Jorge Soler richly deserves the November 2021 Hickok Belt ® prize. Soler is known for a huge home run average of 423 feet, the longest home run average in all of the Major League. He was only the third designated hitter to win the World Series MVP in professional Major League baseball history. He hit a monstrous 446 foot home run to give the Braves a 3-0 lead and an eventual win in Game 6 and a 4-2 game win of the World Series. In the seventh inning of Game 3, he hit a pinch-hit home run to give the Braves a 3-2 advantage which led to the Braves win. Soler was the first player to hit a home run in the first plate appearance of a World Series. The voters selected 29 year old baseball star Jorge Soler, nicknamed "Soler Power," on his exciting performance that contributed to the Atlanta Braves winning the 2021 World Series against the Houston Astros. Voting was conducted by a select panel of members of the National Sports Media Association (NSMA). Professional baseball star Jorge Soler, Atlanta Braves outfielder, has been named the Hickok Belt ® Award winner for the month of November 2021. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.Jorge Soler was traded mid-season to the Atlanta Braves in 2021, but continued to make baseball history, winning the November 2021 Hickok Belt. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.įull-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Logos were compiled by the amazing .Ĭopyright © 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Sorting only sorts the values in the table shown.Īll logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Postseason data for AL/NL runs from 1903 to present. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1973, mostly complete back to 1950, and somewhat complete back to 1914. NEW: Sample Searches for learning more about the power and flexibility of Stathead. Learn More.Īlready a subscriber? Log in for full results. Go inside the Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results. In cases such as Willie Mays, 1951 with New York is still considered his rookie season because he did not exceed rookie limits during his 1948 season with Birmingham. When "AL/NL rookie status" is selected, Robinson's 1947 season for Brooklyn will match. For example, when "Major League rookie status" is selected, Jackie Robinson's 1945 season for Kansas City will match. In some cases, their first seasons in the AL or NL no longer fit the modern definition of rookie eligibility since their major league rookie seasons came in the Negro Leagues. There were several former Negro League players who were previously considered rookies when they integrated the major leagues. The pre-1971 standard is applied to all seasons back to 1871 even though it was not the standard of the time. We have service time data only back to 2009. 1.īefore 1971, rookies are players who have not reachedįor the service time measure, we are requiring the player did not reach 78 days of service at the end of a season. Since 1971, rookies are players who have not reachedĤ5 days of service time prior to Sept. Rookie status has changed over time, but for this output we are using the following standard. Leave seasons with default "First" to "Last"
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