Tag: Bill Knickerbocker

Steven Kwan enters the All-Star Break batting .352, just the 10th qualified player in franchise history to enter the break with an average over .350.

Here are the highest averages entering the break in franchise history:

• .378 – Kenny Lofton, 1994
• .375 – Sandy Alomar Jr., 1997
• .373 – Earl Averill, 1938
• .371 – Jeff Heath, 1941
• .358 – Roberto Alomar, 2001
• .357 – Albert Belle, 1994
• .355 – Lou Boudreau, 1948
• .352 – Kwan, 2024
• .352 – Larry Doby, 1950
• .352 – Bill Knickerbocker, 1934

Everyone on the list made the All-Star team except Knickerbocker, who was left off in favor of Hall of Famer Joe Cronin, the only shortstop selected to the game that year. Cronin was batting .283 with a .354 OBP.