Archive for Batting

With Ichiro Suzuki set to join the 3,000 hit club, a look back at some memorable 3,000th hits.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, some major league hitters don’t hit it where it’s pitched.

Scratching the surface of being able to accurately gauge whether a batted ball’s characteristics should make it a hit or an out.

Using logistic regression and random forests to predict when batters will swing and miss.

A history of the almost-lost art of hitting home runs inside the park.

Membership in this prestigious round-number club may soon reach a round number, too.

Using Statcast data to study the flight of a baseball.

What hitters did, what they should have done, and how some over- or under-achieved.

Breaking things down, with some visual aids to assist.

A second look at why it’s important for pitchers to continue to hit.