Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com
ROCHESTER, NY – Rochester Red Wings outfielder Zack Granite has been named the International League Player of the Month for June, the league office announced Saturday.
Granite led the league with a .470 batting average, 55 hits, 16 extra-base hits, 23 runs scored, 78 total bases, a .527 on-base percentage and a 1.193 OPS in June. He also ranked among the minor league leaders in batting average (1st), hits (1st), on-base percentage (1st), plate appearances (132, T-1st), total bases (2nd), games (29, T-3rd), at-bats (117, T-3rd), OPS (4th), doubles (11, T-5th), runs scored (T-6th) and extra-base hits (T-9th) for the month. The 24-year-old was rewarded with his first mid-season All-Star selection earlier this week.
Granite reached base safely in all 29 games he played in June, tied for the longest on-base streak in the league this season and the longest such stretch by a Red Wing since Chris Colabello reached in 36 consecutive games from May 9-June 28, 2013. Granite collected a hit in 28 of 29 June games while tallying multiple hits in 20 of those. He hit in 17 straight games from June 1-18, the longest hitting streak for a Wing since Danny Valencia hit in 20 consecutive games from April 24-May 16, 2010.
For the season, Granite paces the league with a .367 batting average and a .419 on-base percentage. His batting average is 50 points higher than any other qualified IL batter and ranks third among all minor leaguers.
Granite is the first Rochester player honored as league Player of the Month since Colabello in June of 2013.
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