Jewish Jocks

Thursday 9 Elul 5774 - Sep 4, 2014

	Baseball (MLB): As the 2014 regular season is nearing an end, 15 Jewish baseball players have appeared in at least one game in the Major Leagues this year. Manager Brad Ausmus is getting a taste of success as the Detroit Tigers are tied with the Kansas City Royals for first place in the American League Central Division with an 80-65 won-loss record. Tigers' second baseman Ian Kinsler (Jewish father) is batting .277 with 13 home runs and 78 runs-batted-in. Milwaukee Brewers' left fielder Ryan Braun (Jewish father) is batting .272 with 18 HR and 78 RBI. Oakland A's center fielder Sam Fuld (Jewish father) is batting .250 with 3 HR and 30 RBI. Oakland A's first baseman Nate Freiman is batting .225 with 5 HR and 14 RBI. Pittsburgh Pirates' first baseman Ike Davis is batting .231 with 10 HR and 44 RBI. Toronto Blue Jays' third baseman Danny Valencia is batting .271 with 4 HR and 22 RBI. Toronto Blue Jay's center fielder Kevin Pillar is batting .275 with 4 RBI. Chicago Cubs' center fielder Ryan Kalish (Jewish father) is batting .247 with 4 RBI. Los Angeles Dodgers' left fielder Joc Pederson is batting .143. NY Mets first baseman Josh Satin is batting .103 with 3 RBI. Boston Red Sox' catcher Ryan Lavarnway appeared in just 4 games this season and has no hits in just 4 at-bats.
	On the pitcher's mound, Boston Red Sox' Craig Breslow has a 2-4 won-loss record with one save. He has pitched 51 2/3 innings in 56 games, and has a 4.88 earned-run-average with 34 strike outs and has walked 28 batters. Texas Rangers' Aaron Poreda has a 2-1 won loss record. He has pitched 21 1/3 innings in 26 games, and has a 5.91 ERA, with 21 strike outs and has walked 7 batters. Houston Astros' Scott Feldman (Jewish father) has an 8-10 won-loss record with a 3.99 ERA in 160 1/3 innings in 26 games. He has struck out 94 batters and has walked 44. Houston Astros' Josh Zeid has a 6.97 ERA with a 6.97 ERA in 20 2/3 innings in 23 games. He has struck out 18 batters and has walked 7. Wishing him a refuah shlayma as he recovers from surgery.
	Soccer (MLS): Sporting Kansas City's goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum has played 675 minutes in 8 games this year, with a 4-3-1 record. He has given up just 12 goals and has made 20 saves.
	Men's Tennis (ATP): Dudi Sela is currently ranked 84th in the World. He has a 17-19 singles won-loss record and a 1-3 doubles won-loss record with combined earnings of $357,425 thus far this year.
	Women's Tennis (WTA): Shahar Peer is currently ranked 135th in the World. She has a 14-22 singles won-loss record and an 11-12 doubles won-loss record. Peer has earnied $282,347 in 2014.

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