Archive for Batting

Which teams have featured the most left-handed at-bats over the past 60 years and how have they fared?

Which positions have become more offensively significant as the game grows older?

If certain hitters rarely swing at the first pitch, can they benefit by occasionally catching the pitcher by surprise?

Finding what league average production means is not trivial when it comes to platoon hitting

Josh Hamilton is one-part Guerrero and one-part Olivo.

Records are made to be broken, but can anyone top these?

And then there were three…

Make sure he doesn’t put his back into it.

A look at some of the all-time leaders in game-ending hits

A mechanical tweak in his swing could send balls flying.