Prince Fielder refuses to give into pitchers, instead waiting for his pitch. "I learned to wait for my pitch," Fielder told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "If I don't get a pitch to hit, I take my walks. "If you swing at the pitcher's pitch, you help get yourself out. I know better now what pitches are tough for me. I try to take those. It's not that I'm trying to walk but by waiting for a pitch I can handle, it's working out for me." His ability to be patient at the plate has raised him to a new level in 2009. He is first in the National League with 108 runs batted in, second with a .599 slugging percentage, third with 61 extra-base hits, fourth with 32 home runs, 261 total bases and 78 walks, and fifth with a .416 on-base percentage.