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In 26 games last month, Drew batted .337 (31-for-92) with 12 home runs and finished tied for Major League-high with 29 RBI, along with Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox. The 32-year-outfielder scored 27 runs with a Major League-best .848 slugging percentage. The Georgia native collected extra-base hits, including seven doubles and two triples. He walked 21 times and had a .462 on-percentage. He had seven multi-RBI efforts last month. Drew is batting .299 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI on the season. The shortstop hit .298 (34-114), with six doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 13 RBI and 27 runs scored in June. Ramirez, who added 13 walks and was 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts, led the National League in home runs, runs scored and total bases (72) over the month. The 24-year-old recorded multi-home run games on June 4th at Atlanta and June 8th vs. Cincinnati. On June 29th vs. Arizona and June 30th vs. Washington, Ramirez hit consecutive game-tying home runs in the ninth inning with the Marlins going on to win both games. The last player to hit game-tying homers in the ninth inning on back-to-back days was Gary Gaetti of the Twins on May 17-18, 1989. Hanley put together a nine-game hitting streak from June 3rd-11th, during which he hit .382 (13-34) with six home runs and nine RBI. |
Right fielder J.D. Drew of the Boston Red Sox and shortstop Hanley Ramirez of the Florida Marlins have been named the MLB Players of the Month for June.