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
For seasons 1903-2012 American and National Leagues:
RR RL LR LL BR BL
Min 1.26% 0.00% 0.90% 1.57% 0.44% 0.00%
Max 13.13% 20.85% 13.62% 14.15% 10.51% 21.13%
Ave 7.54% 5.44% 7.64% 7.94% 5.24% 5.02%
Recent seasons:
Year | RR | RL | LR | LL | BR | BL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 0.1290 | 0.0865 | 0.1232 | 0.1415 | 0.0985 | 0.1293 |
2001 | 0.1243 | 0.1176 | 0.1316 | 0.1410 | 0.0980 | 0.1490 |
2002 | 0.1177 | 0.1103 | 0.1218 | 0.1332 | 0.0878 | 0.2113 |
2003 | 0.1237 | 0.1450 | 0.1257 | 0.1177 | 0.0906 | 0.1372 |
2004 | 0.1239 | 0.0882 | 0.1362 | 0.1259 | 0.0999 | 0.1467 |
2005 | 0.1181 | 0.1555 | 0.1240 | 0.1100 | 0.0891 | 0.1718 |
2006 | 0.1194 | 0.2085 | 0.1318 | 0.1174 | 0.0998 | 0.1951 |
2007 | 0.1131 | 0.1934 | 0.1221 | 0.1092 | 0.0823 | 0.1406 |
2008 | 0.1137 | 0.1967 | 0.1207 | 0.1159 | 0.0737 | 0.1502 |
2009 | 0.1207 | 0.1536 | 0.1253 | 0.1181 | 0.0818 | 0.1709 |
2010 | 0.1121 | 0.1127 | 0.1201 | 0.1080 | 0.0773 | 0.1201 |
2011 | 0.1138 | 0.1124 | 0.0970 | 0.1105 | 0.0899 | 0.1460 |
2012 | 0.1221 | 0.1725 | 0.1207 | 0.1104 | 0.0963 | 0.1238 |
In recent seasons the three main groups (RR, LR, LL) are pretty close. The next largest group (BR) is clearly behind in HR hitting.
No comments:
Post a Comment