3B Andy Tracy: Named the IL Player of the Week
by Chuck Hixson of PhillyBaseballNews.com, June 22, 2009 at 6:24pm ET
Andy Tracy Profile
The International League announced today that Lehigh Valley first baseman Andy Tracy and Toledo pitcher Lucas French have been named the League’s Batter and Pitcher of the Week for the period from June 15-21. Each player is the second member of his club to win an IL weekly award in 2009. Tracy joins two-time winner Justin Lehr (now with Louisville) while French follows outfielder Don Kelly.
Over the last seven days first baseman Andy Tracy led the IronPigs to one of the best weeks in the franchise’s brief history. Lehigh Valley won all six games in which Tracy played, giving the team its first ever six-win road trip. Tracy hit .381 for the week and led the League with 10 RBI and 9 runs scored. He finished 2nd in the circuit in home runs (3), on-base percentage (.533), slugging percentage (.952), and extra-base hits (6). Friday night in Norfolk Tracy served up one of the best
performances in Lehigh Valley history, setting a single-game franchise record with 4 runs scored and tying franchise marks with 2 home runs, 5 RBI, and 9 total bases. Tracy is now 2nd in the International League with 47 RBI and tied for 2nd with 12 home runs. Seven of his long balls this season have given the IronPigs the lead in a game, and five (including two this week) have proven to be game winners.
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