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Robbie Grossman Reaches Rare Milestone

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Bradenton Marauders outfielder Robbie Grossman reached a rare milestone tonight when he drew a walk in the bottom of the 8th inning.  Grossman’s walk was his 100th of the year.  When paired with his 110 runs this season, Grossman becomes the first minor leaguer to draw 100 walks and score 100 runs since Nick Swisher in 2004.

Coming in to tonight, Grossman led the Florida State League in walks, runs, and was ranked second in the league in on-base percentage.  He leads all of minor league baseball in walks, and also has drawn more walks than anyone in the majors, sitting two ahead of league leader Jose Bautista.

Grossman also homered tonight, his 11th of the season in 435 at-bats.  He entered the season with nine homers in 937 at-bats in his minor league career.  The home run extended his streak of reaching base safely to 42 games.

Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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