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You know the season is great for the Los Angeles Dodgers when the team's future All Stars are already making an impact to the lineup. This week, Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier led the majors in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage last week. He was named National League Player of the Week, which was presented by Bank of America, for the period ending July 26th.
Having Manny Ramirez back in the lineup makes a big difference for Eithier in right field. The 27-year-old also leads the majors with a 1.045 slugging percentage and a .630 on-base percentage. He also ranks second in the N.L. with eight runs and five doubles, all in the past six games last week.
Ethier, one of 12 players in the major league to have at least 20 home runs and 20 doubles, leads the first-place Dodgers in home runs (20) and RBIs (62). The lefty-hitting slugger, who won the award for the second time this season and third time in his four-year career, is riding a seven-game hitting streak and batting .577 (15-for-26).
As Ethier enters the game today with a seven-game hitting streak, he is just three games shy of surpassing his season-high.
Eithier was a second-round pick in the 2003 First-Year Player Draft from Arizona State University by the Oakland A’s. He joined the Dodgers after being traded for Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez.
In his fourth season with the Dodgers, Eithier has a .297 career batting average and a career slugging percentage of .850.
Los Angeles (62-36) went 4-2 last week, and despite dropping two of three to the Marlins, still leads the NL West by eight games.
The Dodgers currently lead the NL in batting average and are third in runs scored. And a lot of that has to do with new fearsome duo of Ramirez and Ethier.
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