Bo Bichette Breaks Franchise Record for Most Hits in a Single Month
October/01/2022
Heading into September, shortstop Bo Bichette was slashing .260/.305/.420 with a .725 OPS with 17 home runs and 66 RBI. After initially struggling out of the gate, Bichette’s numbers were not awful by any means but were a step back from his impressive 2021 campaign.
Fast forward to the end of September and Bichette’s whole season turned around, with the Florida product collecting 48 hits through 119 at-bats, adding seven home runs and 27 RBI to his season totals while authoring a .403 batting average and a 1.134 OPS, highlighted by a three home run affair against the Baltimore Orioles.
This impressive feat set a franchise record for the most hits for a Blue Jay within a single calendar month and really turned around his season, eventually finishing the year with a .290/.333/.469 slash line and a .802 OPS, with his 189 hits on the year leading the AL, six knocks ahead of second-place finisher Jose Abreu. This is the second consecutive season where Bichette has led the AL in hits.