Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Mantle, Mays, Aaron: lgBA comparison

Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron


Click link to view detailed data.  Click tab lgBA.

baseball-reference.com definition: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s).

lgBA of Mays and Aaron differs for common National League seasons: 1954-1973.  I found this very surprising, something not mentioned when players are compared, much less the percent above lgBA.  It's almost always BA v. BA, even for different eras.  In a future post I will plot the respective seasons for percent above lgBA for all three.

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