Las Vegas 51s: #31
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | HB | BB | SO | WP | OPPAVG |
| 6 | 4 | 5.05 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.2 | 114 | 63 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 60 | 6 | .305 |
Position: Pitcher
Throws: Right
Hits: Right
MLB Debut: June 25,1998
Drafted by: Colorado Rockies 1994, 12th Round
Numbers: 20(Rockies), 38(Richmond), 31(Las Vegas)
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Talk to any pitcher -- Dodgers or otherwise -- about his craft and he'll drone in monotone.
But talk to any pitcher about hitting? The enthusiasm in his voice couldn't be more palpable if he was 11 years old and it was the first day of Little League season.
Take 51s pitcher Mike Saipe, for instance. A lifetime .186 hitter in the minors, the right-handed starter for the Dodgers' Triple-A team remembers, as if it were yesterday, his two career home runs.
"They were shots in back-to-back games in (Double-A) New Haven (Conn.)," Saipe says. "The place was a graveyard. Real deep ballpark. Might be the deepest ballpark in the minors. Four hundred fifty feet to center field. A couple of deep shots." --An article by Joe Hawk(reviewjournal.com)about pitchers hitting HRs
"If you have success at the plate, you can sometimes extend yourself in a game," Saipe says.
"You may be able to buy yourself an extra inning or two.
Pitchers are offensive players when they're on the mound and they want to be offensive players at the plate.
Besides, even if you're getting your butt kicked on the mound, if you can get a couple of hits it doesn't hurt quite so bad."--Same article.
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