Who’s the Hottest Hitter in Week 5
By Peter Schiller on May 05, 2008 with Comments 0
Oakland A’s: Jack Cust
Jack had 3 HRs this week, but only 4 RBIs while he hit .500 with an OBP of .600 and he scored 6 runs (3 of which came on his 3 HRs).
A close second to Cust was Pirate’s RF Xavier Nady who went homerless this week but also scored 6 runs while hitting for a .450 BA with an OBP of .593 and he knocked in 7 RBIs.
Rounding out this weeks top 5 hitters, based on Fantasy Baseball 5×5 metrics, were the Giants Aaron Rowand, the Dodger’s Juan Pierre and the Mat’s Jose Reyes. You can see their numbers below.
| Player | Team | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Cust | OAK | RF | 20 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .500 | .600 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 13.500 |
| Xaxier Nady | PIT | RF | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .450 | .593 | .600 | 1.193 | 13.450 |
| Aaron Rowand | SF | CF | 23 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .478 | .538 | .783 | 1.321 | 12.478 |
| Juan Pierre | LA | LF | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .563 | .611 | .688 | 1.299 | 11.563 |
| Jose Reyes | NYM | SS | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .444 | .560 | .833 | 1.393 | 11.444 |
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