Diario Libre today tells of how in the first five months of the season, Dominican Major League ball players, Adrian Beltre (Los Angeles Dodgers), Alberto Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals), Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox), Miguel Tejada (Baltimore Orioles), David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox), and Ronnie Belliard (Cleveland Indians) are dominating the quest to lead in homeruns, runs batted in, runs and doubles.
The newspaper’s sportswriter Vicente Mejia highlights that in the National League, Adrian Beltre led the homerun race with 44, closely followed by none other than fellow Dominican Alberto Pujols, with 43 grand slams. Behind them are Americans Adam Dunn (41) and Jim Edmonds (40).
In the American League, the leaders are Dominicans Manny Ramirez (38) and David Ortiz (36), both of whom play for Boston.
Runs batted in are led by Dominican Miguel Tejada and Ortiz, in both leagues, with 122 each.
Pujols leads for runs in the Majors with 118, followed by the legendary Barry Bonds with 110. Last month, Pujols became only the fourth player in Major League baseball history to turn in four straight 100 RBI seasons at the start of his career.
In the doubles stats, Cleveland’s Ronnie Belliard is ahead with 46, closely followed by Brian Roberts (45), who leads in the National League, and Ortiz (42).