Thursday, March 7, 2013
Batter/Pitcher Righty/Lefty splits beginning with 1950
Righty batter facing a righty pitcher is the base ... (in 1950) RvR - best at hitting home runs. Lefty batters against righty pitchers sweep everything else.
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vs RHP as LHB:
HR/AB BAbip BA OBP SLG OPS
Ave 8.82% 3.70% 8.19% 10.51% 9.72% 10.08%
Min -10.65% -0.36% 4.92% 7.42% 4.43% 6.15%
Max 24.23% 6.82% 10.70% 12.90% 13.68% 13.20%
Sweep! Against righty pitchers lefty batters did better than righty batters.
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HR/AB BAbip BA OBP SLG OPS
Ave 4.15% 0.14% 5.58% 6.39% 6.32% 6.35%
Min -3.78% -3.81% 2.79% 2.37% 2.53% 2.60%
Max 18.94% 3.94% 8.09% 9.18% 10.22% 9.23%
Sweep! Against lefty pitchers righty batters did better than they did against righty pitchers.
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HR/AB BAbip BA OBP SLG OPS
Ave -17.65% -2.96% -3.99% -0.68% -7.10% -4.18%
Min -40.93% -8.04% -10.48% -4.79% -17.02% -10.80%
Max -1.54% 2.54% 0.78% 4.09% -1.97% 0.72%
Negative sweep. Against lefty pitchers lefty batters did worse than righty batters.
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No surprises. Next I'll look at Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the two top righty batters of that era and apply the average advantages of lefty batters against righty pitchers and see how their numbers are impacted.
BA OBP SLG OPS
8.19% 10.51% 9.72% 10.08%
1 comment:
It might be illustrative to add in strikeouts. Looking at the BABIP, it seem that most of the difference in BA is how often the batters put the ball in play.
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