Archive for Batting

Is the DH justifying its existence?

TUCK! toons right here every Thursday!

A look at this year’s group of hitters who specialize in making the defense work reveals a surprise.

Discover the distant-decade dopplegangers.

Using some new info available at b-ref, Chris examines the inside-the-park home run.

High ball swingers and low ball swingers—and those who swing at both. Or neither.

The second half of John’s investigations of batsmen grounding into double plays, including the best and worst rally-killers of the last half century.

Based on a database created a few months ago, Chris looks for some context-dependent similarity scores to compare offensive seasons with each other.

Examining home run rates and batting average on fly balls and line drives

A look at something that OPS overlooks. Or, why Miguel Tejada is not Grady Sizemore.