baseball-reference.com lists Russell freakin' Branyan tied with Mickey Mantle in AB/HR. Oh, the humanity. Monday, April 4, 2016
This is sad. baseball-reference.com uses lazy old criteria for rate stats like batting average (BA)...
baseball-reference.com lists Russell freakin' Branyan tied with Mickey Mantle in AB/HR. This could make your head explode.
From 1945-1956, a player must have 2.6 at bats per team game. Note, however, that from 1951-1954 a player could lead if they still led after the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to their at bat total.
From 1957 to the present, a player must have 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Note, however, that from 1967 to the present a player could lead if they still led after the necessary number of hitless plate appearances were added to their at bat total...
Why would people as intelligent as those running baseball-reference.com use PA when it's not part of the stat? It's just going along with the establishment ...
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1954-batting-leaders.shtml
1954 American League Batting Leaders
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3 comments:
I do not think walks should deter a player from winning a batting title.
I wonder if they changed the rule in 1957 as a response to Williams getting hosed in 1954.
Casey Stengel said that Williams should have been champ in 1954, that the 400 ab rule was not intended to punish someone who walked a lot.
The denominator for BA is AB, not PA, which is the denominator for OBP. Williams should have qualified for OBP. He had more BB in 1954 than Hits.
In some recent posts I've been evaluating Home Runs on AB/HR for the players with the most HR, not simply staring at total HR.
Stop staring at BA as I encouraged in another recent post.
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