Nomar Garciaparra

This year Nomar is hitting .309 for the Dodgers. That's a career year for most people but that average actually drops Nomar's career average down a point from .320 to .319.

One of the whispers about Nomar after he left the Red Sox was that he was a possible steroids guy. That's how insiduous steroids and steroid rumors have become. In Nomar's defense I would like to point out that in his career he has hit a HR on average every 23.1 AB and this year that has decreased just slightly to a HR every 25.3 AB even though he's playing most of his games in the expanse of Chavez Ravine and not Frendly Fenway.

It's interesting to me that Nomar's career batting average of .319 basically puts him into a tie for 55th place all-time with two Massachusetts born players - Pie Traynor and Mickey Cochrane - both of whom are Hall of Famers. I hope Nomar someday makes it to Cooperstown but I fear that's going to be an uphill battle.

EDIT: Updated stats to reflect last night's game as well