As a team we hit .254/.322/.457 with 43 home runs. We averaged 4.75 runs a game. Not our best month of the season but not bad at all considering the teams we played.
Let's take a look at out hitters did in the month of August.
John Buck: .283/.306/.348, no home runs, 7 RBI in 46 at bats. Missed a couple of weeks.
Jose Molina: .171/.227/.171, no homers, no RBI in 41 at bats. The month he plays the most he hits the least.
J.P. Arencibia: .250/.250/.600 2 home runs, 3 RBI in 20 at bats.
Lyle Overbay: .229/.353/.471, 4 HR, 16 RBI in 70 at bats. Fell off some after a good June and July.
Aaron Hill: .248/.287/.515, 7 HR, 16 RBI in 101 at bats.
Yunel Escobar: .256/.337/.333, 1 HR, 4 RBI in 90 at bats.
Edwin Encarnacion: .265/.333/.456, 3 HR, 7 RBI in 68 at bats.
Fred Lewis: .200/.293/.288, 1 HR, 6 RBI in 80 at bats.
Vernon Wells: .248/.296/.446, 3 HR, 14 RBI in 101 at bats. A bit of a bounce back from a terrible July.
Jose Bautista: .299/.431/.742, 12 HR, 24 RBI in 97 at bats. Player of the Month again. Funny part is, it isn't that much better than his average month this year.
Adam Lind: .278/.320/.536, 5 HR, 15 RBI in 97 at bat. About the same as he did in July.
Travis Snider: .238/.281/.381, 2 HR, 8 RBI in 84 at bats.
John McDonald: .382/.417/.765, 3 HR, 6 RBI in 34 at bats. Small sample size and all but wow.
DeWayne Wise: .250/.250/.500, 0 HR, 2 RBI in 20 at bats.