Important Dates

2017 Champion: Patently Nuts (71.5 points)
2018 Season: March 29 - September 30

Friday, April 23, 2010

BABIP Fun

Right now, I have the player with the highest BABIP on my team as well as the lowest!

Podsednik with .512 and Teixeira with .125

Other batted ball oddities:

Nick Swisher is hitting a measly .208 yet is 5th in the league in line drive percentage (28.6%).

Derek Jeter is hitting .323 yet has the 6th lowest line drive percentage (10.7%)

Speaking of Jeter, he has hit 3 home runs, yet 73% of his balls in play have been grounders.

Juan Pierre has made contact with 97% of the balls he has swung at outside of the strike zone.

Chris Davis has made contact with 36% of the balls he has swung at outside of the strike zone.

J.D. drew is thrown a first pitch for a strike in nearly 3/4 of his plate appearances (74.2%)

3 comments:

Luke Murphy said...

What's the normal average % of 1st-pitch strikes?

Z said...

From just a look at the qualified players, looks like the average is 55-60 percent. Lind is the lowest at 42%. In past seasons, Drew has been at 52-54%

Taylor said...

Man, fangraphs is fun. I have 6 of the top 10 slider hitters in the AL!

I also have the most clutch hitter (Miguel Cabrera) as well as the least clutch hitter (Ty Wigginton).