The
Society for American Baseball Research celebrates SABR Day each year on the Saturday
before the Super Bowl. We took part by spending a little time on
Baseball-Reference and Fangraphs, ultimately sharing a quick discovery in tweet form:
"For 16 years (age 21-36) Yogi Berra never OPS+'d below 109."
Below are few different baseball stats for this Pro Bowl Sunday.
"For 16 years (age 21-36) Yogi Berra never OPS+'d below 109."
Below are few different baseball stats for this Pro Bowl Sunday.
Most Pitches per Plate Appearance
PA
|
Pit
|
Pit/PA
|
|
Paul Goldschmidt
|
178
|
788
|
4.43
|
Curtis Granderson*
|
692
|
3069
|
4.43
|
Adam Dunn*
|
499
|
2184
|
4.38
|
Mike Napoli
|
432
|
1889
|
4.37
|
Jayson Werth
|
652
|
2833
|
4.35
|
Bobby Abreu*
|
588
|
2549
|
4.34
|
Brad Hawpe*
|
217
|
936
|
4.31
|
Chris Parmelee*
|
88
|
378
|
4.3
|
Jose Bautista
|
656
|
2805
|
4.28
|
Jim Thome*
|
326
|
1394
|
4.28
|
Fewest Pitches per Plate Appearance
PA
|
Pit
|
Pit/PA
|
|
585
|
1846
|
3.16
|
|
591
|
1901
|
3.22
|
|
236
|
777
|
3.29
|
|
80
|
265
|
3.31
|
|
627
|
2080
|
3.32
|
|
531
|
1804
|
3.4
|
|
248
|
846
|
3.41
|
|
345
|
1180
|
3.42
|
|
357
|
1224
|
3.43
|
|
504
|
1734
|
3.44
|
Lowest Swing Percentage on 3-0*
Ryan
Braun (1 of 47) 2.1%
Alex
Avila (1 of 44) 2.3%
Ben
Zobrist (1 of 43) 2.3%
Shane
Victorino (1 of 39) 2.6%
Nick
Markakis (1 of 37) 2.7%
Highest Swing Percentage on 3-0*
Andre
Ethier (15 of 41) 37%
Torii
Hunter (12 of 33) 36%
Justin
Upton (11 of 35) 31%
Albert
Pujols (15 of 52) 29%
Ryan
Howard (16 of 57) 28%
*Minimum 29 PA with 3-0 count (League
Average)
We looked for batters with good combinations of patience and power, last February. The following is an exercise in patience and contact. According to
Baseball-Reference, there were twenty-two batters in 2011 that swung at more
than 51% of pitches seen.
Below are these free-swinging 22, by lowest
contact %.
AS/Pit
|
Con
|
|
57%
|
64%
|
|
56%
|
64%
|
|
52%
|
66%
|
|
52%
|
69%
|
|
57%
|
71%
|
|
55%
|
73%
|
|
53%
|
74%
|
|
56%
|
75%
|
|
55%
|
75%
|
|
53%
|
75%
|
|
52%
|
76%
|
|
54%
|
78%
|
|
52%
|
78%
|
|
52%
|
78%
|
|
54%
|
79%
|
|
57%
|
80%
|
|
59%
|
81%
|
|
54%
|
82%
|
|
53%
|
82%
|
|
53%
|
82%
|
|
56%
|
84%
|
|
52%
|
86%
|
Carlos Peguero and King Felix |
Bill
Hall is a free agent, but placing third on this leader board will not help him
gain employment.
Brandon
Wood, Eliezer Alfonso, and Tyler Colvin are on the Rockies. Their batting
coach, Carney Lansford, was a good contact hitter. Can he connect with his hacking
pupils?
Pablo
Sandoval and Vladimir Guerrero have been known as free-swinging power hitters
with good contact skills, so it is apropos to see them adjacent to one another
here. Aramis Ramirez, Brandon Phillips, and Yuniesky Betancourt also stand out
as well known aggressive hitters who make contact.
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After a winter of cockfighting, Aramis looks ready to summer in Milwaukee. |
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