Bats/Throws: Batting Average on Balls in Play

Strike out (SO) stats are not available before 1910, so this data set includes seasons 1910-2012 for the American League and the National League.  Click link to view data and graphs.

Definitions:
Both: switch hitters
RR: bats right, throws right
RL: bats right, throws left
LR: bats left, throws right
LL: bats left, throws left
BR: bats both, throws right
BL: bats both, throws left

BAbip: ([H]-[HR])/([AB]-[HR]-[SO])

                  RR     RL     LR     LL    BR     BL
Min 0.256 0.141 0.270 0.271 0.239 0.127
Max       0.307 0.353 0.320 0.329 0.314 0.340
Ave        0.285 0.255 0.294 0.295 0.287 0.269

Recent seasons:

Year	RR	RL	LR	LL	BR	BL
2000	0.3017	0.3051	0.3065	0.3049	0.3056	0.3374
2001	0.2957	0.2750	0.3042	0.2968	0.3091	0.3395
2002	0.2923	0.2738	0.3022	0.2978	0.3009	0.2867
2003	0.2948	0.2940	0.3001	0.2987	0.3003	0.3130
2004	0.2992	0.2725	0.3027	0.3035	0.2986	0.3339
2005	0.2964	0.2773	0.2976	0.3053	0.3005	0.2761
2006	0.3038	0.2236	0.3082	0.3099	0.3022	0.3030
2007	0.3051	0.2566	0.3076	0.3083	0.3094	0.3048
2008	0.2987	0.3126	0.3066	0.3059	0.3137	0.2911
2009	0.2974	0.2957	0.3080	0.3089	0.3086	0.2848
2010	0.2983	0.3000	0.3009	0.3090	0.2965	0.2996
2011	0.2944	0.2772	0.3018	0.3042	0.2982	0.3096
2012	0.2991	0.2907	0.2997	0.3045	0.2962	0.3096

It's best to bat and throw lefty.  Second best: bat left, throw right.
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Singles BAbip:

BAbip1B: ([1B])/([AB]-[HR]-[3B]-[2B]-[SO])

                  RR     RL     LR     LL    BR     BL
Min        0.215 0.124 0.227 0.221 0.211 0.119
Max       0.254 0.311 0.267 0.270 0.258 0.289
Ave       0.237 0.217 0.244 0.244 0.241 0.227

Recent seasons:

Year	RR	RL	LR	LL	BR	BL
2000	0.2459	0.2574	0.2462	0.2451	0.2504	0.2708
2001	0.2395	0.2274	0.2449	0.2373	0.2516	0.2582
2002	0.2364	0.2302	0.2439	0.2394	0.2448	0.2274
2003	0.2387	0.2465	0.2422	0.2399	0.2447	0.2465
2004	0.2419	0.2100	0.2475	0.2451	0.2420	0.2649
2005	0.2401	0.2154	0.2419	0.2464	0.2448	0.2064
2006	0.2460	0.1738	0.2486	0.2476	0.2462	0.2498
2007	0.2481	0.1865	0.2450	0.2472	0.2533	0.2475
2008	0.2417	0.2330	0.2451	0.2489	0.2571	0.2308
2009	0.2416	0.2420	0.2480	0.2491	0.2509	0.2161
2010	0.2435	0.2413	0.2419	0.2499	0.2437	0.2378
2011	0.2403	0.2237	0.2442	0.2482	0.2398	0.2498
2012	0.2441	0.2264	0.2427	0.2458	0.2409	0.2492

Lefty batters should have their biggest advantage in getting singles but in recent seasons righty/righty is about even.  Maybe lefties don't bunt for hits as much as they did in the past.
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Doubles BAbip:

BAbip2B: ([2B])/([AB]-[HR]-[3B]-[1B]-[SO])

                  RR     RL     LR     LL    BR     BL
Min 0.048 0.009 0.045 0.048 0.029 0.000
Max       0.092 0.120 0.095 0.095 0.090 0.132
Ave        0.070 0.054 0.071 0.073 0.065 0.059

Recent seasons:

Year	RR	RL	LR	LL	BR	BL
2000	0.0883	0.0768	0.0933	0.0932	0.0839	0.1185
2001	0.0879	0.0725	0.0932	0.0913	0.0864	0.1319
2002	0.0868	0.0669	0.0902	0.0888	0.0848	0.0913
2003	0.0876	0.0756	0.0902	0.0894	0.0833	0.1008
2004	0.0908	0.0882	0.0870	0.0895	0.0857	0.1155
2005	0.0885	0.0905	0.0876	0.0902	0.0847	0.1039
2006	0.0924	0.0690	0.0945	0.0936	0.0848	0.0883
2007	0.0919	0.1038	0.0951	0.0954	0.0870	0.0861
2008	0.0905	0.1196	0.0952	0.0880	0.0898	0.0939
2009	0.0878	0.0873	0.0938	0.0920	0.0881	0.1062
2010	0.0872	0.0912	0.0912	0.0906	0.0800	0.0976
2011	0.0849	0.0872	0.0893	0.0857	0.0871	0.0985
2012	0.0865	0.1023	0.0878	0.0894	0.0827	0.0952

In recent seasons lefty batters have an edge over righty batters in doubles.  Doubles are trending up since about 1980.
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Triples BAbip:

BAbip3B: ([3B])/([AB]-[HR]-[2B]-[1B]-[SO])

                  RR     RL     LR     LL    BR     BL
Min 0.008 0.000 0.007 0.010 0.005 0.000
Max       0.023 0.029 0.030 0.033 0.024 0.052
Ave        0.013 0.010 0.016 0.017 0.015 0.013

Recent seasons:

Year	RR	RL	LR	LL	BR	BL
2000	0.0089	0.0092	0.0123	0.0110	0.0142	0.0034
2001	0.0086	0.0068	0.0100	0.0102	0.0165	0.0138
2002	0.0084	0.0062	0.0112	0.0116	0.0134	0.0071
2003	0.0084	0.0074	0.0098	0.0119	0.0141	0.0161
2004	0.0080	0.0119	0.0099	0.0126	0.0127	0.0103
2005	0.0081	0.0095	0.0085	0.0132	0.0127	0.0052
2006	0.0083	0.0034	0.0101	0.0165	0.0137	0.0048
2007	0.0077	0.0000	0.0146	0.0117	0.0134	0.0151
2008	0.0076	0.0149	0.0121	0.0126	0.0122	0.0071
2009	0.0083	0.0048	0.0118	0.0136	0.0147	0.0037
2010	0.0075	0.0101	0.0109	0.0141	0.0122	0.0076
2011	0.0079	0.0000	0.0110	0.0132	0.0140	0.0061
2012	0.0090	0.0032	0.0112	0.0135	0.0131	0.0111

As with doubles lefty batters have the edge but triples are trending down.