Josh Hamilton got off to amazing home run pace, going deep 18 times in his first 31 games. However, since homering nine times in a six-game stretch from May 7 to May 12--including his four-homer game on May 8--he’s yet to leave the ballpark.
Hamilton is homerless since May 12, which is a span of 11 games and 46 plate appearances. Now, for most hitters going homerless for two weeks wouldn’t be the least bit noteworthy, but Hamilton simply showing that he’s human at the plate qualifies as pretty big news considering his ridiculous start.
During that 11-game homerless stretch he’s still hitting .308 with a .348 on-base percentage and three doubles, but Hamilton’s slugging percentage is just .385 and his OPS is .732.
And here’s the amazing part: He still leads the league in homers, RBIs, extra-base hits, slugging percentage, OPS, total bases, and Wins Above Replacement--many by wide margins--while also ranking second in batting average, on-base percentage, runs, hits, and times on base.
