anderson is headed to the injured checklist.
“If he goes down like that, you know there’s something up,” Sox infielder Danny Mendick mentioned Sunday. “Hopefully he can get healthy and get back out there real soon.”
Anderson has a .356/.393/.503 slash line with 5 dwelling runs, 19 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 40 video games. His 164 weighted runs created plus (wRC+), in response to fangraphs.com, ranks eleventh within the majors. The stat estimates a participant’s offensive contribution in whole runs and adjusts that quantity to account for exterior components reminiscent of ballpark and period. The major-league common is 100, that means Anderson is 64% above that.
“He’s a great player, legitimately a great player,” La Russa mentioned Sunday.
Here are 4 numbers that spotlight Anderson’s influence.
.580 — White Sox profitable share since 2020 with Anderson beginning
Anderson is a significant cause the Sox made the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the primary time in franchise historical past in 2020 and ‘21. Since the start of the 2020 season, they are 123-89 when he’s within the beginning lineup and 28-28 when he’s not, in response to the Sox.
During that span, the Sox are 104-58 when Anderson will get a minimum of one hit and 26-3 when he homers.
Anderson has excelled within the postseason too. He collected 9 hits within the 2020 wild-card collection in opposition to the Oakland Athletics, batting .643 within the three video games. He had seven hits in final season’s American League Division Series in opposition to the Houston Astros, hitting .368 in 4 video games.
15 — leadoff dwelling runs
Anderson didn’t waste any time aiding the offense in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels on April 30 at Guaranteed Rate Field, hitting José Suarez’s first pitch over the right-field wall.
It was the fifteenth leadoff dwelling run in Anderson’s profession and the second time he completed the feat this season. The first was April 24 in Minnesota.
He has hit six homers on the primary pitch of a sport, tied for third in major-league historical past, and he ranks second behind Ray Durham (20) in leadoff homers by a Sox participant.
49 — 3-hit video games since 2019
Anderson already had two hits in the course of the second sport of a May 22 doubleheader in opposition to the New York Yankees when he got here to bat within the eighth.
Fans at Yankee Stadium greeted him with boos all through the sport within the aftermath of Yankees third baseman/designated hitter Josh Donaldson calling Anderson “Jackie” throughout yesterday’s sport and the conversations that adopted between Donaldson and the Sox, which resulted within the benches clearing.
There had been two on and two out within the nationally televised Sunday night time sport, and the Sox led by two. Anderson supplied insurance coverage with a dramatic three-run dwelling run to proper, quieting the group.
“You’ve got to give me something to keep me motivated,” Anderson mentioned two days later.
Anderson had one other three-hit sport May 26 in opposition to the Boston Red Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, and his 49 three-hit video games since 2019 are essentially the most in baseball throughout that stretch, in response to the Sox. The Sox are 34-15 in these video games.
.326 — batting common since 2019
Anderson entered Sunday with a .326 batting common since 2019, which in response to the Sox was tops within the majors throughout that interval.
Anderson led the majors with a .335 common in 2019, completed second within the American League in 2020 (.322) and was fourth within the AL final season (.309).
Entering Monday, Anderson ranked third within the AL this yr at .356.
“Tim’s a great player having a great year,” La Russa mentioned Sunday. “Now he’s going to have to recover. Recovering from any injury is not fun. But for us, just got to look around at who we send out. We’ve got a lot of guys to send out that can help win a game. That’s our attitude.”
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