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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Burrell, Tejada not alone in struggles

You think Pat Burrell (.208) and Miguel Tejada (.203) are having bad starts that might call into question whether their time in the Big Leagues is winding down?

They have a lot of company.

Check out this list of veteran stars looking like age is catching up to them (with their age in parenthesis):

Jason Varitek (39), .043
Juan Rivera (32), .103
Ivan Rodriguez (39), .156
Jorge Posada (39), .160
Chone Figgins (33), .169
Vernon Wells (32), .176
Adam Dunn (31), .178
Magglio Ordonez (37), .182
Carlos Pena (32), .188
Jim Thome (40), .191
Miguel Tejada (36), .203
Derek Lee (35), .208
Tori Hunter (35), .208
Pat Burrell (34), .208
Raul Ibanez (38), .209
Scott Rolen (36), .217
Derek Jeter (36), .219
Juan Uribe (32), .221 (after going 3-for-4 Wednesday)


And here's a list of relatively young stars who have failed to live up to their billing:

Brett Gardner, .128
Carl Crawford, .145
Austin Jackson, .157 (he hit .293 in his rookie year last year)
James Loney, .181
Jacoby Ellsbury, .186
Mark Reynolds, .186
Jason Heyward, .188
Kelly Johnson, .189
Luke Scott, .190
Ryan Ludwick, .190 (including going 5-for-8 in a Wednesday doubleheader)
Dan Uggla, .194
Ian Kinsler, .200
Josh Willingham, .200
Mark Reynolds, .200
Nick Markakis, .215
Sin-Shoo Choo, .203
Jason Werth, .208
Justin Morneau, .208
B.J. Upton, .210
Omar Infante, .214 (remember he hit .321 last year)
Kevin Youkilis, .214
Hanley Ramirez, .222
David Wright, .229

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