Sentence examples for to draw walks from inspiring English sources

The most unusual trend in the Yankees' first week was their failure to draw walks.

He has shown very good power and an ability to draw walks, making his fantasy upside enticing.

If you listen to Joey Votto, Hamilton becomes a MVP candidate if he learns to draw walks.

Carew's aggressive style limited his ability to draw walks, but Grich was one of his era's most patient hitters.

And his on-base percentage, once a testament to his ability to draw walks in addition to hit towering blasts, is.296, 80 points lower than his career average.

His ability to draw walks, once a strength of his game, one that disappeared last season, has returned: through Sunday, his 14 walks since Aug. 1 were second in the majors to Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout.

Though Ms. Tepper acknowledges that, until last week when she began advertising, advance sales were slow, she is counting on word of mouth and television advertising -- WNBC television, as one of the sponsors, is providing air time -- to draw walk-up buyers for the single-price $10 tickets.

Their ability to take pitches, draw walks and drive up the pitch counts of Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Orlando Hernandez will be the most important factor in the series.

But for all his hitting prowess, he is unwilling or unable to take pitches and draw walks.

We are told, however, that the Yankees pay Giambi to produce runs, not draw walks (I infer that this means being on base is not a part of producing runs), but the "Yankee logic" of the past 12 years, as far as scoring runs, has been almost solely devoted to having a high on-base percentage.

A 6-foot-3 swing-and-miss hitter, and a veteran of seven major league teams, Branyan has been known for his abilities to hit with power, draw walks and strike out, which puts him in a group of players known for Three True Outcomes, a term with origins in a Baseball Prospectus article by Rany Jazayerli.