Archive for Batting

Players with all of their team’s RBIs

The proliferation of sabermetrics serves as a reminder—or a harbinger—of the limits of baseball performance.

Did Josh Willingham have a weakness exposed in 2011 that was hidden before?

Looking for the game’s ultimate hackers.

A look into an alternate plate discipline metric that takes a very different approach to evaluating swings than O-swing.

Looking at the freshly minted NL Central champs

Why aren’t balls dropping in for him?

A look into batter and pitcher strategies depending on count.

How Williams compares to batters today—and how that underscores a point.

Fresh off the DL with a new hitting coach, can he get his season back?