Reached base in a season-best 23 consecutive games from 4/24-5/19 (.299 AVG, 26-for-87, 14 BB, .392 OBP). qualifiers...Went 48 games without a miscue, April 13-June 17 and committed just oneerror from April 13-August 11, a span of 90 games...His 132 starts were the 3rd most ever at 2ndbase for a Boston rookie behind Chuck Schilling (157) in 1961 and Mike Andrews (135) in 1967.POSTSEASON: Had a .283 (17-60) batting average with 2 homers and 10 RBI while starting all 14playoff games at 2nd base...Tied for 2nd on the club with 6 doubles and scored 12 runs, matchingDerek Jeter (1996) for the most ever for a rookie in a post-season...Had 5th most playoff hits everfor a rookie...Hit just .160 (4-25) in Boston's 1st 6 post-season contests before batting safely in thenext 7 at .419 (13-31)...Was 0-for-4 in Game 4 of the World Series...Handled 53 chances withoutan error at 2nd base.After going 2-for-13 (.154) in the 3-game ALDS sweep of Los Angeles, batted .345 (10-29) in theALCS against Cleveland...Scored 8 runs, most ever for a rookie in the ALCS...Was 3-for-5 with ahomer off Rafael Betancourt and 5 RBI in Game 7...Became the 1st rookie to ever homer in Game 7of the ALCS and set a rookie LCS mark for RBI in one game...Produced a .278 (5-18) average with 4RBI in the World Series sweep of Colorado...Homered to lead off Red Sox 1st in Game 1 at FenwayPark, joining Baltimore's Don Buford in 1969 as the only players to hit a lead off blast in a WorldSeries opener...Was the 18th overall WS leadoff homer,1st ever for a rookie...Had 3 hits and 2 RBI in Game 3 atColorado.
Hit a go-ahead solo homer in the 8th inning on 5/6 vs. MIN...Was his 1st HR since 9/11/12 vs. NYY, ending a career-long 48-game homerless drought.
Had 5 straight multi-hit games from 5/8-12 (.571 AVG, 12-for-21)…Ranked 6th in the AL with a .325 AVG (81-for- 249) from 5/8 until the All-Star break, with 14 go-ahead RBI in that time (T-2nd in the AL). Rookie of the Year, as selected by the BaseballWriters Association of America...Received 24of the 28 1st place votes in balloting conductedby two writers from each of the 14 American League cities...Also received 4 2nd place votes and132 total points and was the only player named on all 28 ballots...Was the 6th Red Sox playerto be named as the A.L.
Contents. with a .331(162-for-490) average against righties...Hit .307(50-for-163) with runners in scoring position andwas 8-for-16 with the bases loaded...Had a .462(36-for-78) interleague average...His 124 hits atthe All-Star break were one shy of the team record...In 4 starts in the cleanup spot was 11-for-17with 2 homers and 7 RBI...Fanned once every 13.96plate appearances, the 3rd best ratio in the A.L.MISCELLANEOUS: Was ejected on August 19 atBaltimore by Bob Davidson...Ended a no-hit bidfor John Lackey of the Angels with one-out singlein the 9th inning, July 29 at Fenway Park. Dustin Luis Pedroia (born August 17, 1983) is an American baseball second baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Hit .388 (26-for-67) with a 1.013 OPS during a season-best 16-game hitting streak from 5/24-6/10. May 17, 2019: sent 2B Dustin Pedroia on a … On 6/15 at PHI, struck out twice for the 1st time since 7/31/16...Had gone 104 games between multiple-strikeout performances, the longest streak by a Red Sox player since Wade Boggs in 1992 (105 G). POSTSEASON: Started each of the Red Sox' 3 ALDS games at 2B...Reached base via hit or BB in all 3 games.Limited to 93 games due to a pair of stints on the DL...Went 1-for-22 in 6 games between DL stints from 7/17-22, but hit .306 (110-for-359) in his other 87 games. Hit .714 (15-for-21) from 8/25-31, the highest mark for any player over a 5-game span (min. On 7/24 signed an 8-year contract w/ the Red Sox beginning in 2014 and continuing through the 2021 season.
Brought his career hit total to 1,455 on 6/21 at KC, passing Frank Malzone (1,454) for 10th place on the Red Sox' all-time list. Drew 73 walks compared to 75 strikeouts (0.97 BB/SO) the 3rd-best ratio among AL players with at least 100 AB…Was the 7th-hardest AL batter to fan (9.7 PA per SO). Recorded 30+ hits in April (32), May (32), June (30), July (31), August (41), and September (35)...The only other player with 30+ hits in each of those calendar months was Jean Segura.
doubles leader since Nomar Garicaparra(56) in 2002 and the first A.L.
Started at 2B in each of BOS' first 70 games from 4/1-6/15 before 1st off-day 6/17...Was the 1st Red Sox to do that since Marty Barrett in 1986 (started 1st 99 G at 2B)...Did not miss another game until sitting out the regular season finale on 9/29 at BAL...Only appearance as a sub was as a pinch-hitter on 9/21 vs. TOR. Recorded 5 consecutive multi-hit games from 6/10-14, tied for the longest streak of his career.