This season, he is hitting .281 in 32 times to the plate.

"I certainly ought to hit it once in five times."

He entered the game - only his third start of the year - hitting .204 in 49 times at bat this season.

Johnson was hit once in each thigh, twice in the back, and at least six times in the head.

That first season, Mattingly hit only four home runs in 279 times at bat.

One expert said, "It hit once in about 20 times."

Brook Jacoby hit 32 home runs in 540 times at bat in 1987.

Hatcher, the shining example of everything the Dodgers achieved when it counted, hit one home run in 191 times at bat this season.

He is a career .232 hitter, and hit .225 last season in 427 times at bat.

Before this year, he had hit 20 or more home runs in four straight seasons and five times in his career.