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Bumgardner first Pitcher Starting in Place of DH Since Sox Brett in’76

Bumgarner has won the last two silver slugger awards as the National League’s best hitting pitcher. He has a career .305 slugging percentage and a .530 OPS. Over the last two seasons, the 2014 World Series MVP has hit .252 with nine home runs and 24 RBIs. He has a .280 on base percentage, a .469 slugging percentage and a .749 on base plus slugging in that same time span.

Per ESPN, Bumgarner’s 11 home runs in 183 at-bats over the last three seasons is a higher rate than Bryce Harper and Josh Donaldson.