Richard Giallella |
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1970 Season Stats AVG .357 HR 2 RBI 21 OPS .912 |
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Player of the Week Trophy to Giallella
What's in a number? In baseball, just about everything.
The numbers that Reading's Richard Giallella put up last week were the envy of the league, as Giallella came away with Eastern League Player of the Week honors.
He belted out 14 hits in 25 at-bats, no home runs and 5 RBIs last week as he posted his .560 batting average.
Thus far this season, Giallella is hitting .385 with 1 home run, 12 RBIs and 15 runs scored. He has 40 hits in 104 at-bats and has played in 31 games.
BNN Stats: Rookie Batting Leaders
Which rookie is leading the Eastern League in slugging percentage?
Jim Hutto, RePh, .604
Richard Giallella, RePh, .574
Rennie Stennett, WaPi, .559
Tommy Smith, ElPi, .524
Jim Dugan, ElPi, .521
Week's Top Performer Honored by EL
Eastern League pitchers tried and tried all week long to stop Richard Giallella, but to no avail.
His eyes would light up when he came to the plate and he hit everything in sight, batting .520 for the week to win the EL Player of the Week Award. The Reading right fielder cracked 13 hits in 25 at-bats, no home runs, drove in 1 runs and scored 5 times.